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Public Access Design

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Reclaim Your Worker Rights

Making Policy Public

Reclaim Your Worker Rights

Field Guide to Federalism

City Studies

Field Guide to Federalism

Happy Meals?

City Studies

Happy Meals?

Show Up

Public Access Design

Show Up

Innocent Until Proven Risky

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Innocent Until Proven Risky

Print Get Support in Housing Court

When a landlord wants to evict a tenant, they take the tenant to Housing Court. In court, landlords almost always have a lawyer advocating for them, while tenants rarely do. When tenants do have lawyers, they are much less likely to be evicted.

To make sure people facing eviction have a better chance of staying in their homes, advocates successfully got New York City to pass the Right To Counsel bill in 2017. This new law guarantees a free lawyer to low-income tenants in Housing Court. But many tenants don’t know they have this right, don’t know how to get a lawyer, or don’t understand that a lawyer can make a big difference in the outcome of their case.

To get the word out, CUP teamed up with Housing Court Answers, the Right to Counsel Coalition, and designers Hanah Ho, Chelsea Atwell, and Ida Woldemichael to create Get Support in Housing Court. This fold-out poster explains who has the right to a lawyer, how to find your lawyer, and all the ways that a lawyer can help a tenant.

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Public Access Design

Record It. Report It!

Making the Grade

Urban Investigations

Making the Grade

Get Support in Housing Court

Making Policy Public

Get Support in Housing Court

Language Rights are Civil Rights!

Public Access Design

Language Rights are Civil Rights!

The Newtown Creek BOA

Technical Assistance

The Newtown Creek BOA

Pay Up!

City Studies

Pay Up!

Grand Army Plaza

Urban Investigations

Grand Army Plaza

Shifty Business

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Shifty Business