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1. Disabilities Guidebook: Residential Programs Receiving Federal Financial Assistance
   Information about discrimination based on disability in residential programs and activities receiving federal funds
   Author: David Wolowitz & Michael O'Connor, Prairie State Legal Services
   Updated: 05/03/2013
2. Disabilities Guidebook: Discrimination in the Sale, Rental and Use of Housing (Federal Law): The Fair Housing Amendments Act of 1988 (FHAA)
   Explains the Federal law's prohibitions on discrimination in the sale, rental, and use of housing based on disability
   Author: David Wolowitz & Michael O'Connor, Prairie State Legal Services; Revisions by Lisa Branganca, Access Living
   Updated: 04/16/2013
3. Senior Citizens Handbook - Your Rights as a Homeowner
   Information about homeowner's rights, including refinancing, predatory loans, reverse mortgages, mortgage foreclosure, tax sale, equitable indemnity, real estate tax deferral, and other tax advantages
   Author: Prairie State Legal Services
   Updated: 03/20/2013
4. Tenant's Eviction Based on Foreclosure of Property
   This guide provides information about tenants that are involved in foreclosure suits that are brought against their landlord.
   Author: Written by: Richard Wheelock, LAF and Revised by: Lea A. Weems, LAF
   Updated: 03/12/2013
5. Security Deposit Return Act Summary
   Description of the Security Deposit Return Act
   Author: Tammie Grossman
   Updated: 02/20/2013
6. Senior Citizens Handbook - Renters' Rights
   Information about leases, security deposits, housing conditions, evictions, subsidized housing, and the Circuit Breaker Program
   Author: Prairie State Legal Services
   Updated: 02/20/2013
7. Your Rights as a Tenant of a Mobile Home Park
   Information about the rights of a tenant of a mobile home park
   Author: Land of Lincoln Legal Assistance Foundation
   Updated: 12/21/2012
8. Senior Citizens Handbook - Public Utilities and LIHEAP
   Information for senior citizens about public utilities, including a provider's or landlord's duty to provide service, shut-offs and reconnections and the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP)
   Author: Prairie State Legal Services
   Updated: 11/30/2012
9. Changes in the Foreclosure Mediation Program
   There have been big changes to the Cook County Foreclosure Mediation Program in recent months. This webcast explains what to expect from all the new changes.
   Presenter(s): Chicago Volunteer Legal Services Foundation
   Updated: 11/21/2012
10. Representing First-Time Homebuyers Training Session
    Information on pro bono work with the Chicago Housing Authority Choose to Own program.
    Presenter(s): The Law Project
    Updated: 10/24/2012
11. Attorney Checklists and Client Fact Sheets
    Attorney checklists and client fact sheets in various areas of law from the Illinois Attorney Desk Reference Manual
    Author: Attorney Desk Reference Manual
    Updated: 09/28/2012
12. Educational Rights of Homeless Children
    Information about which schools homeless children can attend and what services the school must provide
    Author: Law Project of the Chicago Coalition for the Homeless
    Updated: 08/13/2012
13. Illinois Housing Law Overview
    Housing law manual for legal advocates with a particular focus on public housing.
    Author: Larry Wood, LAF
    Updated: 07/06/2012
14. Mortgage Foreclosure Mediation Training
    Mortgage foreclosure mediation training for volunteers through Chicago Volunteer Legal Services Foundation.
    Presenter(s): Chicago Volunteer Legal Services Foundation
    Updated: 06/27/2012
15. Law at the Library Seminar: Buying and Selling a Home
    Legal information that you need to think of when buying and selling a home.
    Presenter(s): Chicago Bar Association
    Updated: 04/04/2012
16. DePaul Neighborhood Legal Assistance Project (NLAP) Training
    A training geared toward assisting the homeless with expungement of criminal records and obtaining state IDs.
    Presenter(s): DePaul Legal Clinic
    Updated: 03/14/2012
17. Panel Discussions: Neighborhoods and the Legacy of Segregation in Chicago
    Three panel discussions addressing(1)Lathrop Homes and the future of public and affordable housing in Chicago (2) The Chicago Public education system after the consent decree and (3) Racist policing, prosecution and imprisonment.
    Presenter(s): Center for Public Interest Law
    Updated: 03/12/2012
18. Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers
    Explains the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Program, which is an important federal housing program that assists people with disabilities
    Author: Technical Assistance Collaborative, Inc.
    Updated: 02/22/2012
19. CBA Legal Aid Committee Meeting: Homelessness in Chicago
    Information on legal and social services available to refer clients in need.
    Presenter(s): The Chicago Bar Foundation
    Updated: 01/30/2012
20. When Discretion Means Denial: The Use of Criminal Records to Deny Low-Income People Access to Federally Subsidized Housing
    A review of the criminal records policies of nearly all the public housing and Housing Choice Voucher programs in the state of Illinois as well as over 100 properties participating in the project-based Section 8 program.
    Author: Marie Claire Tran-Leung, Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law
    Updated: 11/01/2011
21. Circuit Court of Cook County Mortgage Foreclosure Mediation Program
    [Text Only Version]
    A legal resources and support guide for volunteers of Chicago Volunteer Legal Services's (CVLS) foreclosure mediation program.
    Author: Chicago Volunteer Legal Services Foundation
    Updated: 09/22/2011
22. Contract for Deed Home Buyers' Rights and Obligations
    Explains the rights of home buyers who buy a home with a contract for deed versus home buyers who take out a mortgage loan
    Author: Land of Lincoln Legal Assistance Foundation
    Updated: 09/07/2011
23. Mediation Program Overview
    This video describes the procedures for calling mediation clients for the Cook County Mortgage Foreclosure Mediation Program.
    Presenter(s): Chicago Volunteer Legal Services
    Updated: 09/06/2011
24. Landlord and Tenant Law
    Information about Illinois private landlord tenant law, including leases, security deposits, and evictions.
    Author: Revisions contributed by, Julie Harcum, Legal Assistance Foundation of Metropolitan Chicago
    Updated: 09/01/2011
25. Mediation: An Introduction to Mediation
    This video provides a brief summary of what a mediation for the Circuit Court of Cook County Mortgage Foreclosure Mediation Program will look like.
    Author: Chicago Volunteer Legal Services
    Updated: 08/18/2011

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