Data suggests that more than a third of households nationwide worry about facing eviction in the next two months.
to the National Coalition on the Civil Right to Counsel. However, many evictions are never even challenged in court, according to John Pollack, a staff attorney at the coalition.
Even the filing of an eviction, regardless of the outcome in court, can remain on a tenant’s record for years. “Often tenants have to file an affidavit of some kind, they don’t know how to do it, and landlords can challenge it,” Pollock said. “In the cities that don’t have a right to counsel, some of the eviction diversion programs and other efforts have helped, but sometimes they are hampered by the fact that there are no lawyers there to make sure that laws are actually followed.”
Still, advocates know a right to counsel can keep many people in their homes. In New York City, 84 percent of tenants with legal representation stay in their homes; in Cleveland, 93 percent of represented tenants avoid an eviction or involuntary move, according to Pollock.
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