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Resident urges city to fund eviction-prevention legal aid as filings rise
Summary
At a City Council legislative budget public hearing, Adam Hughes urged municipal funding for eviction-prevention services, citing a sharp rise in eviction filings, reduced legal-aid capacity and potential HUD cuts that could increase housing instability.
Adam Hughes, a resident of the Fourth District, told the City Council during a legislative budget public hearing that the council’s proposed municipal funding for eviction-prevention work with Legal Aid of East Tennessee is a necessary first step to address rising evictions in Knoxville.
Hughes said the city’s support is meaningful as eviction filings have risen sharply: “You’ve all seen that eviction filings increased by over 50% between 2022 and 2023,” he told the council, and he warned that preliminary 2024–25 data “will show that this elevated trend will and has continued.”
Hughes, who gave the…
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