By Press release submission |
Aug 25, 2022
Mayor Jorge O. Elorza joined Councilwoman Mary Kay Harris (Ward 11), Councilwoman Nirva LaFortune (Ward 3), Steven S. Flores, Esq., Managing Attorney for the Housing Law Center of Rhode Island Legal Services, Inc., Brenda Clement, Director of HousingWorks RI, Christopher Samih-Rotondo, Interim Director of Direct Action for Rights and Equality (DARE) and Jordan Mickman, Staff Attorney for the Rhode Island Center for Justice (CFJ) today to announce a new Providence Eviction Defense program, funded by the City of Providence’s American Rescue Plan Act dollars and managed by Rhode Island Legal Services. Through this program, Rhode Island Legal Services, in partnership with the Rhode Island Center for Justice, Direct Action for Rights and Equality (DARE) and HousingWorks RI, will provide qualified low-income Providence residents with legal defense services in housing court to prevent eviction.