Legal Resources for Tenants
Connecting Tenants
Legal aid, apartment locators, rental assistance programs, and tenants rights resources.
Illinois Legal Aid Online
Legal information for tenants
Sargent Shriver Center on Poverty Law
Legal services and advocacy for residents of affordable rental housing
Lawyers’ Committee for Better Housing
Advocacy and intervention on behalf of tenants, including litigation
Reintervention
Free chat service to answer tenant questions and concerns provided by the Lawyers’ Committee for Better Housing
Legal Aid Chicago
Free civil legal assistance to low-income and elderly individuals in Chicago and suburban Cook County
Metropolitan Tenants Organization
Educates, organizes and empowers tenants to have a voice in the decisions that impact the affordability and availability of safe, decent and accessible housing
Prairie State Legal Services
Free legal services for low income personas and people over 60
Housing Location Services
Housing Choice Partners
Provides counseling and assistance in locating rental units to low-income residents and housing choice voucher holders
www.hcp-chicago.org
HUD Affordable Apartment Search
Search for a low-rent apartment in your area
www.hud.gov
IHDA Housing Search
www.ihda.org
Emergency Housing Services
Corporation for Supportive Housing
www.csh.org
Chicago Coalition for the Homeless
www.chicagohomeless.org
Connect to End Homelessness
https://connectmenow.org/about
Evictions
Illinois Legal Aid Online
www.illinoislegalaid.org
CIC Property Management Training
www.cicchicago.com
Lawyers Committee for Better Housing
www.lcbh.org
Legal Aid Chicago
https://www.legalaidchicago.org