Filed, Delayed, Dropped: How Chicago Fails to Enforce Condo Owners’ Right to Financial Records examines 60 Chicago administrative enforcement cases brought under Ordinance 13-72-080 and finds a system that often produces filings and hearings, but not meaningful enforcement. Using FOIA-obtained records from the Department of Administrative Hearings, the article shows that BACP cases have grown slower over time, with many taking more than a year to reach hearing and most ending in city non-suits with no penalties imposed. The piece argues that Chicago’s problem is not a lack of legal authority, but a failure to use the enforcement tools already in the ordinance — including fines, license revocation, and potential misdemeanor referral for repeat offenders.

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