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Few tenants facing eviction have an attorney. Top lawmakers are poised to change that. Yehyun Kim :: ctmirror.org A group of people protest outside the Hartford apartment of a woman facing eviction during a snowstorm Feb. 18. She had an attorney and the decision was delayed while a settlement is being negotiated. On that same day, judges across the state gave permission for eight landlords to evict tenants. None of those tenants had an attorney. Facing eviction this winter, Alice attempted to e...

Yehyun Kim / CTMirror.org Facing eviction this winter, Alice attempted to email to Hartford Housing Court the documents needed to qualify for the eviction moratorium program established by the federal government during the pandemic, but her paperwork didn’t arrive. At her hearing on Tuesday, Alice cried as she told a judge she meets all the requirements for the moratorium, to whom at Hartford Housing Court she sent her documents, and that she will be homeless if the judge allows a state...

by Nathalie Graham • Jan 28, 2021 at 12:18 pm Having access to a lawyer helps tenants stay in their homes. ROB DOBI With Seattles eviction moratorium due to lift at the end of March, Councilmember Kshama Sawant is drawing up legislation to guarantee Seattle tenants the right to counsel in eviction proceedings. Sawant wants to extend the moratorium until at least the end of 2021 to give renters a chance to catch their breath and maybe try to catch up o...

Could 2021 Be The Year Of Civil Justice Reform? By Cara Bayles | January 24, 2021, 8:02 PM EST The pandemic and economic downturn have drawn more attention to civil justice issues like eviction proceedings. Here, protesters advocate in August for extending New York Citys eviction moratorium. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images) In early 2020, Ruy Arango and his fellow housing advocates in Boulder, Colorado, began campaigning for a referendum that could provide rent relief money...

How To Watch WrestleMania In 2021 After WWE, NBC Streaming Deal 01/25/21 AT 11:50 AM The way wrestling fans watch WWE’s biggest events, including WrestleMania, is about to change. NBCUniversal has agreed to a multiyear deal with the professional wrestling organization, giving Peacock the streaming rights to WWE Network for its American audience. Starting March 18, WWE Network will move to Peacock, NBC’s new streaming service, Variety reports. Live content and more than 17,000 hours of progr...

San Ramon-based property developer firm Meridian, which focuses on medical industry real estate, announced this month that it recently closed escrow to acquire an 188,000-square-foot medical complex in Arizona.

Earlier this month it was reported by Wrestlenomics’ Brandon Thurston and POST Wrestling’s John Pollock that WWE will begin filming a new NXT series in India in January.

Latest On WWE Planning A New Project With Indian Superstars The new project previously reported to be a WWE NXT India series looks to be filming on Friday, January 22. It was reported before, via POST Wrestling and Brandon Thurston of Wrestlenomics, that the project was expected to film in Florida for a roll-out in early 2021, perhaps in late January. POST now reports that as of Thursday morning, there was a filming date listed on the internal calendar for Friday, January 22, with a title of �...

By Elaine S. Povich | Stateline.org (TNS) Julie Ray lives in a mobile home in Pearl River, Louisiana, with her two teenage daughters, Jerilynn and Jasmine. Her mother, Barbara, used to live there too, but she had a stroke before the pandemic hit and had to move to a nursing home. In May, she died there, from COVID-19. Julie Ray lost her job at a local grocery store in March. Now she can’t pay her $700 a month rent and is in danger of eviction. She was approved for state-sp...

Biden faces new critical deadlines after relief package Niv Elis © Getty Images Biden faces new critical deadlines after relief package The $900 billion COVID-19 relief package Congress approved Monday set up a series of tough deadlines for the incoming Biden administration. Expanded unemployment benefits are slated to phase out starting in mid-March. Other benefits intended to help businesses and keep people in their homes will expire as soon as Jan. 31. While the latest COV...