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Statements and Actions Taken to Address the Eviction Crisis

Statement from U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland calling on legal professionals & students to help with emergency rental assistance, volunteer with legal aid, and help courts implement eviction diversion programs

Statement from ABA President Reginald M. Turner supporting the Attorney General's call to action

Statement from U.S. Associate Attorney General Vanita Gupta calling on courts to implement eviction diversion programs

Fact sheet on steps being taken by the Biden Administration to prevent evictions and deliver emergency rental assistance

Call to action by the National Conference of Bar Presidents to mobilize pro bono attorneys to avert evictions and ensure that rental assistance gets distributed to the landlords and tenants it was intended to protect

ABA Studies and Policy on Eviction Response

Study published by the Harvard Negotiation & Mediation Clinical Program and American Bar Association examining best practices for court-based and court-adjacent eviction prevention and diversion programs

ABA policy urging governments to prevent an eviction crisis, housing insecurity among renters, and destabilization of the housing market, especially the depletion of affordable housing, during and in the recovery from the state of emergency attributable to the COVID-19 pandemic

Resources to Assist Lawyers, Housing Advocates, and Tenants

Program Letter 22-1 Permissibility of texting defendants who have been sued for eviction. This Program Letter discusses how LSC grant recipients can structure a program to text tenants who have been sued for eviction so that the texts do not violate the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, state telemarketing rules, industry rules, or 45 C.F.R. Part 1638. 

Resources from the National Center for State Courts for courts, attorneys, and tenants seeking assistance

Resources to assist tenants seeking rental assistance from the National Low Income Housing Coalition and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. 

Eviction Trackers During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Multiple sites assist tenants in creating a form to provide to their landlords in order to prevent eviction.

State-based Diversion Programs

Research on the Eviction Crisis and Harms