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EVICTION DIVERSION PROJECT | IOWA LEGAL AID

Offers onsite legal assistance at the courthouse during hours eviction hearings are scheduled. Tenants may speak with an attorney for legal advice, help negotiating with their landlord, and possible representation at the hearing (representation is not guaranteed). Follow up case management services may also be offered.

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Landlord/Tenant Assistance

TENANT SUPPORT SERVICES | COMMUNITY ACTION PARTNERSHIP OF LANCASTER AND SAUNDERS COUNTIES

Focuses on eviction prevention, landlord and tenant mediation, and information regarding tenant rights and obligations in the state of Nebraska. While this program provides consultation related to the Landlord/Tenant Law, it does not provide legal advice.

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Landlord/Tenant Assistance

HOUSING LEGAL SERVICES | PRAIRIE STATE LEGAL SERVICES, INC.

Helps homeowners and tenants save their homes through available legal strategies, including foreclosure defenses in court, bankruptcy, income generation, loan modification, and various alternatives to foreclosure.

Helps with:

- Subsidized housing (public housing, Section 8 and other rental assistance) evictions, termination of assistance, rent calculations, and admissions issues.

- Evictions from mobile home parks.

- Evictions by private landlords.

- Discrimination and disability accommodation (see Fair Housing Project).

- Foreclosure, property tax, and other homeownership issues.

- Housing protection for seniors, veterans, and people living with HIV/AIDS.

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Landlord/Tenant Assistance
Debt Management
Public/Subsidized Housing Appeals Assistance

LEGAL SERVICES | IOWA LEGAL AID

Free legal assistance with civil legal problems involving basic necessities for low-income individuals in all 99 Iowa counties. Assistance ranges from providing counsel and advice to representation before various agencies and courts.

Community legal education presentations offered, as well as over 20 printed booklets on various legal topics; a wide variety of legal education materials are also available on the website.

Legal services are provided in all civil legal areas, including:
Consumer/Finance - debt collection, repossession, garnishment, contracts/warranties, predatory lending, and public utilities (including utility disconnection or shut off notices).

Education - expulsion/suspension, special education, learning disabilities, school fees, access, vocational education, and student financial aid.

Employment - employment discrimination, wage claims, earned income tax credit, and taxes.

Family - adoption, custody, visitation, guardianship, domestic abuse, human trafficking and exploitation, family violence (child abuse, elder abuse, battered women/men), including assistance with restraining orders, and child support.

Health - Medicaid, Medicare, government children's health insurance programs, long term health care facilities, nursing homes, supplemental medical insurance, and hospital care.

Housing - federally subsidized housing, homeownership, real property, landlord/tenant, public housing, mobile homes, housing discrimination, foreclosures, forfeitures, and mortgage predatory lending practices.

Benefit Programs - ADFC/FIP, Social Security, food stamps, Social Security Disability (SSD), Supplemental Security Income (SSI), unemployment compensation, veterans benefits, FEMA, government benefits, and utility assistance applications.

Individual Rights - mental health, disability rights, civil rights, human trafficking, AIDS/HIV issues, assistive devices, and institutional confinement.

End of Life Planning - wills, living wills, advance directives, and power of attorney.

Drivers License.

Advocacy and legal assistance for people with disabilities, people with Alzheimer's disease, people with brain injury, people with mental illness, children, migrants, and veterans.

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Consumer Law
Welfare Rights Assistance
School System Advocacy
Adoption Legal Services
Protective/Restraining Orders
Veteran Benefits Assistance
Will Preparation Assistance
Certificates/Forms Assistance
Debt Management
Child Support Assistance/Enforcement
Human Trafficking Legal Assistance
Domestic/Family Violence Legal Services
Legal Information Services
Advance Medical Directives
General Legal Aid
Child Custody/Visitation Assistance
Tax Information
Legal Representation
Discrimination Assistance
Landlord/Tenant Assistance
Protection and Advocacy for Individuals With Disabilities
Labor and Employment Law
Patient Rights Assistance

HOUSING LEGAL SERVICES | PRAIRIE STATE LEGAL SERVICES, INC.

Helps homeowners and tenants save their homes through available legal strategies, including foreclosure defenses in court, bankruptcy, income generation, loan modification, and various alternatives to foreclosure.

Helps with:

- Subsidized housing (public housing, Section 8 and other rental assistance) evictions, termination of assistance, rent calculations, and admissions issues.

- Evictions from mobile home parks.

- Evictions by private landlords.

- Discrimination and disability accommodation (see Fair Housing Project).

- Foreclosure, property tax, and other homeownership issues.

