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This legislation brings long-overdue relief to consumers who are trying to pay off their debts and achieve financial stability.

"We applaud all those who voted yes for taking a responsible first step toward putting Illinois’s fiscal house back in order."

The Shriver Center on Poverty Law unreservedly condemns this inhumane and cruel rule.

A proposed rule would upend the longstanding legal standard of disparate impact.

Crime free rental housing and nuisance property ordinances often have very costly consequences for tenant families, landlords, and the whole community

The policy of aldermanic prerogative has hindered development of affordable housing and racial integration in the City of Chicago

States and localities are critical terrain in the fight against poverty and racial inequity.

New Law will Make It Easier for Homeless, Elderly, and Disabled SNAP Recipients to Obtain Food

Shriver Center partners with Housing Justice Leadership Institute to support legal assistance for tenants.

New Law Will Lift 200,000 Low-Wage Workers Out of Poverty