Chart of the Day: The Effectiveness of Universal Access to Council in Reducing Evictions
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Today’s chart of the day comes from the paper “The Effects of Legal Representation on Tenant Outcomes” by Michael Cassidy and Janet Currie. The study looked at the roll-out of New York City's Universal Access to Counsel program (UA), which offers free legal representation to tenants with income at or below 200 percent of the federal poverty guideline. The graphs show the differences in outcomes for those who went to housing court before the program was rolled out in their zipcode (left-hand side of each graph) and those whose court dates were after (right-hand side of graphs). Tenants who went to court after rollout were more likely to have counsel, were less likely to face eviction (judgment with possession & warrant issued), and faced smaller monetary judgments (log judgment amount).
Chart of the Day: The Effectiveness of Universal Access to Council in Reducing Evictions
Chart of the Day: The Effectiveness of…
Chart of the Day: The Effectiveness of Universal Access to Council in Reducing Evictions
Today’s chart of the day comes from the paper “The Effects of Legal Representation on Tenant Outcomes” by Michael Cassidy and Janet Currie. The study looked at the roll-out of New York City's Universal Access to Counsel program (UA), which offers free legal representation to tenants with income at or below 200 percent of the federal poverty guideline. The graphs show the differences in outcomes for those who went to housing court before the program was rolled out in their zipcode (left-hand side of each graph) and those whose court dates were after (right-hand side of graphs). Tenants who went to court after rollout were more likely to have counsel, were less likely to face eviction (judgment with possession & warrant issued), and faced smaller monetary judgments (log judgment amount).