Op-Ed – Voices for Civil Justice

One Big Thing Cities Can Do on Immigration

Op-Ed (NATIONAL, Pennsylvania)

One Big Thing Cities Can Do on Immigration

October 26, 2020 | Helen Gym | CityLab
Most immigrants don’t have lawyers in their deportation hearings. Local governments are starting to fund them.
Tags: Civil Right to Counsel | Deportation | Immigration | Immigration Process

Ensuring Safe, Stable Housing Should Be Top Priority For New Administration, Congress

Op-Ed (NATIONAL)

Ensuring Safe, Stable Housing Should Be Top Priority For New Administration, Congress

December 18, 2020 | Sarah Chamberlain | Forbes

Tags: Coronavirus | COVID-19 | Housing: Eviction | Housing: Right to Counsel

CDC ban on evictions expires Dec. 31; Congress must act to prevent 30 million evictions

Op-Ed (NATIONAL)

CDC ban on evictions expires Dec. 31; Congress must act to prevent 30 million evictions

December 10, 2020 | John Pollock | Hill, The

Tags: Coronavirus | COVID-19 | Housing: Eviction

Op-Ed: L.A. County’s legal self-help services are used by 150,000 a year. Yet the program may be cut

Op-Ed (California)

Op-Ed: L.A. County’s legal self-help services are used by 150,000 a year. Yet the program may be cut

December 2, 2020 | Los Angeles Times (LA Times)

Tags: Pro Se/Self-Help

The eviction crisis has begun. It will get so much worse.

Op-Ed (NATIONAL)

The eviction crisis has begun. It will get so much worse.

September 23, 2020 | Anne Kat Alexander , Alieza Durana | Washington Post
Between the end of the Cares Act and a CDC moratorium, landlords pounced.
Tags: CDC Eviction Moratorium | Coronavirus | COVID-19 | Housing: Eviction

Why the CDC’s eviction moratorium isn’t enough to prevent evictions in Maryland | COMMENTARY

Op-Ed (Maryland, NATIONAL)

Why the CDC’s eviction moratorium isn’t enough to prevent evictions in Maryland | COMMENTARY

September 17, 2020 | Tisha Guthrie , Charisse Lue | Baltimore Sun

Tags: Coronavirus | COVID-19 | Housing: Eviction | Racial Justice

A civil justice crisis is coming; Much greater funding for legal aid is needed

Op-Ed (Massachusetts)

A civil justice crisis is coming; Much greater funding for legal aid is needed

September 10, 2020 | Susan Finegan , Lynne Parker | CommonWealth – Nonprofit journal of politics, ideas and civic life

Tags: Coronavirus | COVID-19 | Domestic Violence | Housing: Eviction | Housing: Foreclosure | Hunger | Unemployment Insurance