- Housing protection for seniors, veterans, and people living with HIV/AIDS.

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Landlord/Tenant Assistance
Debt Management
Public/Subsidized Housing Appeals Assistance

HOUSING SERVICES | ILLINOIS MIGRANT COUNCIL

Offers information of affordable housing for low-income migrant and farmworkers. Services include outreach and referrals for Illinois low-income home energy assistance program (LIHEAP), emergency overnight shelter for low-income farmworkers, referrals to Illinois agencies providing rent assistance services and housing foreclosure prevention counseling, housing information and education, rent smart, fair housing, tenant's rights, and coordination and housing advocates.

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Landlord/Tenant Assistance
Rent Payment Assistance
Homeless Motel Vouchers
Utility Service Payment Assistance

HOMELESS PREVENTION PROGRAM | HEARTLAND FAMILY SERVICE

Provides assistance to prevent individuals from losing their housing and becoming homeless. This may include helping them preserve their current housing situation or identifying alternate appropriate housing options. The program provides short-term assistance via in-home case management services for up to three months. The focus of the program is on crisis resolution, linking program participants to community resources and mainstream benefits, and helping them develop a plan to prevent future housing instability.

Limited capacity; call back daily.

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Landlord/Tenant Assistance
Homelessness Prevention Programs

LEGAL SERVICES | IOWA LEGAL AID

Free legal assistance with civil legal problems involving basic necessities for low-income individuals in all 99 Iowa counties. Assistance ranges from providing counsel and advice to representation before various agencies and courts.

Community legal education presentations offered, as well as over 20 printed booklets on various legal topics; a wide variety of legal education materials are also available on the website.

Legal services are provided in all civil legal areas, including:
Consumer/Finance - debt collection, repossession, garnishment, contracts/warranties, predatory lending, and public utilities (including utility disconnection or shut off notices).

Education - expulsion/suspension, special education, learning disabilities, school fees, access, vocational education, and student financial aid.

Employment - employment discrimination, wage claims, earned income tax credit, and taxes.

Family - adoption, custody, visitation, guardianship, domestic abuse, human trafficking and exploitation, family violence (child abuse, elder abuse, battered women/men), including assistance with restraining orders, and child support.

Health - Medicaid, Medicare, government children's health insurance programs, long term health care facilities, nursing homes, supplemental medical insurance, and hospital care.

Housing - federally subsidized housing, homeownership, real property, landlord/tenant, public housing, mobile homes, housing discrimination, foreclosures, forfeitures, and mortgage predatory lending practices.

Benefit Programs - ADFC/FIP, Social Security, food stamps, Social Security Disability (SSD), Supplemental Security Income (SSI), unemployment compensation, veterans benefits, FEMA, government benefits, and utility assistance applications.

Individual Rights - mental health, disability rights, civil rights, human trafficking, AIDS/HIV issues, assistive devices, and institutional confinement.

End of Life Planning - wills, living wills, advance directives, and power of attorney.

Drivers License.

Advocacy and legal assistance for people with disabilities, people with Alzheimer's disease, people with brain injury, people with mental illness, children, migrants, and veterans.

What's Here

Consumer Law
Welfare Rights Assistance
School System Advocacy
Adoption Legal Services
Protective/Restraining Orders
Veteran Benefits Assistance
Will Preparation Assistance
Certificates/Forms Assistance
Debt Management
Child Support Assistance/Enforcement
Human Trafficking Legal Assistance
Domestic/Family Violence Legal Services
Legal Information Services
Advance Medical Directives
General Legal Aid
Child Custody/Visitation Assistance
Tax Information
Legal Representation
Discrimination Assistance
Landlord/Tenant Assistance
Protection and Advocacy for Individuals With Disabilities
Labor and Employment Law
Patient Rights Assistance

CITY LANDLORD/TENANT RIGHTS | BURLINGTON CITY OFFICES

Provides answers about rights of landlords and renters; provides inspections, code enforcement, and responds to complaints.

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Landlord/Tenant Assistance
City Government Departments/Offices

HOUSING LEGAL SERVICES | PRAIRIE STATE LEGAL SERVICES, INC.

Helps homeowners and tenants save their homes through available legal strategies, including foreclosure defenses in court, bankruptcy, income generation, loan modification, and various alternatives to foreclosure.

Helps with:

- Subsidized housing (public housing, Section 8 and other rental assistance) evictions, termination of assistance, rent calculations, and admissions issues.

- Evictions from mobile home parks.

- Evictions by private landlords.

- Discrimination and disability accommodation (see Fair Housing Project).

