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Board approves funding for Legal Aid of East Tennessee to continue eviction-prevention services
Summary
The board approved up to $500,000 to continue funding Legal Aid of East Tennessee’s eviction-prevention program, which supplies attorneys and paralegals to represent tenants at risk of eviction; the contract includes reporting requirements and serves tenants at or below 80% of area median income.
The Housing Facilities Board voted to authorize the chair and vice chair to execute an agreement with Legal Aid of East Tennessee to administer an eviction-prevention program funded up to $500,000.
Megan Butler, director of housing policy, told the board the funding supports Legal Aid’s ongoing program that provides attorneys and paralegals who represent tenants facing eviction, negotiate with landlords and appear at Thursday eviction dockets. Butler said the program has been funded in prior…
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