The $5,000 grants could be enough to keep some from losing their homes; of Chicago eviction cases filed from 2010 through 2017 with claims for back rent, 44% of renters owed less than $2,500, according to an analysis by the Lawyers’ Committee for Better Housing.
A largely unasked question is becoming glaring: Is Illinois doing all it should to use artificial intelligence to make government cost less and work better? So far, the evidence says no.