- Foreclosure, property tax, and other homeownership issues.

- Housing protection for seniors, veterans, and people living with HIV/AIDS.

What's Here

Landlord/Tenant Assistance
Debt Management
Public/Subsidized Housing Appeals Assistance

LEGAL CLINIC | ALLAMAKEE COUNTY CLERK OF COURT

The Allamakee County Bar Association offers consultation service that provides information to the general public to determine whether an attorney is needed for their particular problem. Attorneys meet with individuals free of charge and provide referrals to legal services, a private attorney, or law enforcement. Attorneys offer advice on family law (i.e. divorce), landlord-tenant issues, lawsuits and small claims, financial problems, consumer law, traffic and criminal violations, employment, public benefits, guardianships of children, restraining orders between adults and adults and children and other areas. The Legal Clinic is open on an as needed basis and is typically open every other Mondays; interested parties must first contact the Clerk of Courts office to sign up for clinic. NOTE: Senior Citizen Legal Services is provided through Northland Area Agency on Aging.

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Tenant Rights Information/Counseling
General Legal Aid
Landlord Rights Information/Counseling
Legal Counseling

HOUSING LEGAL SERVICES | PRAIRIE STATE LEGAL SERVICES, INC.

Helps homeowners and tenants save their homes through available legal strategies, including foreclosure defenses in court, bankruptcy, income generation, loan modification, and various alternatives to foreclosure.

Helps with:

- Subsidized housing (public housing, Section 8 and other rental assistance) evictions, termination of assistance, rent calculations, and admissions issues.

- Evictions from mobile home parks.

- Evictions by private landlords.

- Discrimination and disability accommodation (see Fair Housing Project).

- Foreclosure, property tax, and other homeownership issues.

- Housing protection for seniors, veterans, and people living with HIV/AIDS.

What's Here

Landlord/Tenant Assistance
Debt Management
Public/Subsidized Housing Appeals Assistance

ACCESSLINE? | LEGAL AID OF NEBRASKA

Provides free legal advice, brief service and representation to low-income people on areas such as: consumer law, family law, housing law, public benefits, disability benefits, employment/unemployment, public benefits, clearing a criminal history and educational rights.

After contacting one of the hotlines, cases may be referred to Legal Aid local offices for extended representation.

Private Attorney Involvement Program links clients to attorneys in their local area for free legal services in family law matters.

Taxpayer clinics educate low-income taxpayers about their tax rights and responsibilities and how to file for low-income tax credit.

Homeless Assistance Project (Douglas and Lancaster Counties) provides assistance with family law, child support modification, bankruptcy, license revocation, and disability claims.

Migrant Worker program provides civil legal services to migrant farm workers.

Housing counseling assists people who are homeless by making referrals and assessing their legal needs. Assists renters who are having problems getting things fixed, need help with landlord issues, or are facing eviction; work with HUD issues; assist home buyers or home owners with questions, etc.

Assists in the following areas, in addition to the programs already noted: Bankruptcy, Foreclosure, Landlord-Tenant, Utility Shutoffs, Public Benefits, Unemployment, Family Law (including Divorce, Custody/Visitation, Child Support, Domestic Abuse).

What's Here

Will Preparation Assistance
Welfare Rights Assistance
General Legal Aid
Certificates/Forms Assistance
Legal Representation
Labor and Employment Law
Tax Information
Child Support Assistance/Enforcement
Legal Counseling
Housing Counseling
Legal Information Services
Advance Medical Directives
Landlord/Tenant Assistance
Child Custody/Visitation Assistance
Domestic/Family Violence Legal Services
Elder Law
Debt Management

TENANT ASSISTANCE PROJECT (TAP) | LEGAL AID OF NEBRASKA

Provides legal representation for tenants given an eviction notice due to delayed rental payment associated with the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Landlord/Tenant Assistance

KANE COUNTY EVICTION MEDIATION PROGRAM | ILLINOIS SIXTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT

Offers a mediation program in which a neutral third party helps landlords and tenants communicate to resolve issues through voluntary, mutual agreement.

Program mediators help landlords and tenants work to resolve filed eviction cases through facilitated negotiation, with the aim of avoiding the need for future court intervention and keeping families in their home by guiding parties toward compromise.

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Landlord/Tenant Assistance

LANDLORD AND TENANT ASSISTANCE | DUBUQUE CITY OFFICES

Assist landlords with rental licensing requirements. Also assist tenants with non-responsive landlords in regards to maintaining the unit/structure.

