Renter's Handbook

Legal Assistance

Need a Lawyer and Can't Afford One?
Types of Cases We May Handle
Who is Eligible for Assistance?
How to Reach Prairie State Legal Services

Need a Lawyer and Can't Afford One?                                                                            Back

Prairie State Legal Services, Inc. provides free legal help for people and groups who cannot afford legal fees. PSLS charges no fees except for court filing costs and litigation costs that are not waived by the court. PSLS attorneys and paralegals have been hired through funds from the federal Legal Services Corporation, Lawyer's Trust Fund, by additional special grants, and by local funders such as United Way and Area Agencies on Aging.

Types of Cases We May Handle

Prairie State Legal Services does not handle all types of cases. Below is a list of some of the types of cases that we may handle. Contact your local office for more information.

 

landlord-tenant welfare problems emergency assistance health benefits domestic violence Social Security and SSI food stamps public housing

unemployment compensation utilities Medicaid Medicare nursing home problems hospital bills racial discrimination utility terminations

Prairie State Legal Services Cannot Handle Criminal Cases                                          Back

To be eligible for free legal help from Prairie State Legal Services, you must:

• meet certain income standards which are based on family size OR be eligible through our Senior Citizens Project or other special program; and,
• live in one of the following counties:

Boone, Bureau, Carroll, DeKalb, DuPage, Grundy, Henry, Iroquois, JoDaviess, Kane, Kankakee, Kendall, Lake, LaSalle, Lee, Livingston, McHenry, McLean, Marshall, Mercer, Ogle, Peoria, Putnam, Rock Island, Stephenson, Tazewell, Whiteside, Will, Winnebago, Woodford

How To Reach Us

Click here to see a map of our office locations

Published in 1996.

Laws may have changed; please check with a lawyer before relying on information contained in this publication.

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