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By Don DeBat Mayor Brandon Johnson’s “Protecting Renters Ordinance” (PRO) aims to rewrite landlord-tenant rules in Chicago in an effort to supposedly strengthen tenant protections and housing stability. However, the proposed PRO ordinance is “flawed and actually hurts affordability” by adding costs and restrictions for landlords, according to an expert analysis by Illinois Policy Institute, a non-profit taxpayer-research organization. An earlier version of PRO would have requ