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Landlord/Tenant Assistance

ACCESSLINE? | LEGAL AID OF NEBRASKA

Provides free legal advice, brief service and representation to low-income people on areas such as: consumer law, family law, housing law, public benefits, disability benefits, employment/unemployment, public benefits, clearing a criminal history and educational rights.

After contacting one of the hotlines, cases may be referred to Legal Aid local offices for extended representation.

Private Attorney Involvement Program links clients to attorneys in their local area for free legal services in family law matters.

Taxpayer clinics educate low-income taxpayers about their tax rights and responsibilities and how to file for low-income tax credit.

Homeless Assistance Project (Douglas and Lancaster Counties) provides assistance with family law, child support modification, bankruptcy, license revocation, and disability claims.

Migrant Worker program provides civil legal services to migrant farm workers.

Housing counseling assists people who are homeless by making referrals and assessing their legal needs. Assists renters who are having problems getting things fixed, need help with landlord issues, or are facing eviction; work with HUD issues; assist home buyers or home owners with questions, etc.

Assists in the following areas, in addition to the programs already noted: Bankruptcy, Foreclosure, Landlord-Tenant, Utility Shutoffs, Public Benefits, Unemployment, Family Law (including Divorce, Custody/Visitation, Child Support, Domestic Abuse).

What's Here

Will Preparation Assistance
Welfare Rights Assistance
General Legal Aid
Certificates/Forms Assistance
Legal Representation
Labor and Employment Law
Tax Information
Child Support Assistance/Enforcement
Legal Counseling
Housing Counseling
Legal Information Services
Advance Medical Directives
Landlord/Tenant Assistance
Child Custody/Visitation Assistance
Domestic/Family Violence Legal Services
Elder Law
Debt Management

LEGAL SERVICES | IOWA LEGAL AID

Free legal assistance with civil legal problems involving basic necessities for low-income individuals in all 99 Iowa counties. Assistance ranges from providing counsel and advice to representation before various agencies and courts.

Community legal education presentations offered, as well as over 20 printed booklets on various legal topics; a wide variety of legal education materials are also available on the website.

Legal services are provided in all civil legal areas, including:
Consumer/Finance - debt collection, repossession, garnishment, contracts/warranties, predatory lending, and public utilities (including utility disconnection or shut off notices).

Education - expulsion/suspension, special education, learning disabilities, school fees, access, vocational education, and student financial aid.

Employment - employment discrimination, wage claims, earned income tax credit, and taxes.

Family - adoption, custody, visitation, guardianship, domestic abuse, human trafficking and exploitation, family violence (child abuse, elder abuse, battered women/men), including assistance with restraining orders, and child support.

Health - Medicaid, Medicare, government children's health insurance programs, long term health care facilities, nursing homes, supplemental medical insurance, and hospital care.

Housing - federally subsidized housing, homeownership, real property, landlord/tenant, public housing, mobile homes, housing discrimination, foreclosures, forfeitures, and mortgage predatory lending practices.

Benefit Programs - ADFC/FIP, Social Security, food stamps, Social Security Disability (SSD), Supplemental Security Income (SSI), unemployment compensation, veterans benefits, FEMA, government benefits, and utility assistance applications.

Individual Rights - mental health, disability rights, civil rights, human trafficking, AIDS/HIV issues, assistive devices, and institutional confinement.

End of Life Planning - wills, living wills, advance directives, and power of attorney.

Drivers License.

Advocacy and legal assistance for people with disabilities, people with Alzheimer's disease, people with brain injury, people with mental illness, children, migrants, and veterans.

What's Here

Consumer Law
Welfare Rights Assistance
School System Advocacy
Adoption Legal Services
Protective/Restraining Orders
Veteran Benefits Assistance
Will Preparation Assistance
Certificates/Forms Assistance
Debt Management
Child Support Assistance/Enforcement
Human Trafficking Legal Assistance
Domestic/Family Violence Legal Services
Legal Information Services
Advance Medical Directives
General Legal Aid
Child Custody/Visitation Assistance
Tax Information
Legal Representation
Discrimination Assistance
Landlord/Tenant Assistance
Protection and Advocacy for Individuals With Disabilities
Labor and Employment Law
Patient Rights Assistance

CITY LANDLORD LICENSES AND INSPECTIONS | DUBUQUE CITY OFFICES

Provide assistance to landlords in being licensed and to register all of their residential properties within the city limits.

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City Government Departments/Offices
Landlord/Tenant Assistance

ACCESSLINE? | LEGAL AID OF NEBRASKA

Provides free legal advice, brief service and representation to low-income people on areas such as: consumer law, family law, housing law, public benefits, disability benefits, employment/unemployment, public benefits, clearing a criminal history and educational rights.

