Cook County Sheriff Suspends Enforcing Foreclosure Eviction Orders (AHN)

Linda Young - AHN Editor Chicago, IL (AHN) - Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart faces being found in contempt of court for his decision to suspend enforcing eviction orders because he says they too often involve rent-paying tenants who didn't know their landlord hadn't paid the mortgage. Dart's decision has also sparked controversy. Critics worry that Dart's move might make the housing crisis worse by making lenders reluctant to extend credit when it is already difficult to get loans. And some sheriffs in other counties say they don't support his decision to stop enforcing court-ordered evictions of residents of foreclosed properties. But Dart said that it's wrong to evict tenants who haven't done anything wrong and who have paid their rent, assuming their landlord was using the money to pay their mortgage. "We will no longer be a... [read full story]