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Mediation group urges council to mandate pre-filing eviction mediation; cites local pilot results
Summary
Resolve Restorative Practices told Metro Council the group's pre-filing eviction mediation pilot reduced formal evictions, produced hundreds of mediation agreements and enjoyed high participant satisfaction; the presenters asked council to mandate mediation before an eviction filing under statutes and an existing ordinance they cited.
Speakers for Resolve Restorative Practices urged Metro Council on Jan. 30 to require mediation before landlords file evictions, saying the approach preserves housing, saves court time and produces legally binding repayment agreements.
Shannon Floyd, principal mediator with Resolve, told the council the program launched in spring 2023 in partnership with the Office of Housing and Community Development. Floyd gave the program’s results for April 2023–March 2024: Resolve processed 836 requests for mediation, said Floyd; the program was budgeted to process far fewer cases, and a subset of requests were deemed eligible for the eviction-prevention program. Floyd said 306 mediation…
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