Proof Over Precedent

Episode 12: Can Texts Help Secure Housing and Avoid Evictions?

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In this episode of Proof Over Precedent, host Jim Greiner talks with the A2J Lab’s Renee Danser about the recently completed pilot study referred to as the “Eviction Diversion Study.” The study aimed to combat housing security by providing legal information and resources to at-risk populations in the Houston area via text messaging. Ultimately, insights gained from the pilot highlighted the need for and promise of a full-scale study on light-touch intervention as a means of avoiding evictions.

Read the corresponding blog post.

Speakers:

  • Renee L. Danser, Associate Director of Research and Strategic Partnerships, Access to Justice Lab at Harvard Law School
  • Jim Greiner, Honorable S. William Green Professor of Public Law at Harvard Law School; Faculty Director of the Access to Justice Lab at Harvard Law School

    • Resources mentioned:

    • Connective
    • University of Houston Law Center
    • J-PAL North America, Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab at MIT
    • January Advisors
    •  Homeless Management Information System
    • Final Report: Upstream Legal Literacy as an Eviction Prevention Mechanism: an RCT

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