streetlaw > landlord/tenant

2008-2009 Director: J. Mathew (Matt) DeVore

Mission Statement: To provide community members with an understanding of their basic rights and responsibilities in renting housing.

Program Overview: The Landlord-Tenant Streetlaw Program is part of the ÒSecond Chance Rehabilitation ProgramÓ for people who have experienced rental and credit issues in the past. Participants teach people enrolled in the program the basic rights and responsibilities that go along with renting, addressing topics including Habitability and Repairs, Notice of Eviction, and Forcible Entry and Detainer. It is one of a series of classes taught as part of the Second Chance Rehabilitation Program. In the year ahead we hope to find new venues and groups interested in hosting the class and to create a Landlord Tenant Streetlaw class for Spanish speaking residents in the area. We welcome any volunteers regardless of experience and we are always open to ideas for improving and expanding the program.