Neighborhood Legal Services - Buffalo Site

Offers legal assistance in the following areas: - Disability: Offers disability rights services and legal advice/representation to developmentally disabled individuals and others. - Family Problems: Provides assistance with kinship custody and assistance for victims of domestic violence. - Housing Problems: Typically helps tenants who are facing eviction or who have been locked out of their apartments. Helps people who are applying for public or subsidized housing who have been denied, or tenants in public or subsidized housing who are worried about losing their subsidy or who have questions about how their rent has been calculated. Helps tenants whose landlords are not making necessary repairs and who are forced to live under unsafe or hazardous conditions. Also provides legal assistance and advocacy to people who have encountered discrimination while looking for housing, or during their tenancy. - Entitlements Advocacy: Assists tenants with welfare, food stamps, Medicaid, SSI, and utilities.

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211 Western New York

Physical Address

237 Main St, Ste 400, Buffalo, NY 14203

Hours

Monday 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM Tuesday 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM Wednesday 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM Thursday 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM Friday 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Voice

(888) 869-6576

24-Hour COVID-19 Legal Helpline

Voice

(716) 847-0650

Main Phone

Voice

(585) 343-5450

Genesee, Orleans, & Wyoming Counties

Voice

(716) 201-0046

Niagara County

Voice

(716) 847-0650

Erie County

Voice

(888) 869-6576

24-Hour COVID-19 Legal Helpline

Fax

(716) 847-0227

Fax

Fax

(716) 847-0227

Fax

Application process

Call. Clients can meet with their advocates by appointment only.

Fee

Clients are sometimes required to pay some court costs.

Eligibility

Income: 125% of U.S. Poverty Level and/or Developmentally Disabled. Service Area: Erie, Genesee, Niagara, Orleans, & Wyoming Counties.

Service area

Niagara County, NY
Genesee County, NY
Orleans County, NY
Erie County, NY
Wyoming County, NY

Agency info

Neighborhood Legal Services (NLS), Inc.