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Landlord battles haunt Twin Cities low-income renters

News Story (Minnesota)

Landlord battles haunt Twin Cities low-income renters

February 22, 2018 | Max Nesterak | Minnesota Public Radio
While unlawful detainers are almost always about missed rent, they also capture other kinds of fights with landlords that have nothing to do with rent.
Tags: Housing: Eviction | Housing: Landlord-Tenant | Lead Poisoning

Cleveland Group Helps Tenants Fight Lead Poisoning in Housing Court

Column (Ohio)

Cleveland Group Helps Tenants Fight Lead Poisoning in Housing Court

January 2, 2018 | Spencer Wells | Nonprofit Quarterly (NPQ)
As a practical matter, when a tenant ends up in housing court, the summons dissipates the family’s fear of retaliation. The choice is resist or become homeless.
Tags: Lead Poisoning

City Sued Over Lead-Poisoned Child

News Story (Connecticut)

City Sued Over Lead-Poisoned Child

October 31, 2017 | Christopher Peak | New Haven Independent
New Haven Legal Assistance Association filed the lawsuit in state Housing Court on Monday claiming that the city violated both state law and local ordinances in its response to off-the-charts lead levels in the blood of Jacob Guaman.
Tags: Lead Poisoning

Suit blames New Haven Health Department for child’s lead poisoning

News Story (Connecticut)

Suit blames New Haven Health Department for child’s lead poisoning

October 31, 2017 | Mary O’Leary | New Haven Register
It charges that for the past nine years it has “failed to ensure proper lead poisoning prevention and control, as required by state and city law.”
Tags: Lead Poisoning

Legal Aid Takes City To Task On Lead

Feature (Connecticut)

Legal Aid Takes City To Task On Lead

August 24, 2017 | Christopher Peak | New Haven Independent
Despite two city-ordered series of repairs, a child is still living at a west side apartment with lead-paint poisoning — the latest chapter in a decade-long saga that’s now the subject of a demand letter and an upcoming suit by legal aid lawyers.
Tags: Lead Poisoning

Law would require nearly all older Cleveland homes to be ‘lead safe’

News Story (Ohio)

Law would require nearly all older Cleveland homes to be ‘lead safe’

July 23, 2017 | Rachel Dissell , Brie Zeltner | Plain Dealer (Cleveland, OH)
Cleveland homes, childcare centers and schools built before 1978 would have to be certified as safe from lead hazards by 2021 under legislation City Councilman Jeff Johnson will introduce next month.
Tags: Lead Poisoning

Lead poisoning lawsuit highlights Cleveland family’s plight to find safe, affordable housing

Feature (Ohio)

Lead poisoning lawsuit highlights Cleveland family’s plight to find safe, affordable housing

May 29, 2017 | Rachel Dissell , Brie Zeltner | Plain Dealer (Cleveland, OH)
The Legal Aid Society sued Cleveland on her behalf last week, in hopes the court will force city officials to follow state lead laws designed to protect children exposed to the brain damaging toxin, often in their homes.
Tags: Lead Poisoning