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|  | John Pennycuff Memorial Apartments in Castillo Plaza, LGBTQ housing in Logan Square
2020-12-18
Last month, The John Pennycuff Memorial Apartments at Castillo Plaza (Pennycuff) opened at the corner of Milwaukee and Campbell Avenues in Logan Square after four years of development and city approval meetings and for the past ...
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| | Pennycuff Memorial Apartments now open
2020-12-16
The John Pennycuff Memorial Apartments at Castillo Plaza is named for the late LGBTQ and civil rights activist, John Pennycuff. Located on Milwaukee Ave. in Chicago's Logan Square neighborhood, the building was designed by Cyrus Subawalla ...
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| | Missouri lesbian couple settles discrimination suit against senior housing community
2020-12-08
--From a press release - ST. LOUIS, MO — Today, the National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR), along with co-counsel Relman Colfax PLLC, St. Louis LGBTQ civil rights attorney Arlene Zarembka, and the ACLU of Missouri announced the settlement of Walsh ...
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| | Nat'l Fair Housing Alliance, LGBTQ+ Real Estate Alliance address discrimination
2020-10-12
--From a press release - St. Paul, Minn. — The new LGBTQ+ Real Estate Alliance has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the National Fair Housing Alliance (NFHA) allowing for joint efforts to identify and rid the nation of housing ...
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| | New study examines pathways into poverty for LGBTQ adults
2020-09-30
--From a press release - A new report by the Williams Institute at UCLA School of Law provides an exploration of common pathways into and prolonging poverty among a diverse population of low-income LGBTQ people in California. An analysis of interviews ...
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| | Five Worth Finding: Tom of Finland, help for renters, 'Batwoman'
2020-09-22
—Rentervention (https://lcbh.org/get-legal-help/rentervention): This webpage begins with a daunting statistic: Each year, more than 20,000 people are evicted from their homes in Chicago. Rentervention—a part of the ...
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| | Black trans disabled Chicagoan on long quest for affordable housing
2020-09-02
When Garnet Williams was set to enter their final year at Columbia College in 2014, they began to experience pain in their lower back. Because of this pain, Williams' life has changed dramatically these past six ...
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| | Judge stops HHS rule change from taking effect
2020-08-19
U.S. District Court Judge Frederic Block issued a temporary injunction Monday (August 17), delaying the implementation of new rules written by the Trump administration that would eliminate protections for LGBT people in ...
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| | Research results show potential impact of anti-trans HUD regulation
2020-08-19
The Williams Institute at UCLA School of Law unveiled research results on the heels of news that the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) released a proposed rule that aims to revise the Equal ...
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| | Preckwinkle extends deadline for suburban rental assistance
2020-08-18
Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle, the Cook County Bureau of Economic Development and the Housing Authority of Cook County (HACC) announced the application deadline extension for the Cook County ...
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| | Federal Trial Court Issues injunction against anti-LGBTQ HHS provisions
2020-08-17
--From a press release - (New York, NY, Aug. 17, 2020) — Today, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York issued an injunction in Walker v. Azar, one of the various challenges to the Trump administration's ...
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| | COVID-19 Pritzker launches emergency rental assistance program
2020-08-10
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker and the Illinois Housing Development Authority (IHDA) announced that applications for rental assistance are now available for renters who have lost a job or income due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Through the ...
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| | A peek inside The Crib's new location
2020-08-08
The Night Ministry is now operating The Crib in a new location at 1735 N. Ashland Ave. The previous location in the basement of Lakeview Lutheran Church only included 900 square feet of space—a prime reason ...
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| | HUD may reverse protections for homeless transgender people accessing shelters
2020-07-23
--From a Williams Institute press release - The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development today released a proposed rule that aims to revise the Equal Access rule, which requires HUD-funded housing services to be provided without discrimination based on sexual orientation or ...
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| | Nonprofits can apply for charitable trust grants for food, housing
2020-06-30
A grant program to help small nonprofit organizations provide food and housing assistance will begin taking applications July 1-Sept. 30, Illinois state Treasurer Michael Frerichs said in a statement. The Charitable Trust Stabilization Fund assists small ...
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