Fair Housing Project | Prairie State Legal Services, Inc.
400 Russel Court, Woodstock, IL 60098
Eligibility
Required documents
Application process
Application is available on website or by phone; Due to call volume, applying by website is preferred
Fees
None
Service area
Lake County, IL
Mchenry County, IL
Boone County, IL
Winnebago County, IL
Peoria County, IL
Tazewell County, IL
Bloomington, IL
Normal, IL
Description
Legal representation for matters involving fair housing. Types of cases that would be considered include:
- A refusal to rent on the basis of a particular trait or status (race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, familial status).
- Offering housing on different terms on those bases than for others.
- Steering people to housing elsewhere.
- Treatment of tenants differently due to one of the above mentioned traits or statuses.
- Issues with requests for reasonable accommodations in housing due to disability.
What's Here
Providing organization
Prairie State Legal Services, Inc.
Free legal assistance for a wide range of civil matters.