Please read this notice carefully. Your legal rights may be affected whether or not you act.
On July 13, 2021, the Court issued its Final Order Approving the Class Settlement and Approving the Proposed Allocation of Settlement Funds.
A copy of the Final Approval Order is here.
If you recently received in the mail a notice of Settlement, you have until May 9, 2022, either to submit a Claim Form or to request Exclusion from the Settlement.
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You may Benefit from this Settlement If You Resided at a Property Owned and/or Managed by Hispanic Housing Development Corporation (“HHDC”) or an Entity Owned or Controlled by HHDC in Chicago, IL between May 1, 2014 and February 16, 2021.
This Settlement resolves litigation concerning alleged statutory violations and other allegedly unlawful acts with respect to the proposed Class of individuals who resided in one of the approximately 1,900 units in Chicago, Illinois owned and/or managed by HHDC or an entity owned or controlled by HHDC in the case entitled Hill, et al. v. Hispanic Housing Development Corporation, an Ill. Corp, et al. Case No. 2017-CH-07774 (the “Litigation”).
The Class consists of three Subclasses: A, B and C as described here. The amount of your payment will be based on your Subclass.
What are the benefits of the Settlement?
The proposed Settlement establishes:(a) “Common Fund Settlement Amount” totaling $1,500,000.00 which includes an estimated $942,500.00 for “Net Settlement Consideration” and (b) prospective relief.
For more information about the benefits of the Settlement, click here.