Housing
Client Focus: Robbie’s Journey of Healing and Advocacy
Imagine being released from prison after 20 years of incarceration and immediately having to navigate a web of systems to obtain important documentation that proves your identity. Next, you could…
Read MoreSTATEMENT: Advocates Urge Supreme Court to Protect the Rights of Individuals Experiencing Homelessness
On April 3, with the Chicago Coalition for the Homeless, Law Center for Better Housing, Much Shelist, P.C., and 25 other amici, Legal Council submitted an amicus brief supporting people experiencing homelessness in Grants Pass v. Johnson.
Read MoreClient Focus: Marcus
In the challenging landscape of managing HIV and other critical healthcare needs, the story of individuals like *Marcus vividly illustrates how the burden of unresolved utility bills, exacerbated by uncooperative…
Read MoreEmpowering Change: Legal Council’s Dynamic Partnership with the CPL Cares Program Addresses Homelessness & Health Inequalities
Health and homelessness are directly linked: individuals without stable housing are at higher risk of physical and mental health issues. Legal Council embraces community partnerships that break down traditional silos…
Read MoreChicago’s Humanitarian Housing Crisis
People are on the streets right now in numbers that it is impossible to ignore. Chicago, like many other cities in the United States, not only faces significant and long-standing…
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