"Power concedes nothing without demand. It never did and it never will."
- Frederick Douglass

People who experience homelessness are often subject to rampant forms of abuse and discrimination. Since its inception in 1997, the Law Project has used the legal system to ensure that our clients are able to use the law to defend their legal rights.

Since settling Salazar v. Edwards, which declared that Chicago Public School System must educate students experiencing homelessness, the Law Project has been constantly engaged in the struggle to ensure schools in fact follow the law.

At the same time, the Law Project has fought discrimination against people who have experienced homelessness.

The Law Project's commitment to defending the rights of people experiencing homelessness stems from CCH's mission that housing is a human right in a just society.

For more information about CCH's legal services, please contact the Law Project.CCH is a proud participant in the Chicago Bar Foundation's Investing In Justice campaign which seeks to retain and increase the availability of high-quality civil legal service attorneys forlow income people in Illinois. To learn more about the campaign and see how you can help, click here.

Rene Heybach and Robin LeFlore, a formerly homeless parent who led the fight for educational rights in Salazar v. Edwards.