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Provides a hotline available for fraud reporting, for consumers, insurance, medicaid, landord/tenant issues, etc. Also offers a "Tenants Rights Guide" with information about leases, safety, repairs, and rights available to both tenants and landlords.
Provides a hotline available for fraud reporting, for consumers, insurance, medicaid, landord/tenant issues, etc. Also offers a "Tenants Rights Guide" with information about leases, safety, repairs, and rights available to both tenants and landlords.
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Insurance Fraud Reporting
Tenant Rights Information/Counseling
Consumer Fraud Reporting
State Attorneys General
In collaboration with Cornell Law schoolClients with tenancy related legal concerns can contact the housing hotline by filling out this online intake form: https://ithacatenantresources.org/tlh or by calling 607-301-1560.The Tenants Legal Hotline provides free legal advice to residential (non-commercial) tenants. Once Hotline volunteers conduct intake, tenants are connected with a law student who works closely with a licensed attorney to provide the brief advice.
In collaboration with Cornell Law schoolClients with tenancy related legal concerns can contact the housing hotline by filling out this online intake form: https://ithacatenantresources.org/tlh or by calling 607-301-1560.The Tenants Legal Hotline provides free legal advice to residential (non-commercial) tenants. Once Hotline volunteers conduct intake, tenants are connected with a law student who works closely with a licensed attorney to provide the brief advice.
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Landlord/Tenant Dispute Resolution
Eviction Prevention Assistance
Tenant Rights Information/Counseling
Free legal advice about civil (non-criminal) legal problems, including issues such as: consumer, including frozen bank accounts; debt problems; student loans; ID theft; car problems; utility shutoffs and other consumer problems; housing, including evictions, lockouts, security deposits, repair problems, subsidized housing, foreclosures and other housing problems; Special Education and other school ; access to healthcare; public benefits; divorce and other family matters, including child support, custody, child protective matters, and guardianship; domestic violence; elder law; employment; disability discrimination and other disability issues; unemployment benefits; welfare, Medicaid and food stamps.
Free legal advice about civil (non-criminal) legal problems, including issues such as: consumer, including frozen bank accounts; debt problems; student loans; ID theft; car problems; utility shutoffs and other consumer problems; housing, including evictions, lockouts, security deposits, repair problems, subsidized housing, foreclosures and other housing problems; Special Education and other school ; access to healthcare; public benefits; divorce and other family matters, including child support, custody, child protective matters, and guardianship; domestic violence; elder law; employment; disability discrimination and other disability issues; unemployment benefits; welfare, Medicaid and food stamps.
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Legal Counseling
Tenant Rights Information/Counseling
Contested Divorce Assistance
Uncontested Divorce Assistance
Child Custody/Visitation Assistance
Welfare Rights Assistance
Provides assistance to individuals and families facing eviction. Intervention between landlord and tenant and information about both parties' rights and responsibilities is offered.
Provides assistance to individuals and families facing eviction. Intervention between landlord and tenant and information about both parties' rights and responsibilities is offered.
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Tenant Rights Information/Counseling
Landlord/Tenant Dispute Resolution
Eviction Prevention Assistance
3 and 4 bedroom single-family homes for rent.
3 and 4 bedroom single-family homes for rent.
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Home Rehabilitation Programs
Low Cost Home Rental Listings
Tenant Rights Information / Counseling
Low Income / Subsidized Private Rental Housing
Provides a hotline available for fraud reporting, for consumers, insurance, medicaid, landord/tenant issues, etc. Also offers a "Tenants Rights Guide" with information about leases, safety, repairs, and rights available to both tenants and landlords.
Provides a hotline available for fraud reporting, for consumers, insurance, medicaid, landord/tenant issues, etc. Also offers a "Tenants Rights Guide" with information about leases, safety, repairs, and rights available to both tenants and landlords.
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Insurance Fraud Reporting
Tenant Rights Information/Counseling
Consumer Fraud Reporting
State Attorneys General
Provides assistance to individuals and families facing eviction. Intervention between landlord and tenant and information about both parties' rights and responsibilities is offered.
Provides assistance to individuals and families facing eviction. Intervention between landlord and tenant and information about both parties' rights and responsibilities is offered.
