NCCRC: Jersey City becomes 21st jurisdiction with tenant right to counsel

“The ordinance was the result of a year-long campaign by the Coalition for Right to Counsel Jersey City, and the campaign was recently endorsed by Jersey City Together. In New Jersey dot com, an opinion piece from a New Jersey City resident urged the passage of right to counsel, calling it a ‘moral imperative’ and saying, ‘Housing should not be a commodity to be traded and speculated on, but a basic human right. A right to counsel places us in the right direction.’”

Read “Jersey City Grants Free Counsel to Renters Facing Eviction” at civilrighttocounsel.org