Laura Survine remembers sitting on a curb, half a block from the Aurora home she had lived in for nearly a year, watching her possessions being placed on the front lawn.
As her world came crashing down this past winter, Survine knew nothing about her rights as a tenant and had no way to effectively advocate for herself. The county is paying for the three-year program with $1.5 million from American Rescue Act funding. Lawyers with Colorado Legal Services will be available three mornings a week — Tuesday, Thursday and Friday — at the Arapahoe County Community Services building in Littleton.“We see such a high eviction rate when people don’t have representation,” said Kathy Smith, community resources director for Arapahoe County.
on housing costs, which the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development defines as cost-burdened.
Fail to help these Americans now =$x. Later, it will =$x(4). Why not just help these Coloradans now?