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Tenant Rights Information/Counseling
Landlord/Tenant Dispute Resolution
Eviction Prevention Assistance
Carries out functions of the Attorney General's office in the Southern Tier, such as: protecting consumers against fraud offers help with identity theft cases (including an online identity theft tool kit: https://ag.ny.gov/consumer-frauds-bureau/identity-theft ) safeguarding civil and workers' rightsoverseeing the dissolution, amendments to the certificate of incorporation of charities and sale of all or substantially all of not-for-profit assets, as well as charitable trusts and estates
Carries out functions of the Attorney General's office in the Southern Tier, such as: protecting consumers against fraud offers help with identity theft cases (including an online identity theft tool kit: https://ag.ny.gov/consumer-frauds-bureau/identity-theft ) safeguarding civil and workers' rightsoverseeing the dissolution, amendments to the certificate of incorporation of charities and sale of all or substantially all of not-for-profit assets, as well as charitable trusts and estates
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Tenant Rights Information/Counseling
Consumer Fraud Reporting
State Attorneys General
Provides a hotline available for fraud reporting, for consumers, insurance, Medicaid, landlord/tenant issues, etc. Also offers a "Tenants Rights Guide" with information about leases, safety, repairs, and rights available to both tenants and landlords.
Provides a hotline available for fraud reporting, for consumers, insurance, Medicaid, landlord/tenant issues, etc. Also offers a "Tenants Rights Guide" with information about leases, safety, repairs, and rights available to both tenants and landlords.
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Consumer Fraud Reporting
Welfare Fraud Reporting
Tenant Rights Information / Counseling
State Attorneys General
Insurance Fraud Reporting
Provides New York State's low-income utility consumers with information, assistance, and advice about residential utility matters, as well as legal representation in electric, natural gas, telephone, and other utility related matters.
Provides New York State's low-income utility consumers with information, assistance, and advice about residential utility matters, as well as legal representation in electric, natural gas, telephone, and other utility related matters.
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Utility Service Payment Assistance
Discounted Telephone Service
Utility Disconnection Protection
Tenant Rights Information / Counseling
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Home Rehabilitation Programs
Low Cost Home Rental Listings
Tenant Rights Information / Counseling
Lead Information
Mold Pollution Information
Financial Literacy Training
HUD Approved Counseling Agencies
Landlord Rights Information / Counseling
Mortgage Delinquency and Default Counseling
Homebuyer / Home Purchase Counseling
Landlord and Tenant matters are brought in District Court, where you can sue for housing problems and evictions.
Landlord and Tenant matters are brought in District Court, where you can sue for housing problems and evictions.
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Tenant Rights Information / Counseling
Landlord Rights Information / Counseling
A nonprofit law firm that provides free legal aid, including legal representation, advocacy, and other services, to low-income people in 14 counties of Western New York. Provides help with problems relating to housing/homelessness, evictions, foreclosure, domestic violence, orders of protection, family law issues (with referral from the family court), re-entry, unemployment insurance denials, Supplemental Security Income (SSI) denials, government benefits, public assistance, SNAP, and other legal problems. Can also provide community legal education presentations on the topics described above.
The Olean Office of LawNY helps qualified clients in Cattaraugus County.
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A nonprofit law firm that provides free legal aid, including legal representation, advocacy, and other services, to low-income people in 14 counties of Western New York. Provides help with problems relating to housing/homelessness, evictions, foreclosure, domestic violence, orders of protection, family law issues (with referral from the family court), re-entry, unemployment insurance denials, Supplemental Security Income (SSI) denials, government benefits, public assistance, SNAP, and other legal problems. Can also provide community legal education presentations on the topics described above.
The Olean Office of LawNY helps qualified clients in Cattaraugus County.
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Tax Foreclosure Assistance
Mortgage Delinquency and Default Counseling
Housing Discrimination Assistance
Unemployment Insurance Benefits Assistance
General Legal Aid
Domestic Violence Protective / Restraining Orders
Legal Information Services
Tenant Rights Information / Counseling
Eviction Prevention Legal Assistance
Landlord / Tenant Dispute Resolution
Welfare Rights Assistance
Individual Advocacy
Domestic / Family Violence Legal Services
A not for profit HUD Approved Housing Counseling agency that provides pre- and post-purchase counseling, foreclosure prevention, and rental counseling to landlords and tenants.
