Legal Project Scaling Up to Help Prevent Evictions

A legal assistance project started by the Baker administration as a moratorium on evictions and foreclosures was set to end is looking to ramp up services and bring on a host of new attorneys as eviction cases for failure to pay rent are on the rise in the state.

The project, run by a group of regional legal aid organizations, provides assistance to both tenants and landlords facing pandemic-related eviction issues…The COVID Eviction Legal Help Project is hiring 48 attorneys, 48 paralegals, 24 senior lawyers, and 17 intake workers who will help tenants. And a group of pro-bono attorneys, through the Volunteer Lawyers Project, will provide legal assistance to income-eligible owner-occupants of two- and three-family properties. Read more at State House News Service. (subscription required)