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Legal Aid organizer urges board to review eviction practices; eviction-diversion session set for Feb. 13
Summary
Emily Dreyfus of the Legal Aid Justice Center told the CRHA board that housing-authority cases had advanced despite small balances, calling a recent $70 unresolved balance an example of "very aggressive litigation." Staff committed to follow up and the board scheduled an eviction-diversion presentation at the Feb. 13 work session.
Emily Dreyfus, senior community organizer with the Legal Aid Justice Center, told the Charlottesville Redevelopment and Housing Authority board on Jan. 27 that eviction dockets showed fewer names overall but cited a housing-authority case that remained active despite a $70 balance, calling the practice "very aggressive litigation." Dreyfus said that filing or maintaining a case in…
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