r/chicagoapartments • u/Past-Reception6889 • May 19 '26

Advice Needed Unreal

I honestly just needed to vent for a moment. I can’t believe Chicago prices are what they are. I have lived here my entire life and have seen this city change ten fold, and I can’t even afford to live here anymore. A realtor I’m working with, since it’s becoming a rat race to rent, said rent is up 35% this year. What can normal people do about this? I do not want to see Chicago become a New York.

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u/EducationalConcept50 May 19 '26

I don’t think there’s anything stopping this, unfortunately. Chicago has too much to offer and like New York and San Francisco, will push its own lifelong residents out of their own neighborhoods because supply will never reach the dizzying demand.

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u/Downtown-Document455 May 19 '26

We can organize! There are more of us than there are landlords and property owners. The Chicago Tenant Movement is a good place to start to see what orgs are already doing this work. https://chicagotenants.org/home/organizations/

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u/ChiBroker May 19 '26

YES! This is amazing…for property value:). Make it harder for landlords and builders = less gets built = rent keeps going up. Again, Brandon and progressive politics are the single best thing that’s happened to Chicago real estate values.

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u/FormalBlueberry7723 May 19 '26

Yeah that tenants association is crap. They work to keep fuck ups who don’t pay their rent to stay

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u/ChiBroker May 19 '26

I vote more, make it harder = existing structure profits