Spotlight: Disability, Covid-19, and Jail Incarceration
04.17.20Dear Access Living friends and allies, Today, we want to spotlight the crisis facing incarcerated people with disabilities during the...
Action Alert: Help Protect Against Disability Discrimination in Housing
03.10.20The Fair Housing Act protects people with disabilities from discrimination in housing. One of the requirements under the Fair Housing...
Action Alert: Tell HUD to Release Fair Housing Funding
12.13.19Dear Access Living friends and allies, Since the day Access Living opened, one of the most important needs we have...
Lawsuit Alleging Decades of Housing Discrimination Against Disabled People in Chicago Can Proceed
04.02.19CHICAGO – Following a federal judge’s ruling on Friday, March 29, the City of Chicago will be required to defend...
Woman Denied Shelter Due to Disability Files Lawsuit Against Chicago
03.20.19CHICAGO - Laura Martin, a woman with rheumatoid arthritis, filed a lawsuit in federal court against the city of Chicago...
Disability Rights Group Demands City of Chicago Make Homeless Shelters Accessible
03.12.19CHICAGO – Members of Access Living’s Disability Rights Action Coalition for Housing (DRACH) will gather at 10 a.m. today, Tuesday,...
Mayoral Candidates Commit to Spending Required to Correct Disability Discrimination in Affordable Housing Program
12.13.18CHICAGO - Candidates for Mayor of Chicago today committed to spending whatever is required to correct decades of discrimination against...
Access Living sues the City of Chicago for three decades of discrimination against people with disabilities in Affordable Rental Housing Program
05.14.18CHICAGO - Access Living of Metropolitan Chicago filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois,...