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Type Ordinance or Resolution
Year 2021
Level County
State(s) Wisconsin
Source Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors
Policy Areas Democracy & Governance, Economic Justice, Housing
This resolution establishes a "right to counsel" program that would provide Milwaukee County residents facing eviction or foreclosure with no-cost legal representation. It also authorizes an appropriation of $916,576 from the County's American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) dollars to fund...

Type Ordinance or Resolution
Year 2021
Level City or Town
State(s) Pennsylvania
Source City of Philadelphia
Policy Areas Housing
This bill requires landlords to participate in Philadelphia's Eviction Diversion Program, which resolves disputes between landlords and tenants. It also prohibits landlords from evicting tenants without a lawful reason, and requires landlords to inform tenants of their rights and...

Type Ordinance or Resolution
Year 2021
Level City or Town
State(s) Washington
Source Seattle City Council
Policy Areas Economic Justice, Housing
This ordinance guarantees the right to legal counsel, free of charge, for any residential renter in Seattle responding to an unlawful detainer suit....

Type Ordinance or Resolution
Year 2022
Level City or Town
State(s) Minnesota
Source City of Brooklyn Center
Policy Areas Housing
This ordinance requires owners of affordable housing units to provide tenants a written notice at least 30 days prior to filing an eviction action alleging non-payment of rent or material breach of a lease. Additionally, it prohibits owners of affordable housing units from issuing...

Type Ordinance or Resolution
Year -
Level City or Town
State(s) New York
Source Beacon City Council
Policy Areas Housing
This local law prohibits landlords from evicting tenants without a good cause. Legal grounds for eviction include nonpayment of rent, violation of the law, chronic nuisance, the landlord's desire to personally occupy the housing accommodation, and more. It also requires landlords...

Type Policy Brief or Report
Year 2020
Level City or Town
State(s) Michigan, Pennsylvania, Virginia
Source National League of Cities
Policy Areas Housing
The Eviction Prevention Cohort is a partnership between NLC, Stanford Legal Design Lab, and five cities across the U.S. to study the long-term impacts of mass evictions - particularly on low-income and BIPOC households - and to design, implement, and institutionalize effective policies...

Type Policy Brief or Report
Year 2023
Level City or Town
State(s) All States
Source National League of Cities and Stanford Legal Design Lab
Policy Areas Community Development, Housing
There is limited awareness and access to emergency rental assistance and eviction prevention services. City should create a portfolio of basic communication materials, including community handout flyers, simple posters or cards, service referral sheets, and court summons outreach...

Type Policy Brief or Report
Year 2018
Level City or Town
State(s) California
Source Urban Habitat
Policy Areas Economic Justice, Housing
Rent control and just-cause eviction policies are essential to stabilizing communities, and protecting low-income and working-class people from unaffordable rents, poor housing conditions, and no-cause evictions. The goal of this report is to investigate and challenge common arguments...

Type Policy Brief or Report
Year -
Level City or Town, County, State
State(s) All States
Source U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Policy Areas Civil Rights, Economic Justice, Housing
This guide details relocation payments and assistance available to tenants that are displaced by rehabilitation, demolition, or acquisition of a project that has received federal funding. It highlights assistance options including advisory services, payment for moving expenses, and...

Type Policy Brief or Report
Year 2021
Level City or Town, State, National
State(s) Connecticut
Source The Center for Popular Democracy
Policy Areas Economic Justice, Housing, Health
Connecticut’s Latinx and immigrant communities are being disproportionately impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Make the Road Connecticut (MRCT) launched an impact survey to more fully understand key issues facing people of color and immigrants related to employment, housing, health,...

Type Policy Brief or Report
Year 2024
Level City or Town
State(s) All States, Pennsylvania
Source Local Progress
Policy Areas Community Development, Democracy & Governance, Economic Justice, Housing
Local officials must devise innovative strategies for mitigating eviction and improving housing affordability. This brief highlights Philadelphia's eviction reduction strategies, including public information campaigns about the negative impacts of eviction, implementing eviction moratoriums,...

Type Ordinance or Resolution
Year 2020
Level City or Town
State(s) Minnesota
Source City Council of the City of St. Louis Park
Policy Areas Housing
This ordinance requires landlords to provide tenants a written notice at least 7 days prior to filing an eviction action alleging nonpayment of rent or other unpaid financial obligations in violation of the lease. If the tenant fails to correct the rent delinquency within 7 days of...

