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Mayor Jackson’s take on Cleveland lead inspections wrongly puts landlord interests over children’s health

Op-Ed (Ohio)

Mayor Jackson’s take on Cleveland lead inspections wrongly puts landlord interests over children’s health

February 26, 2017 | Abigail Staudt | Plain Dealer (Cleveland, OH)
His view elevates the property interest of landlords at the expense of the health of our children, which is unacceptable.
Tags: Housing | Lead Poisoning

New Grant to Help New Hampshire Legal Assistance Fight Lead Poisoning

News Story (New Hampshire)

New Grant to Help New Hampshire Legal Assistance Fight Lead Poisoning

November 18, 2016 | Casey McDermott | NHPR (local NPR, NH)
Now, New Hampshire Legal Assistance is hoping to use a newly announced $450,000 grant to step up efforts to prevent childhood lead poisoning in the state.
Tags: Housing | Lead Poisoning

Media coverage spurs policy change

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Media coverage spurs policy change

September 29, 2016 11:39 am
Last month the Department of Housing and Urban Development proposed a new rule that will apply stricter standards for addressing young children’s exposure to lead in subsidized housing. It was the very rule change that Emily, director of the Health Justice Project, a medical-legal partnership at Loyola University Chicago School of Law, called for in her March 5 New York Times op-ed, “Blame HUD for America’s Lead Epidemic”.

Hartford Ordered To Pay $6.25 Million To Displaced Tenants

News Story (Connecticut)

Hartford Ordered To Pay $6.25 Million To Displaced Tenants

August 31, 2016 | Jenna Carlesso | Hartford Courant
The city must pay $6.25 million to 1,690 households that were ordered to vacate between January 2010 and September 2015.
Tags: Housing

Judge Orders Hartford to Pay $6.25 Million to Tenants Displaced From Homes

News Story (Connecticut)

Judge Orders Hartford to Pay $6.25 Million to Tenants Displaced From Homes

August 31, 2016 | Jeff Cohen | WNPR (Hartford, CT)
Praising the decision, attorneys for the tenants said the administration of former Mayor Pedro Segarra all but ignored state law.
Tags: Housing

Regional Housing Legal Services (PA)

Provider (Pennsylvania)

Regional Housing Legal Services (PA)

Nonprofit law firm with unique expertise in affordable, sustainable housing and its related components — community and economic development, utility matters and preservation of home ownership.
Tags: Housing

Center for Heirs’ Property Preservation (SC)

Provider (South Carolina)

Center for Heirs’ Property Preservation (SC)

Provides legal services across the seven counties of South Carolina's coastal Low Country: Beaufort, Berkeley, Charleston, Colleton, Dorchester, Georgetown and Jasper. Also provides forestry services across four additional counties: Clarendon, Hampton, Orangeburg and Williamsburg.
Tags: Housing, Wills and Estate

Mayor Jackson’s take on Cleveland lead inspections wrongly puts landlord interests over children’s health

Mayor Jackson’s take on Cleveland lead inspections wrongly puts landlord interests over children’s health

New Grant to Help New Hampshire Legal Assistance Fight Lead Poisoning

New Grant to Help New Hampshire Legal Assistance Fight Lead Poisoning

Media coverage spurs policy change

Media coverage spurs policy change

Hartford Ordered To Pay $6.25 Million To Displaced Tenants

Hartford Ordered To Pay $6.25 Million To Displaced Tenants

Judge Orders Hartford to Pay $6.25 Million to Tenants Displaced From Homes

Judge Orders Hartford to Pay $6.25 Million to Tenants Displaced From Homes

Regional Housing Legal Services (PA)

Regional Housing Legal Services (PA)

Center for Heirs’ Property Preservation (SC)

Center for Heirs’ Property Preservation (SC)

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