Offers the following programs:
- First Time Homebuyers Program
- Foreclosure Prevention
- Home Equity Conversion Mortgage Counseling / Reverse Mortgage Counseling
- Landlord Training
- Rental Registry
- Tenant Education
- DHS Inspections
A not for profit HUD Approved Housing Counseling agency that provides pre- and post-purchase counseling, foreclosure prevention, and rental counseling to landlords and tenants.
Offers the following programs:
- First Time Homebuyers Program
- Foreclosure Prevention
- Home Equity Conversion Mortgage Counseling / Reverse Mortgage Counseling
- Landlord Training
- Rental Registry
- Tenant Education
- DHS Inspections
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Landlord Rights Information / Counseling
Homebuyer / Home Purchase Counseling
Mortgage Delinquency and Default Counseling
HUD Approved Counseling Agencies
Tenant Readiness Education Programs
Building and Safety
Tenant Rights Information / Counseling
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Insurance Law
General Legal Aid
Health Law
Landlord / Tenant Dispute Resolution
Elder Mediation
Immigration / Naturalization Legal Services
Eviction Prevention Legal Assistance
Tenant Rights Information / Counseling
Advance Medical Directives
Predatory Lending Assistance
Elder Law
Domestic / Family Violence Legal Services
General Benefits Assistance
Grandparent Rights
Elder Abuse Prevention
Welfare Rights Assistance
Mortgage Delinquency and Default Counseling
Patient Rights Assistance
Health Insurance Information / Counseling
Landlord Rights Information / Counseling
Legal Representation
Legal Counseling
Durable Power of Attorney for Asset Management
Consumer Law
Tax Foreclosure Assistance
Pension Benefits Assistance
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Tenant Rights Information / Counseling
Research
Legal Information Services
Housing Discrimination Assistance
Landlord Rights Information / Counseling
Specialized Information and Referral
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Mortgage Delinquency and Default Counseling
Crime Victim Support
Group Advocacy
Judicial Advocacy
General Legal Aid
General Benefits Assistance
Domestic / Family Violence Legal Services
Labor and Employment Law
Health Law
Welfare Rights Assistance
Tenant Rights Information / Counseling
Immigration / Naturalization Legal Services
Provides walk-in consultations for people seeking assistance with civil legal matters, including:
- Divorce/Post-Divorce Matters
- Landlord/Tenant/Housing Matters
- Credit/Debtor Issues
- Reentry Matters
- Employment Matters
Available every other Friday, 10am-3pm; call for dates.
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Provides walk-in consultations for people seeking assistance with civil legal matters, including:
- Divorce/Post-Divorce Matters
- Landlord/Tenant/Housing Matters
- Credit/Debtor Issues
- Reentry Matters
- Employment Matters
Available every other Friday, 10am-3pm; call for dates.
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Tenant Rights Information / Counseling
Labor and Employment Law
Legal Counseling
Divorce Assistance
Landlord Rights Information / Counseling
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.
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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Tenant Rights Information / Counseling
Specialized Information and Referral
Public / Subsidized Housing Appeals Assistance
Health Insurance Information / Counseling
Protection and Advocacy for Individuals With Disabilities
Legal Representation
Utility Disconnection Protection
Utility Bill Payment Plan Negotiation Assistance
Legal Counseling
Housing Discrimination Assistance
General Legal Aid
General Benefits Assistance
Domestic / Family Violence Legal Services
Eviction Prevention Legal Assistance
Child Custody / Visitation Assistance
Welfare Rights Assistance
Provides civil legal services in the following areas:
- Family Law: Assists with domestic violence cases, as well as with child support and divorce cases on a limited basis.
- Housing: * 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 assists with evictions, housing conditions, Housing Choice Voucher (Section 8) issues, public and subsidized housing applications, terminations, illegal lockouts, landlord/tenant matters, and other issues.
- Disability: Assists with SSI Appeals, SSI/SSD applications, advocacy for disabled individuals, benefits counseling, and funding of medical equipment.
- Public Benefits: Assists with public assistance, food stamps/SNAP, Medicaid, denial of emergency rental and/or utility assistance, and homeless benefits.