Type Policy Brief or Report
Year 2023
Level City or Town
State(s) All States
Source National League of Cities
Policy Areas Housing
Mom-and-pop landlords play a crucial role in eviction prevention and housing stability, especially in affordable housing options in local communities. This toolkit guides cities through a step-by-step framework for building a mom-and-pop landlord engagement strategy. It recommends...

Type Fact Sheet or Infographic
Year 2021
Level State, National
State(s) Connecticut, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania
Source The Center for Popular Democracy
Policy Areas Economic Justice, Health
Organizers in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Nevada, and North Carolina conducted interviews with over 900 Latinx immigrants (including nearly 400 undocumented community members) about the important issues facing immigrant communities during the COVID-19 pandemic....

Type Policy Brief or Report
Year 2021
Level City or Town, County
State(s) All States
Source National League of Cities
Policy Areas Housing
Eviction prevention involves laying the foundation for systems that will foster housing stability for communities in the long-term. This report shares recommendations to local governments looking to build a successful eviction prevention strategy that is responsive to community needs....

Type Ordinance or Resolution
Year 2019
Level City or Town, County
State(s) California
Source City and County of San Francisco
Policy Areas Economic Justice
This resolution establishes a "right to counsel" program that would provide Milwaukee County residents facing eviction or foreclosure with no-cost legal representation. It also authorizes an appropriation of $916,576 from the County's American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) dollars to fund...

Type Policy Brief or Report
Year 2022
Level City or Town, National, State
State(s) California, Connecticut, Maryland, Minnesota, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Washington
Source National Low Income Housing Coalition
Policy Areas Housing
The depletion of Emergency Rental Assistance funds and the end of eviction moratoriums have increased housing instability for low-income renters. To address this, cities should pass "just cause" eviction laws, which would ensure tenants can only be evicted for valid reasons, limit...

Type Executive Order
Year 2020
Level City or Town
State(s) Washington
Source City of Seattle
Policy Areas Public Spaces, Housing, Health
An executive order directing City departments to further extend their actions to combat the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic and to mitigate the impact of the public health emergency on the people of Seattle....

Type Ordinance or Resolution
Year 2021
Level City or Town
State(s) Minnesota
Source City of Minneapolis
Policy Areas Housing
This ordinance requires landlords to provide tenants a written notice at least 14 days prior to filing an eviction action alleging nonpayment of rent or other unpaid financial obligations in violation of the lease. If the tenant fails to correct the rent delinquency within 14 days...

Type Policy Brief or Report
Year 2021
Level City or Town
State(s) Wisconsin
Source Wisconsin Policy Forum
Policy Areas Economic Justice, Housing
Nonprofit and private organizations are playing an important role in combating Milwaukee's housing challenges. Through a series of surveys and interviews, this report outlines which organizations are most active in efforts to maintain and increase affordable housing supply and access;...

Type Policy Brief or Report
Year 2023
Level State
State(s) Pennsylvania
Source PolicyLink
Policy Areas Housing
Eviction records can cause irreparable harm to families, disrupt workforce participation, and strain support systems. These impacts are disproportionately felt by Black and Latinx women. To create a more fair and equitable rental housing market, states such as Pennsylvania enact legislation...

Type Policy Brief or Report
Year 2020
Level City or Town, County, State
State(s) All States
Source ChangeLab Solutions
Policy Areas Democracy & Governance, Health
Oftentimes the laws designed to keep people safe and healthy are not enforced equitably and do not protect the health and well-being of underserved communities. To mitigate this problem, this report poses a series of questions that policymakers, advocates, and enforcement officials...

Type Ordinance or Resolution
Year 2022
Level City or Town
State(s) New York
Source Common Council of the City of Kingston
Policy Areas Housing
This local law prohibits landlords from evicting tenants without a good cause. Legal grounds for eviction include nonpayment of rent, violation of the law, chronic nuisance, the landlord's desire to personally occupy the housing accommodation, and more....

Type Policy Brief or Report
Year 2023
Level City or Town
State(s) All States
Source National League of Cities
Policy Areas Housing
Cities must rethink their strategies for incentivizing mom-and-pop landlords to participate in eviction prevention programs and advance housing stability. This toolkit provides recommendations for increasing incentives to engage landlords in local eviction prevention efforts and improve...

Type Policy Brief or Report
Year 2023
Level City or Town, County
State(s) All States
Source Power Switch Action
Policy Areas Civil Rights, Economic Justice, Housing
Rent stabilization policies are essential to protect tenants from being exploited, displaced, or forced to forgo food, food childcare, or healthcare to cover housing costs. This toolkit outlines how local governments can implement a rent stabilization ordinance that covers as many...

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