The stakes are high for low-income tenants facing the threat of eviction. In this month’s episode of Pursuing Justice: The Pro Bono Files, learn why pro bono representation is essential for renters facing outsized rent hikes, uninhabitable properties, and other challenges to their housing. 

This program features Lorraine A. López, the chairperson of PLI's program "California Eviction Defense: Protecting Low-Income Tenants 2022"

Link to episode page on PLI.edu: https://www.pli.edu/probono/probonopodcast/episode-18

PLI is proud to offer programs, pro bono memberships, and scholarships to support the essential public service work of the legal profession.

Related Links:

“The Limits of Unbundled Legal Assistance: A Randomized Study in a Massachusetts District Court and Prospects for the Future” - James Greiner, Cassandra Wolos Pattanayak, and Jonathan Hennessy, Harvard Law Review

“Key Studies and Data about How Legal Aid Improves Housing Outcomes” - The Justice In Government Project

“Domestic Violence Survivors Battle to Keep Legally Protected Housing Subsidies” - Yilun Cheng,  Chicago Reader, January 11, 2021

“New Study Exposes Racial and Economic Inequities in D.C. Evictions" - Making Justice Real, the official blog of the Legal Aid Society of the District of Columbia, October 9, 2020

“Eviction in Washington, DC: Racial and Geographic Disparities in Housing Instability” - Brian J. McCabe and Eva Rosen, Georgetown University McCourt School of Public Policy, Fall 2020

“Opinion: Low-income Tenants in D.C. May Soon Get Legal Help” - Charles Allen, Kenyan R. McDuffie, and Mary M. Cheh, Washington Post, May 18, 2017

“Amid a Housing Crisis, Renters Challenge Firms They Say Are Being Exploitative” - Marisa Penaloza, npr.org,  February 10, 2022