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Legal advocates press for statewide access to counsel and a tenant protection office
Summary
Legal services, bar associations and housing advocates urged the committee to create statutory access‑to‑counsel for eviction proceedings and to establish an Office of Tenant Protections to enforce habitability and tenant rights statewide.
A bipartisan set of witnesses, including legal services providers, the Boston Bar Association and national child‑health researchers, detailed how access to counsel in eviction cases preserves housing stability, protects children’s health, and saves public dollars.
Speakers described pilot results showing representation prevents many evictions, cited studies estimating net…
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