Right to counsel

Asked why residents must wait for a court date to reach right-to-counsel, complained about transit center cleanliness, and asked how landlord retaliation will be stopped.

Detroit Right to Council member who lived in a van with her baby for five months after eviction; asked for full $32M right to counsel funding.

Single parent backing right to council funding; called for downzoning of Kronos Concrete and criticized the Land Bank.

Wisdom Institute rep said women-led households face unjust evictions from slumlords; urged full right to counsel funding.

Detroiter and doula described slumlords and evictions of new parents; asked to fully fund right to counsel.

Community doula said right to counsel is a reproductive justice issue and flagged ZIP code 48219's eviction crisis.

District 2 doula and single mother of five backed full $32M right to counsel funding.

Community doula with the Right to Council coalition backed full $32M funding.

United Way rep said a third of 211 calls from Detroit involve housing and the mayor's budget only has $500K for eviction prevention outreach.

UCHC legal director said 306 landlord-tenant cases were filed in one day at 36th District Court; urged full right to counsel funding.

Detroit Advocates of the Blind rep urged restoring the $13M general fund cut for DDOT and funding for right to counsel.

Michigan Legal Services housing attorney described catching deed fraud cases through right to counsel outreach at 36th District Court.

United Community Housing Coalition director since 1986 said right to counsel has cut eviction filings from 30,000 to about 20,000 a year.

Right to Council coalition co-chair cited her survey showing over half of 1,500 Black women surveyed experienced eviction, nearly half illegally.

Wisdom Institute co-executive director and coalition co-chair asked for the full $32M right to counsel and water affordability funding.

Asked council to add $16 million to double DDOT bus service and to fully fund and implement Right to Counsel for renters facing eviction.

Said the right-to-counsel referral providers aren't helping tenants facing evictions and bogus lease violations, and asked for a hotline number tenants can call before court.