Thursday, April 18
1:30 – 3:00 pm ET / 10:30 am – 12:00 pm PT
As of today, 17 cities, 1 county, and 4 states have a right to counsel for tenants (RTC) ordinance or law! The data shows that RTC is helping keep more tenants in their homes and promoting long-term housing stability.
But RTC’s benefits go beyond individual courtroom victories. During this webinar, we’ll explore RTC’s larger systemic impacts, such as how it can increase tenant engagement in the eviction process, support tenants engaged in organizing and rent strikes, positively impact the behavior of systems actors like landlords and judges, improve the coordination and efficacy of legal services organizations, and lead to legislative advocacy around issues and patterns identified by RTC attorneys.
The National Coalition for a Civil Right to Counsel (NCCRC) will host this conversation where we’ll hear from: Pablo Estupiñan, Director of the Los Angeles Right to Counsel Campaign at Strategic Actions for a Just Economy (SAJE); Thomas Freeman, Staff Attorney at Greater Hartford Legal Aid (GHLA); John Pollock, Coordinator of the National Coalition for a Civil Right to Counsel; and Ora Prochovnick; Director of Litigation and Policy at the Eviction Defense Collaborative (EDC). We hope you can make it!
