Major developments

CityHealth, which ranks cities on their policies, is making a push in conjunction with the NCCRC for cities to adopt a tenant right to counsel.

Three rounds of HUD grants are providing funding to legal services providers to represent tenants facing eviction.

Omaha's affordable housing plan includes right to counsel as one of its stated goals.

Provides for mandatory and discretionary appointment of counsel for children 10 years of age or older in CINA cases in certain circumstances.

Denver has enacted an ordinance to guarantee counsel for tenants facing eviction, and there is also a pending ballot initaitive.

Conservatees have a right to counsel in seeking to terminate a conservatorship.

Meetings between U.S. representatives and access to justice advocates highlighted many issues, including civil right to counsel.

A report by the NCCRC, CityHealth, and Enterprise Community Partners covers housing policies advancing health equity, such as right to counsel.

In May, Maryland became the second state to provide a statewide right to counsel for indigent tenants facing evictoin.

Reports find that Richmond eviction cases are incredibly short and that tenant counsel has a profound effect on outcomes.

Respondents in CARE proceedings have a right to counsel.

The Kentucky Court of Appeals held that the failure to appoint counsel in a dependency proceeding required reversal of the termination order.

A Michigan Court of Appeals held that respondents in Michigan civil commitment proceedings are entitled to effective assistance of counsel.

Though a minor seeking to bypass the parental consent requirements for an abortion has the right to counsel, abortion is effectively banned.

A 2022 ballot initiative, Proposition D, creates a 1-year pilot to provide a right to counsel for San Francisco victims of domestic violence.

An enacted 2022 bill creates a task force to study implementation of an immigration right to counsel, with a report due in 2023.

A joint report by the ACLU and NCCRC reviews the data on the widepsread consequences of evictions and right to counsel's impact on the problem.

A new report found evictions in Lancaster County often violate the law and that counsel makes a huge difference.

In May 2022, the New Orleans City Council enacted an ordinance to provide a right to counsel for all tenants facing eviction.

A report from the Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center urges the state to fund a right to counsel for tenants statewide.

A 2022 law changed appointment of counsel for birth parents in adoption cases from mandatory to discretionary.

A minor who files a petition to marry is entitled to counsel.

In 2022, Colorado added the right to client-directed counsel for older children in abuse/neglect cases.

An ordinance introduced in Lakewood Ohio aims to make the city the third in Ohio to provide a right to counsel for tenants facing eviction.

The Indiana Supreme Court recently found that, under exceptional circumstances, courts may appoint counsel for individuals whose property is subject to forfeiture.

Building off of NYCs success, a new bill would guarantee counsel for low-income tenants across New York State in a variety of situations.

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

The Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts declined to answer whether indigent defendants are entitled to counsel in protection order cases.

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

A report by a working group created by the Supreme Court of California Chief Justice calls for a statewide tenant right to counsel.