Legal aid, community groups begin outreach on free eviction counsel
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Legal aid, community groups begin outreach on free eviction counsel
Outreach is the latest phase in the implementation of a 2021 state law establishing the right to free legal representation for low-income tenants facing eviction in Maryland.The law covers tenants in households earning up to half the state’s median income, or about $64,000 for a family of four, who are threatened with eviction. Attorneys and organizers emphasized that help is available for tenants before the process progresses that far.
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