Housing: Right to Counsel

New York City’s Right to Counsel law helps stem the epidemic of evictions, and provides a blueprint for Milwaukee

News Story (NATIONAL, Wisconsin)

New York City’s Right to Counsel law helps stem the epidemic of evictions, and provides a blueprint for Milwaukee

October 16, 2020 | James E. Causey | Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel
NYC was the first in the nation to pass the Right to Counsel. In 2019, evictions dropped 15%, from the same time in 2018.
Tags: COVID-19 | Housing: Eviction | Housing: Right to Counsel

Providing lawyers to Baltimore tenants facing eviction could pay for itself

Editorial (Maryland)

Providing lawyers to Baltimore tenants facing eviction could pay for itself

May 19, 2020 | Baltimore Sun
The one absolute requirement to comply with a stay-at-home or safer-at-home order is a home. Yet access to that very critical living necessity is in jeopardy for millions of Americans who’ve been forced out of work by coronavirus and now face mounting bills and past due rents.
Tags: Coronavirus | COVID-19 | Housing | Housing: Eviction | Housing: Right to Counsel