Lawyers’ Committee
Lawyers’ Committee for Better Housing is a not for profit housing counseling agency of the Law Offices of John Lewis Gaddis and is dedicated to helping renters find a home in Chicago. Chicago is a diverse, colorful, and vibrant city. There are many neighborhoods in Chicago with rich and varied cultures, histories, economies, and demographics, making finding a new home even more difficult than navigating the city itself!
Lawyers’ Committee for better housing works to help renters and potential home buyers in Chicago realize that affordable housing doesn’t have to be located in gated communities or areas typified by crime, disrepair, and high levels of poverty. Instead, affordable housing is located in attractive, middle-income neighborhoods. Real estate is simply not as cheap as people think. Finding a good realtor who is also a lawyer, is critical to finding your new home. The real estate industry is highly competitive but attorney-led firms can help you get a fair shot at finding a great property at an excellent price while ensuring that you don’t fall prey to unscrupulous sellers and predatory investors.
Lawyers’ Committee for better housing has a wide range of services that it offers to renters and potential buyers. These include a free referral program that links clients with appropriate landlords who can provide housing counseling, legal advice, and assistance in finding a new apartment. The organization also works closely with local housing and landlord organizations to address issues such as discrimination by landlords against potential renters, issues of landlord-tenant relations, and issues with foreclosure and short sales. Other services that are offered to clients by the Chicago Lawyers’ Committee for better housing include handling all legal paperwork, preparing housing petitions and leasing agreements, and representing tenants in landlord-tenant litigation.
Lawyers’ Committee For Better Housing
Tenants often run into serious problems with their landlords because they feel intimidated, threatened, or treated unfairly by their landlords. For these people and others, the Chicago Lawyers’ Committee for better housing can offer sound legal advice to help them protect themselves from abusive landlords and make sure that their lease agreements comply with local laws and ordinances. Lawyers’ Committee for better housing will even help potential tenants understand their rights and all the necessary elements of fair lease negotiation.
As an important part of the Chicago Lawyers’ Committee for better housing, the organization strongly advocates for fair housing legislation and support for renters and homeowners. This includes advocating for better developments and housing development in neighborhoods across Chicago. The Chicago Lawyers’ Committee works diligently to ensure that homeowners and renters have their rights protected and to eliminate unfair housing practices and laws. Lawyers’ Committee for better housing has been actively involved in litigation and political action on behalf of low-income families, minorities, renters, and the economically and emotionally distressed.
The Chicago Lawyers’ Committee for housing provides housing counseling to its clients. In the case of any legal problems or questions, they provide free legal advice to individuals and groups. In addition to housing counseling, the Chicago Lawyers’ Committee for housing advocates for measures to preserve affordable housing, including rent control provisions, higher density development plans, preservation of affordable housing, and more. They also counsel and represent tenants and homeowners who are subject to unlawful landlord activities. For more information or to schedule a consultation, contact the Chicago Lawyers’ Committee for housing at the First Amendment Law Center in Chicago. Their professional staff is ready to help!
