Chicago Area Fair Housing Alliance

Sweeping reform will
dramatically expand opportunities for community living
and create meaningful
individual choice

National Fair Housing Alliance & HUD Investigations Confirm Discrimination
 
CHICAGO, IL – On July 18, 2008, the U.S. Department of Justice filed a federal lawsuit against the real estate brokerage doing business as Re/Max East-West alleging discrimination on the basis of race and national origin in violation of the Fair Housing Act.  Re/Max East-West is a major brokerage company serving Illinois’ DuPage and Cook Counties, including the neighborhoods of Elmhurst, Lombard, Villa Park and Bensenville.
 

Howrey LLP to be Recognized for Its Pro Bono Contributions
at the July 23, 2008 Annual Meeting of the Chicago Lawyers’ Committee for Civil
Rights Under Law, Inc.

Aon to be Honored with a Corporate Leadership Award

Beginning Wednesday, July 16, office hours will be changed to include:
                       Wednesdays >> open until 7 p.m.
                       Saturdays     >> public hours 9 a.m. - 2 p.m.

For more information on the Commission, please visit their website or call them at 312-744-4111 or TTY: 312-744-1088. 

At the first hearing of the National Commission on Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity a number of CAFHA members and leaders testified. Below are links to video of their testimony and attached are the more extensive written comments that were submitted.

*CAFHA president and Lawyers' Committee for Better Housing executive director Kathy Clark