Moue Magazine » Tom Dart http://www.mouemagazine.com/blog Thu, 01 Apr 2010 22:00:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 At Least He Tried? http://www.mouemagazine.com/blog/2008/10/at-least-he-tried/ http://www.mouemagazine.com/blog/2008/10/at-least-he-tried/#comments Sun, 26 Oct 2008 15:26:24 +0000 Brandy Betz http://www.mouemagazine.com/blog/?p=1242 The sheriff of Cook County, Illinois who announced he would stop serving eviction notices gave in after only a week. On October 9th, Sheriff Tom Dart said he would stop serving notices because the collection agencies weren’t doing their job in ensuring that the proper people were being evicted. The main problem came from renters who had not been informed by their landlord that the building had fallen into foreclosure. Apparently the collection agencies offered to do a better job because Dart returned to eviction enforcement on October 16th.

]]> http://www.mouemagazine.com/blog/2008/10/at-least-he-tried/feed/ 0 Illinois Sheriff Stops Enforcing Evictions http://www.mouemagazine.com/blog/2008/10/illinois-sheriff-stops-enforcing-evictions/ http://www.mouemagazine.com/blog/2008/10/illinois-sheriff-stops-enforcing-evictions/#comments Thu, 09 Oct 2008 17:27:20 +0000 Brandy Betz http://www.mouemagazine.com/blog/?p=1052 Sheriff Tom Dart of Cook County, Illinois announced yesterday that he will no longer serve foreclosure eviction notices. Dart feels that the lenders sending his employees out to serve evictions haven’t done enough work on their end to find out who is living in the property being foreclosed. Landlords who have not informed their tenants that the building has been foreclosed are a typical problem. 

In Cook County, foreclosures are expected to reach a record high of 43,000 this year, compared with 18,916 in 2006.

The sheriff’s office is on pace to conduct 4,500 foreclosure-related evictions, compared with less than half that number in 2006. About one-third of those are rent-paying individuals.

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Dart acknowledged he is at risk of violating court orders to evict and could be found in contempt. But he says he also is responsible for making sure justice is being done. “We will no longer be a party to something that’s so unjust,” he said.

Cook County Circuit Chief Judge Timothy Evans could not be reached for comment. Dart planned to meet with judges Thursday.

Dart’s action will only stall the foreclosure process, not terminate it. And lenders may be less likely to lend to homeowners in Cook County knowing that they may not be able to collect on their collateral if the time comes.

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