While Illinois continues to introduce policies to better protect tenants, the housing crisis remains far from resolved. The lack of affordable, available housing still affects renters across the state in serious and lasting ways.
New Partnership Announcement: ACTA
Board Member Spotlight: Josh Taylor
Decoding Housing Disputes: An Attorney’s Perspective
The Evolution of Tenant Rights in Illinois
Housing is more than just a roof over our heads – it's a basic human right. This principle is enshrined in international law, most notably in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). Adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in 1948, the UDHR affirms that everyone has the right to adequate housing, a place that supports dignity, health, and well-being.
Disability Independence Day Community Partner Spotlight
Pride Month Community Partner Spotlight
This #PrideMonth, we’re proud to spotlight our community partner, OCAD Chicago. Organized Communities Against Deportations (OCAD) is an undocumented-led group that organizes against deportations, detention, criminalization, and incarceration of Black, brown, and immigrant communities in Chicago and beyond.
Inside the Asylum Process: A Community Partner’s Perspective
Asylum protections for Community Members (CMs) are vital now more than ever, especially in light of recent policy shifts and heightened anti-immigrant rhetoric from the current administration. If you missed the first two installments of our asylum series, check them out here. Learn about the historical context of asylum in the United States and gain insight into how immigration attorneys navigate these complex cases.
AANHPI Heritage Month Community Partner Spotlight
Inside the Asylum Process: An Immigration Attorney’s Perspective
May Day Community Partner Spotlight
Fair Housing Month Community Partner Spotlight
Today we are spotlighting one of our community partners, Autonomous Tenants Union (ATU), for #FairHousingMonth. ATU is a tenant-led volunteer collective based in Albany Park
Arab American Heritage Month Community Partner Spotlight
April is #ArabAmericanHeritageMonth, and to celebrate we wanted to spotlight Arab American Action Network (AAAN), one of Beyond’s community partners. AAAN is a nonprofit organization that strives to strengthen the Arab community in the Chicago area. AAAN does this by building community members’ capacity to be active agents for positive social change.
National Farm Workers Day Community Partner Spotlight
Women's History Month Community Partner Spotlight
Asylum 101
International Women's Day Community Partner Spotlight
To celebrate #InternationalWomensDay, we are spotlighting one of our Community Partners, Healing to Action (HTA). HTA is ending gender-based violence by building the leadership and collective power of the communities who are most impacted, transforming the narrative of survivors from vulnerable “victims” to powerful leaders in the movement to end gender-based violence.
Difficult by Design
Black History Month Community Partner Spotlight
Beyond is thrilled to celebrate #BlackHistoryMonth with community partner, SWOP Chicago. Sex Workers Outreach Project (SWOP Chicago) is a Black-led grassroots organization dedicated to providing direct aid and advocacy to current and former sex workers in the Chicagoland area.