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Low-Income Tenants’ Right to Counsel Closer to Realization (New York Law Journal)
New York Law Journal, September 26, 2016
Low-Income Tenants’ Right to Counsel Closer to Realization
“Also this year, advisory firm Stout Risius Ross completed a report on behalf of the New York City Bar Association‘s Pro Bono and Legal Services Committee stating that if the counsel is provided to all tenants in Housing Court who are at or below 200 percent of the federal poverty level—or $48,460 for a family of four—it would cost about $200 million annually but would bring a benefit of more than $300 million from spending less on shelters and preserving the city’s affordable housing stock.”
