The Chicago Housing Authority notched a small win Tuesday in Cook County court against housing activists living in one of its properties without authorization, even as the case calls into question the organization’s practices surrounding vacant properties known as “scattered site” affordable units.

Those living at the house on North Washtenaw Avenue in Humboldt Park were referred to as “squatters” by CHA’s attorney Colleen Healy during a court hearing regarding a notice of stay filed by the people living at the house in an attempt to continue residing there. Their request, however, was denied by the judge, meaning the residents can have an eviction forced against them.

The issue stems from CHA’s management of what it calls “scattered sites” — individual single-family homes or smaller complexes with a few units. Most of the housing authority’s units are in larger multifamily buildings.

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