A recent Philadelphia Bar Association analysis recommended that the city invest $3.5 million per year to cover the cost of legal representation for low income tenants facing eviction in order to save $45.2 million in public costs associated with homelessness and displacement. The study found that between 2007 and 2016, 80 percent of landlords were […]
STAFF FEATURE FRIDAY: MEET TONY SIERZEGA
Welcome CLASI Sussex County Staff Member, Tony Sierzega! Tony Sierzega earned his J.D. from the Temple University Beasley School of Law in 2018 and joined CLASI in September 2018 to fill a staff attorney position in Sussex County in both the Fair Housing and Disabilities Law Program. He is serving as a law clerk until […]
Spotlight: Cities Trying to Level the Playing Field for Tenants Facing Eviction
New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington, D.C., and Massachusetts are all making progress to ensure vulnerable people facing eviction get access to legal representation. In the majority of cases across the country, landlords are represented by lawyers in court and tenants are self-represented. Giving tenants access to a lawyer can make the difference between safe housing […]
