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Committee backs sending contract amendment to expand Right to Counsel on CAM hotline to formal review

Planning and Economic Development Committee, City of Detroit · March 5, 2026

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Summary

Council members agreed to send a contract amendment to formal session to expand Right to Counsel intake and attorney connectivity through the city's CAM hotline, a move intended to let callers reach eviction-defense attorneys earlier in the process. Staff will correct a timeline error in the contract to reflect availability through 6/30/2027.

The committee voted to send a contract amendment to formal session that would expand Right to Counsel access by integrating attorney intake into the city's CAM helpline.

Diamond Conley, executive director of Right to Counsel, said the helpline already runs a small pilot connecting subsidized tenants to legal services and that the amendment would…

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