Cities Help Renters Get Right To Lawyers In Housing Court
Reply Taylor Wood and her boyfriend, Ryan Bowser, shown with Wood's 10-year-old daughter, Freya Wood, have lived in a Corvallis, Oregon, apartment for more than two years, but have missed three rent payments during the pandemic. (AP Photo/Sara Cline, File) WASHINGTON, DC — As the economic effects of the coronavirus pandemic stretch into 2021, millions of U.S. renters are bracing for the possibility of having to show up in housing court to avoid getting evicted. But unlike their landlords, only a small fraction of them will do so flanked by an attorney. Fewer than 10 cities and counties nati...