Tinley Park trustees authorize court action to remediate unsanitary home occupied by elderly residents

Tinley Park trustees voted Feb. 17 to authorize the village attorney to apply to the Cook County circuit court for an order allowing the village to clean and repair a privately owned house on the east side of town that staff said is unsanitary and poses health risks to its elderly occupants.

Code enforcement staff, speaking at the Committee of the Whole meeting, said the village received a complaint in November alleging an excessive number of animals and unsanitary conditions at the property. "We had close to 19 animals that were there," the staff member stated, and described "feces everywhere, excessive amounts of fleas, flies" and other contamination visible on police body‑cam footage. Staff said two animals were removed by Cook County animal control, notices and citations were issued, and the owners did not remediate the interior conditions within the statutory windows.

Why it matters: Village staff said the house is occupied by two elderly residents with serious health problems who cannot maintain the property, and that the interior conditions -- not outward structural collapse -- present a public‑health and…