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Eviction Notices Raise Questions About Metro Support for Affordable Housing

agosto 19, 2024 Comentarios desactivados en Eviction Notices Raise Questions About Metro Support for Affordable Housing

Hobson Flats, a complex in Antioch run by Elmington Property Group, is classified as affordable housing. Despite this designation, it’s now facing serious allegations. Local advocacy organizations Poder Popular and Tennessee Student Solidarity Network recently claimed that Elmington has evicted…

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State law offers families needed relief from school feesState law offers families need relief from school fees

agosto 19, 2024 Comentarios desactivados en State law offers families needed relief from school feesState law offers families need relief from school fees

As the academic year gets underway this month across Middle Tennessee, many parents are getting an uncomfortable reminder of the many expenses that come along with having school-aged children. Clothes. Bookbags. Textbooks. Band instruments. The list goes on and on.…

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Cooling Centers are Scarce Amid Nashville’s Summer Heat

junio 26, 2024 Comentarios desactivados en Cooling Centers are Scarce Amid Nashville’s Summer Heat

The 120-year-old building on the corner of Meridian Street and East Trinity Lane has transformed into a nonprofit where everyone who enters through its doors is called “neighbor.” That includes the Piggly Wiggly employee who sleeps outside, to the woman…

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Democracy, The Justice Gap, and Preserving the Rule of Law

junio 26, 2024 Comentarios desactivados en Democracy, The Justice Gap, and Preserving the Rule of Law

Written By DarKenya W. Waller, Executive Director of Legal Aid Society of Middle TN and the Cumberlands, and Eric G. Osborne, a partner at Sherrard Roe Voigt & Harbison PLC. What if we told you that for just $200 a…

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What Non-English Speakers Should Know About Court Interpreters | COMMENTARY

junio 26, 2024 Comentarios desactivados en What Non-English Speakers Should Know About Court Interpreters | COMMENTARY

Contributed commentary by Patricia Jones, managing attorney, Legal Aid Society of Middle Tennessee and the Cumberlands’ Columbia office. Receiving a notice to appear in court can be a stressful experience for anyone, but even more so for those who aren’t…

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Legal Aid Lawyer Receives Lifetime Achievement Distinction

junio 26, 2024 Comentarios desactivados en Legal Aid Lawyer Receives Lifetime Achievement Distinction

The Nashville Business Journal has awarded its 2024 Lifetime Achievement distinction to Nashville lawyer David Tarpley, the lead attorney for housing and consumer law at Legal Aid of Middle Tennessee and the Cumberlands. Tarpley graduated from Vanderbilt University Law School in…

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How the Legal Aid Society Helps Low-Income Taxpayers

junio 26, 2024 Comentarios desactivados en How the Legal Aid Society Helps Low-Income Taxpayers

“The biggest anti-poverty government subsidy is not welfare or Aid for Families with Dependent Children,” said a recent speaker to the League of Women Voters of Oak Ridge. “It’s the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC),” which is embedded in the federal income…

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From Slavery to Silence: Felony Disenfranchisement’s Impact on African Americans

18 de junio de 2024 Comentarios desactivados en From Slavery to Silence: Felony Disenfranchisement’s Impact on African Americans

Juneteenth, celebrated on June 19th, commemorates the day in 1865 when enslaved African Americans in Texas finally learned of their freedom, a full two years after the Emancipation Proclamation. This day stands as a powerful symbol of liberation and a…

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¿Puede un propietario negarse a alquilarme porque soy parte de la comunidad LGBTQIA+?

junio 4, 2024 Comentarios desactivados en Can a landlord refuse to rent to me because I am a part of the LGBTQIA+ community?

La Ley de Vivienda Justa de 1968 representa una piedra angular de la legislación de derechos civiles en los Estados Unidos, que prohíbe la discriminación en la vivienda por motivos de raza, color, religión, origen nacional, sexo, estado familiar y discapacidad. A lo largo de los años, esta ley histórica ha...

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Diez cosas que debes saber sobre los derechos de mediación para parejas del mismo sexo

junio 4, 2024 Comentarios desactivados en Ten things you need to know about mediation rights for same-sex couples

La mediación implica resolver disputas entre dos partes mediante el diálogo y la negociación, lo que lleva a un acuerdo mutuamente aceptable. En los casos de custodia de los hijos, un mediador externo neutral ayuda a ambos padres a negociar un acuerdo de custodia y un plan de crianza que funcione para ambas partes. Muchos padres optan por la mediación durante la separación o el divorcio. 

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