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(NATIONAL, Pennsylvania)
A journalist and editor based in Philadelphia. Reporter with @NewStatesman's @CityMetric
Links: @jblumgart | Link to bio | (Current as of: April 29, 2020)
WHYY (PA)
May 9, 2019
If Philadelphia Councilwoman Helen Gym has her way, many more renters facing eviction will be represented by a lawyer when they have their day in court.
News Story
WHYY (PA)
May 19, 2019
First, Gym’s effort to guarantee legal representation to low-income renters in eviction court received broad support from those PlanPhilly interviewed.
News Story
WHYY (PA)
November 14, 2019
Philadelphia City Council unanimously passed a bill Thursday that will provide lawyers to low-income tenants facing eviction in the city.
News Story
WHYY (PA)
May 9, 2019
If Philadelphia Councilwoman Helen Gym has her way, many more renters facing eviction will be represented by a lawyer when they have their day in court.
News Story
WHYY (PA)
January 22, 2019
The group’s next legislative goal is to win funding for a “right to counsel,” which would guarantee that every low-income renter who ends up in eviction court can receive legal representation.
News Story
The South Texas College of Law Houston Clinical Programs and The Randall O. Sorrels Legal Clinics, WHYY (PA)
November 13, 2018
The Philadelphia Bar Association released a study that shows the city could save more than $45 million dollars annually in costs if it invested $3.5 million a year to ensure all low-income tenants have legal assistance in eviction court.
News Story
WHYY (PA)
March 16, 2017
In a city with a staggeringly high eviction rate, landlord-tenant court is one of the busiest corners of Philadelphia's municipal judiciary.
News Story
Slate
December 8, 2015
A study released Monday by the Public Justice Center, a civil legal-aid organization, reveals that the outcomes in Baltimore’s “Rent Court” are predictably one-sided.
News Story
Nation
June 9, 2015
Article diving into the politics of the so-called RAD program that seeks to address the lack of repairs in public housing.
News Story
Philly Voice
June 4, 2015
Story about the work Community Legal Services does to protect Philadelphia workers from wage theft.
A journalist and editor based in Philadelphia. Reporter with @NewStatesman's @CityMetric
Links: @jblumgart | Link to bio | (Current as of: April 29, 2020)
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News StoryPhilly renters guaranteed lawyers in eviction court under new City Council bill
Jake BlumgartWHYY (PA)
May 9, 2019
If Philadelphia Councilwoman Helen Gym has her way, many more renters facing eviction will be represented by a lawyer when they have their day in court.
News Story
How Philly’s City Council candidates say they’d deal with the housing crisis
Jake BlumgartWHYY (PA)
May 19, 2019
First, Gym’s effort to guarantee legal representation to low-income renters in eviction court received broad support from those PlanPhilly interviewed.
News Story
Philly Council votes unanimously to provide free lawyers for tenants facing eviction
Jake BlumgartWHYY (PA)
November 14, 2019
Philadelphia City Council unanimously passed a bill Thursday that will provide lawyers to low-income tenants facing eviction in the city.
News Story
Philly renters guaranteed lawyers in eviction court under new City Council bill
Jake BlumgartWHYY (PA)
May 9, 2019
If Philadelphia Councilwoman Helen Gym has her way, many more renters facing eviction will be represented by a lawyer when they have their day in court.
News Story
City gets behind ‘good cause’ eviction law, but with some reservations about next steps
Jake BlumgartWHYY (PA)
January 22, 2019
The group’s next legislative goal is to win funding for a “right to counsel,” which would guarantee that every low-income renter who ends up in eviction court can receive legal representation.
News Story
Study: Philly tenants facing eviction too often lack legal representation
Jake BlumgartThe South Texas College of Law Houston Clinical Programs and The Randall O. Sorrels Legal Clinics, WHYY (PA)
November 13, 2018
The Philadelphia Bar Association released a study that shows the city could save more than $45 million dollars annually in costs if it invested $3.5 million a year to ensure all low-income tenants have legal assistance in eviction court.
News Story
To reduce unfair evictions tenants need lawyers
Jake BlumgartWHYY (PA)
March 16, 2017
In a city with a staggeringly high eviction rate, landlord-tenant court is one of the busiest corners of Philadelphia's municipal judiciary.
News Story
Landlords Have an Edge in Eviction Cases. They Can Afford Lawyers, and Low-Income Renters Can’t.
Jake BlumgartSlate
December 8, 2015
A study released Monday by the Public Justice Center, a civil legal-aid organization, reveals that the outcomes in Baltimore’s “Rent Court” are predictably one-sided.
News Story
The Obama Administration Is Expanding a Program to Fix Up Public Housing—Too Bad the Program Might Also Privatize It
Jake BlumgartNation
June 9, 2015
Article diving into the politics of the so-called RAD program that seeks to address the lack of repairs in public housing.
News Story
Wage theft hits those who can least afford it
Jake BlumgartPhilly Voice
June 4, 2015
Story about the work Community Legal Services does to protect Philadelphia workers from wage theft.
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