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Tenants' coalition urges council support for right-to-counsel program during budget hearing
Summary
A tenants-right-to-counsel coalition urged Missoula's City Council on Aug. 18 to back a program that would assign attorneys to tenants facing eviction, saying it could reduce evictions, homelessness and public costs.
A coalition of tenant advocates told the Missoula City Council during public comment on Aug. 18 that a tenant right-to-counsel program is ready for implementation in the county and urged city support.
Jackson, speaking for the Missoula Tenants Union and the tenants-right-to-counsel coalition, said the proposed program is "administered and approved by the legal aid office in Montana" and that local partners include Montana Legal Services, Partnership…
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