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Do Lawyers Matter? Early Evidence on Eviction Patterns After the Rollout of Universal Access to Counsel in New York City

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

Access to free legal services for low-income tenants facing eviction has expanded across many jurisdictions, with New York City as the first to enact universal access to counsel (UAC) in 2017. UAC began with the ELS program and, in August 2017, it was expanded to phase-in legal services for all income-qualified tenants facing eviction.

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