District of Columbia v. Towers (2021)

Citation: District of Columbia v. Towers (2021)
Parent Document: District of Columbia v. Towers (2021)
Jurisdiction: DC (municipal)
Effective Date: 2021-05-13
Original Source: https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/4882760/district-of-columbia-v-towers/ ↗

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         With the benefit of money appropriated by the Council for eviction defense,
it appeared the representation numbers were slightly improving just before the
pandemic hit: 75% of tenants in Landlord Tenant Court did not have a lawyer, down
from 88% in 2017. See Sarah Hainbach, Who Deserves a Lawyer? The Case for a
Right to Counsel in Housing Proceedings, Blog, Geo. J. on Poverty L. & Pol’y (Jan.
28, 2020), https://www.law.georgetown.edu/poverty-journal/blog/who-deserves-a-
lawyer-the-case-for-a-right-to-counsel-in-housing-proceedings/
https://perma.cc/BK8H-3TJ8; Delivering Justice: Addressing Civil Legal Needs in
the District of Columbia, D.C. Access to Justice Comm’n 4 (2019).
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eviction as a result of allowing property owners to file and litigate suits for
possession in Superior Court.22

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