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Pangea has taken thousands to eviction court. The story of an apartment empire

The company has claimed credit for reviving south and west side communities, even as it’s filed more than 9,000 eviction cases since 2009.

The south-side neighborhood sees more evictions than any other part of the city—or Cook County, for that matter.

But this doesn’t mean low-income renters are better off.

The odds of winning in eviction court are stacked against tenants; a lack of transparency is part of the problem.