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Beginning on Tuesday, Feb. 1, low-income renters in Philadelphia's 19121 and 19139 zip codes will be eligible to receive free legal representation when facing eviction, according to the city's Health and Human Services Office. The Right to Counsel was passed by Philadelphia City Council in November 2019, and further implemented in December 2021.
Under a new right-to-counsel program, hundreds of Philadelphia renters will soon be guaranteed free legal representation if their landlord files for eviction.
The fight for rent control in 1970s Philadelphia was long, grueling, and frustrating, but provides lessons for tenant organizers today.
The Thomas Jefferson Planning District Commission has been awarded $250,000 for a project with the Piedmont Housing Alliance.
After reviewing eviction diversion programs from other states like Illinois and Florida, the New Mexico Supreme Court last week announced its own, soon bringing an end to the state’s moratorium on evictions after 2 years. The state will transition to the new Eviction Prevention and Diversion Program – first with a pilot program in Eastern New Mexico starting February 1st, then the rest of the state will follow in March. Maria Griego from the New Mexico Center on Law and Poverty told KUNM how it will work.