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Legal aid and landlords: panelists outline limits of tenant protections and long Section 8 wait list
Summary
Legal staff and shelter providers at an Iowa City panel described how the state’s repeal of local source-of-income protections and persistent eviction records hinder housing placements for older and vulnerable renters; Iowa Legal Aid reported thousands of housing cases and favorable closures but said legal help is constrained by staffing and funding.
Elizabeth Norris, managing attorney of the Legal Hotline for Older Iowans at Iowa Legal Aid, told the Iowa City audience that Iowa Legal Aid opened 6,783 housing cases statewide in the prior 12 months and closed 5,710 rental-housing cases, with more than 2,000 closed favorably (delaying or preventing evictions) in that period.
Norris explained the hotline’s role, the AAA (Area Agencies on Aging) funding that allows the hotline to serve some clients with higher incomes than typical Legal Aid limits, and how clients can access services…
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