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March 22, 2023

New LSC Brief Highlights Legal Pitfalls of Manufactured Housing and Suggests Protections

LSC's Housing Task Force released an issue brief today on the role of mobile and manufactured housing in housing insecurity and instability in the United States. The brief compiles pertinent research and provides experts’ insights into the unique issues that owners of manufactured homes face. Legal aid interventions, public policies and other protections that can help these homeowners are also highlighted in the brief.
March 14, 2023

Illegal Eviction’s Role in Housing Instability

Legal experts discuss the issue of illegal eviction and its role in housing instability on the latest episode of LSC's “Talk Justice” podcast, released today. LSC President Ron Flagg hosts the conversation with guests Raphael Ramos, director of Legal Action of Wisconsin’s Eviction Defense Project, and Laura Tuggle, executive director of Southeast Louisiana Legal Services.
March 09, 2023

LSC Requests $1.5 Billion to Confront Widening Justice Gap Amid Pandemic Hardships

LSC is asking Congress for an appropriation of $1.5 billion in its FY 2024 budget request released today. This request addresses the projected increase in demand for civil legal services due to the persistent impact of COVID-19 on low-income Americans, coupled with the ongoing lack of adequate resources to address the widening justice gap.

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February 14, 2023

Talk Justice, an LSC Podcast: How Plain Language Helps Courts Expand Access to Justice

Experts discuss how plain language can help courts expand access to the courts
on the latest episode of LSC's “Talk Justice” podcast, released today. Talk Justice Co-host Molly
McDonough is joined by guests Cheryl Stephens, co-founder of the Plain Language Association
International; Claudia Johnson, program manager at Pro Bono Net’s Law Help Interactive; and
Maria Mindlin, linguistics expert at the translation agency Transcend.
February 09, 2023

LSC Examines Illegal Evictions in New Housing Task Force Brief

LSC's Housing Task Force released an issue brief today that presents new research on illegal evictions in the United States. In addition to detailing how and why illegal evictions take place, the brief also showcases legal aid interventions, public policies and other protections that can help tenants stay housed.
January 20, 2023

Legal Services Corporation Honors Arizona Attorneys for Pro Bono Service

Legal Services Corporation (LSC) will recognize six Arizona attorneys for pro bono service at an Increasing Access to Justice Reception in conjunction with its quarterly Board of Directors meeting. The reception and awards presentation will take place at the Sheraton Phoenix Downtown Hotel on Monday, January 23 from 5:30 – 7:30 pm MST.