The complaint asks the court to declare the Cook County Assessor’s assessment system unlawful, and to order Berrios’ office to adopt and implement a fair, accurate, transparent, lawful, and nondiscriminatory system.
Read MoreThis ruling will give the organization the opportunity to provide affordable housing for clients in their Safe Haven program, and open the door for similar organizations in Lake County to provide housing for low income people.
Read More“These tenants are mostly refugees and immigrants from the Soviet Union, Vietnam, Cuba and Korea who couldn’t understand the rental documents in front of them,” said Lori Clark of the Jane Addams Senior Caucus.
Read MoreThe Chicago Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, Inc. and Open Communities announced a settlement agreement that resolves a two year housing discrimination investigation of Domus Group LLC and their agent, Rentology.
Read MoreHCP alleged in its suit that in June 2012, defendants refused HCP's proposal to sublease office space at a downtown building, based on the race of HCP’s primarily African-American clients, who would be visiting HCP’s offices.
Read MoreThe Chicago Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, Inc. (CLC) announces a settlement agreement that resolves a two-year long disability discrimination battle between Plaintiffs Mary and Ralph Stevens and Defendants Hollywood Towers Condominium and its property managers, Joseph Armenio and Sudler and Company d/b/a Sudler Property Management.
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