Neighborhood Legal Services - Niagara Falls Site | Neighborhood Legal Services - Niagara Falls 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: * Until further notice, the Housing Unit can only provide assistance with ERAP application issues and illegal lockout emergencies (ex: landlord changed locks, stopped a utility, etc. without going to court); cannot assist with any other housing-related issues at this time.* 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
225 Old Falls St, Niagara Falls, NY 14303
Fax
(716) 284-8040
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Fax
(716) 284-8040
Fax
Application process
Call.
Fee
Free.
Eligibility
Indigent residents of Niagara County. Clients must meet income eligibility guidelines.
Service area
Niagara County, NY
Agency info
Neighborhood Legal Services (NLS), Inc.