Major developments

A recent Mississippi study showed that parents benefit significantly when given access to legal counsel.

The City of Tulsa is exploring a potential right to counsel for tenants facing eviction.

A new bill would require courts to appoint counsel for all tenants in eviction cases.

The Maryand Attorney General's Access to Justice Task Force released a report recommending a right to counsel for tenants facing eviction.

A statewide bill would guarantee counsel for indigent tenants in eviction cases.

A newly-introduced bill would guarantee counsel for indigent South Carolina tenants facing eviction.

A group of MD lawmakers introduced a legislative package that includes a right to counsel for tenants facing eviction.

There is an arguable right to appointed counsel in sterilization proceedings.

The relief/omnibus bill passed by Congress in December 2020 has several pots of money for enant representation.

The Supreme Court of Ohio ruled that indigent parents in adoption cases have a right to counsel under the Equal Protection Clause.

NYC is the first jurisdiction in the country to establish a right to counsel for low-income tenants in eviction cases, and is looking to expand.

An increasing number of legal services programs have secured CARES Act funding to expand tenant representation.

The City of Baltimore has enacted a bill to provide all low-income tenants facing eviction with counsel .

Two bills would a create legislative task force to study appointment of counsel for DV victims.

A proposed bill would require appointment of counsel for the protected person in guardianship cases, rather than it being discretionary.

The Supreme Court of Pennsylvnia held that appellate courts can sua sponte review certain questions related to the child's right t ocounsel.

In Nov 2020, voters in Boulder Colorado approved a ballot initiative establishing a right to counsel for tenants facing eviction.

Massachusetts will provide $12.3 million to provide counsel to tenants across the state.

All about COVID-19 and how it relates to the right to counsel in critically important civil cases like housing.

A new project will guarantee tenants counsel in certain Houston housing courts.

Rochester NY will be providing counsel to all tenants facing eviction.

Los Angeles is exploring whether to enact an ordinance providing a right to counsel in housing court similar to New York City.

A ballot initiative passed in June 2018 guarantees counsel for San Francisco tenants in eviction cases regardless of income.

Bills introduced in the House and Senate would provide federal funding for cities and state to provide counsel for tenants facing eviction.

Sen. Kamala Harris filed a comprehensive housing reform bill that would, among other things, provide a right to counsel for tenants.

A new tool shows the number of rent-unstable renter households in the U.S. as well as how many eviction filings that may lead to.

A Maryland appellate court held that statutory law entitles civil contempt defendants to counsel when they are threatened with incarceration.

A bill guarantees counsel to Cleveland families with children facing eviction who are at or below 100% of the federal poverty level.

Bills have been filed to create a statewide right to counsel in eviction cases, and a statewide coalition has been launched to support them.

In 2009, California enacted the Shriver Civil Counsel Act to create right to counsel pilots, and in 2016 they were made permanent projects.