Chicago Says Vacant-Property Ordinance Isn't Preempted

By Megan Stride · June 19, 2013, 4:37 PM EDT

An attorney for the city of Chicago told an Illinois federal judge Wednesday that the Federal Housing Finance Agency's suit challenging a local vacant-property ordinance should be axed because the ordinance...

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Case Information

Case Title

Federal Housing Finance Agency, on Its Own Behalf and as Conservator of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac v. City of Chicago, a municipal corporation

Case Number

Court

Illinois Northern

Nature of Suit

890(Other Statutory Actions)

Date Filed

December 12, 2011

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