After contacting one of the hotlines, cases may be referred to Legal Aid local offices for extended representation.

Private Attorney Involvement Program links clients to attorneys in their local area for free legal services in family law matters.

Taxpayer clinics educate low-income taxpayers about their tax rights and responsibilities and how to file for low-income tax credit.

Homeless Assistance Project (Douglas and Lancaster Counties) provides assistance with family law, child support modification, bankruptcy, license revocation, and disability claims.

Migrant Worker program provides civil legal services to migrant farm workers.

Housing counseling assists people who are homeless by making referrals and assessing their legal needs. Assists renters who are having problems getting things fixed, need help with landlord issues, or are facing eviction; work with HUD issues; assist home buyers or home owners with questions, etc.

Assists in the following areas, in addition to the programs already noted: Bankruptcy, Foreclosure, Landlord-Tenant, Utility Shutoffs, Public Benefits, Unemployment, Family Law (including Divorce, Custody/Visitation, Child Support, Domestic Abuse).

What's Here

Will Preparation Assistance
Welfare Rights Assistance
General Legal Aid
Certificates/Forms Assistance
Legal Representation
Labor and Employment Law
Tax Information
Child Support Assistance/Enforcement
Legal Counseling
Housing Counseling
Legal Information Services
Advance Medical Directives
Landlord/Tenant Assistance
Child Custody/Visitation Assistance
Domestic/Family Violence Legal Services
Elder Law
Debt Management

HOMELESS PREVENTION PROGRAM | HEARTLAND FAMILY SERVICE

Provides assistance to prevent individuals from losing their housing and becoming homeless. This may include helping them preserve their current housing situation or identifying alternate appropriate housing options. The program provides short-term assistance via in-home case management services for up to three months. The focus of the program is on crisis resolution, linking program participants to community resources and mainstream benefits, and helping them develop a plan to prevent future housing instability.

Limited capacity; call back daily.

What's Here

Landlord/Tenant Assistance
Homelessness Prevention Programs

LANDLORD AND TENANT SERVICES | CHAMPAIGN - URBANA TENANT UNION

Provides information about rights and responsibilities for tenants and landlords. Offers advocacy and referrals to resources on behalf of tenants in Champaign County experiencing rental issues such as neglected property maintenance, disputes about damage deposit deductions, evictions, unlawful discrimination, violations of lease by landlord, tenant rights under state and local laws. Services may also provide a monthly "Low-Cost Housing List" which provides contact information for the local Housing Authority, privately-owned subsidized housing, and small number of other options.

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Landlord/Tenant Assistance

HOUSING LEGAL SERVICES | PRAIRIE STATE LEGAL SERVICES, INC.

Helps homeowners and tenants save their homes through available legal strategies, including foreclosure defenses in court, bankruptcy, income generation, loan modification, and various alternatives to foreclosure.

Helps with:

- Subsidized housing (public housing, Section 8 and other rental assistance) evictions, termination of assistance, rent calculations, and admissions issues.

- Evictions from mobile home parks.

- Evictions by private landlords.

- Discrimination and disability accommodation (see Fair Housing Project).

- Foreclosure, property tax, and other homeownership issues.

- Housing protection for seniors, veterans, and people living with HIV/AIDS.

What's Here

Landlord/Tenant Assistance
Debt Management
Public/Subsidized Housing Appeals Assistance

HOUSING LEGAL SERVICES | PRAIRIE STATE LEGAL SERVICES, INC.

Helps homeowners and tenants save their homes through available legal strategies, including foreclosure defenses in court, bankruptcy, income generation, loan modification, and various alternatives to foreclosure.

Helps with:

- Subsidized housing (public housing, Section 8 and other rental assistance) evictions, termination of assistance, rent calculations, and admissions issues.

- Evictions from mobile home parks.

- Evictions by private landlords.

- Discrimination and disability accommodation (see Fair Housing Project).

- Foreclosure, property tax, and other homeownership issues.

- Housing protection for seniors, veterans, and people living with HIV/AIDS.

What's Here

Landlord/Tenant Assistance
Debt Management
Public/Subsidized Housing Appeals Assistance

SIOUX CITY HOUSING AUTHORITY | SIOUX CITY HOUSING AUTHORITY

Housing Authority, Section 8, HUD Housing, rental assistance and rental deposit through Section 8 and other housing programs.

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Rental Deposit Assistance
Section 8/Rental Assistance Program Rental Listings
Rent Payment Assistance
Landlord/Tenant Assistance
Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers
Housing Authorities