- Consumer Law: Assists with unfair debt collection practices and wage garnishment.
Does not handle criminal cases, traffic tickets, money damage actions, estate work and real estate closings, torts, small claims court cases, worker's compensation cases, or unemployment.
Provides civil legal services in the following areas:
- Family Law: Assists with domestic violence cases, as well as with child support and divorce cases on a limited basis.
- Housing: * 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 assists with evictions, housing conditions, Housing Choice Voucher (Section 8) issues, public and subsidized housing applications, terminations, illegal lockouts, landlord/tenant matters, and other issues.
- Disability: Assists with SSI Appeals, SSI/SSD applications, advocacy for disabled individuals, benefits counseling, and funding of medical equipment.
- Public Benefits: Assists with public assistance, food stamps/SNAP, Medicaid, denial of emergency rental and/or utility assistance, and homeless benefits.
- Consumer Law: Assists with unfair debt collection practices and wage garnishment.
Does not handle criminal cases, traffic tickets, money damage actions, estate work and real estate closings, torts, small claims court cases, worker's compensation cases, or unemployment.
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Divorce Assistance
Public / Subsidized Housing Appeals Assistance
Health Insurance Information / Counseling
Protection and Advocacy for Individuals With Disabilities
Landlord Rights Information / Counseling
Consumer Law
Comprehensive Family Law Services
General Benefits Assistance
Domestic / Family Violence Legal Services
Welfare Rights Assistance
Child Support Assistance / Enforcement
Tenant Rights Information / Counseling
Eviction Prevention Legal Assistance
Landlord / Tenant Dispute Resolution
General Legal Aid
Provides a hotline available for fraud reporting, for consumers, insurance, Medicaid, landlord/tenant issues, etc. Also offers a "Tenants Rights Guide" with information about leases, safety, repairs, and rights available to both tenants and landlords.
Provides a hotline available for fraud reporting, for consumers, insurance, Medicaid, landlord/tenant issues, etc. Also offers a "Tenants Rights Guide" with information about leases, safety, repairs, and rights available to both tenants and landlords.
Categories
Consumer Fraud Reporting
Welfare Fraud Reporting
Tenant Rights Information / Counseling
State Attorneys General
Insurance Fraud Reporting
Advocacy to tenants who are having difficulties getting repairs and/or are experiencing discrimination Also advocacy and assistance to individuals and families who are in danger of losing their housing.
Advocacy to tenants who are having difficulties getting repairs and/or are experiencing discrimination Also advocacy and assistance to individuals and families who are in danger of losing their housing.
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Housing Discrimination Assistance
Tenant Rights Information / Counseling
Eviction Prevention Legal Assistance
Housing Advocacy Groups
Provides Landlord/Tenant mediation, conflict resolution and counseling in tenant's rights.
Provides Landlord/Tenant mediation, conflict resolution and counseling in tenant's rights.
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Landlord / Tenant Dispute Resolution
Tenant Rights Information / Counseling
Offers the opportunity for individuals to report housing or building contractor problems, housing discrimination issues, and renters dealing with landlord issues, and have been unsuccessful at getting help at a local level.
Offers the opportunity for individuals to report housing or building contractor problems, housing discrimination issues, and renters dealing with landlord issues, and have been unsuccessful at getting help at a local level.
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Housing Discrimination Assistance
Housing Complaints
Tenant Rights Information / Counseling
Contractor Complaints
Provides housing counseling for landlord/tenant-rights and responsibilities, rent payment increases and eviction situations, and mortgage counseling to homeowners. Pre-purchase, pre-rental and mortgage default counseling. Call. Appointment preferred.
Provides housing counseling for landlord/tenant-rights and responsibilities, rent payment increases and eviction situations, and mortgage counseling to homeowners. Pre-purchase, pre-rental and mortgage default counseling. Call. Appointment preferred.
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Landlord / Tenant Assistance
Mortgage Delinquency and Default Counseling
Housing Discrimination Assistance
Volunteer Opportunities
Reverse Mortgage Programs
Housing Counseling
Tenant Rights Information / Counseling
Landlord / Tenant Dispute Resolution
Homebuyer / Home Purchase Counseling
Money Management