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CORNELL UNIVERSITY (CU) - ITU TENANTS LEGAL HOTLINE (VIA DAVID M. EINHORN CENTER FOR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT) | CORNELL UNIVERSITY (CU)

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
Tenant Rights Information/Counseling
Eviction Prevention Assistance

HOUSING DEPARTMENT | SPANISH ACTION LEAGUE OF ONONDAGA COUNTY (LA LIGA)

Provides referrals and general information regarding housing. Offers counseling regarding home ownership, negotiations between tenants/landlords and housing grievance complaints, eviction prevention, housing publications, assistance in obtaining rental subsidies, and housing court assistance.

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Tenant Rights Information/Counseling
Landlord/Tenant Dispute Resolution
Homebuyer/Home Purchase Counseling
Housing Search Assistance
Housing Discrimination Assistance
Certificates/Forms Assistance

HOMELESSNESS PREVENTION AND RAPID RE-HOUSING PROGRAM (HPRP) | SCHENECTADY COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM (SCAP)

Provides assistance to individuals and families facing eviction. Intervention between landlord and tenant and information about both parties' rights and responsibilities is offered.

What's Here

Eviction Prevention Assistance
Tenant Rights Information/Counseling
Landlord/Tenant Dispute Resolution

NEW YORK STATE, ATTORNEY GENERAL - BINGHAMTON REGIONAL OFFICE | NEW YORK STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL

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

HOMELESSNESS PREVENTION AND RAPID RE-HOUSING PROGRAM (HPRP) | SCHENECTADY COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM (SCAP)

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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Eviction Prevention Assistance
Tenant Rights Information/Counseling
Landlord/Tenant Dispute Resolution

FAMILY VIOLENCE LITIGATION CLINIC | ALBANY LAW CLINIC AND JUSTICE CENTER

Offers pro bono legal services to low income battered individuals in matters related to safety, financial support and custody of children. Provides assistance with orders of protection, paternity or child support orders, visitation of children and charges of child neglect due to domestic violence.

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Tenant Rights Information/Counseling

CONSUMER FRAUD AND PROTECTION BUREAU - NYS ATTORNEY GENERAL | NEW YORK STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL - BINGHAMTON REGIONAL OFFICE

Prosecutes businesses and individuals engaged in fraudulent, misleading, deceptive or illegal trade practices.

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Landlord Rights Information/Counseling
Fraud Prevention
General Consumer Complaints
Arbitration
Telemarketing Fraud Reporting
Credit Card Fraud Reporting
Housing Complaints
Insurance Fraud Reporting
Home Improvement/Repair Complaints
Home Health Care Complaints
Government Consumer Protection Agencies
Tenant Rights Information/Counseling
Internet Fraud Reporting
Mail Fraud Reporting
Identity Theft Reporting/Recovery Programs
Automobile Complaints

HOUSING - OPPORTUNITIES FOR OTSEGO | OPPORTUNITIES FOR OTSEGO

Emergency Housing Provides comprehensive services to at-risk and homeless households to promote retention and maintenance of safe, affordable housing, access to support services and provides case management.Housing Services Provides housing education, counseling, and budgeting guidance for renters, homeowners and potential homeowners.Transitional Housing Provides supports and financial assistance to victims who have become homeless as a result of fleeing an abusive situation.

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At Risk/Homeless Housing Related Assistance Programs
Homebuyer/Home Purchase Counseling
Financial Literacy Training
Housing Search Assistance
Housing Advocacy Groups
Low Income/Subsidized Private Rental Housing
Mortgage Delinquency and Default Counseling
Tenant Rights Information/Counseling
Personal Financial Counseling
Case/Care Management
HUD Approved Counseling Agencies

HOUSING DEPARTMENT | MOHAWK VALLEY LATINO ASSOCIATION

Provides referrals and general information regarding housing. Offers counseling regarding home ownership, negotiations between tenants/landlords and housing grievance complaints, eviction prevention, housing publications, assistance in obtaining rental subsidies, and housing court assistance. Rent assistance is available on a limited basis to individuals undergoing financial hardship.

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Housing Search Assistance
Rent Payment Assistance
Certificates/Forms Assistance
Housing Discrimination Assistance
Landlord/Tenant Dispute Resolution
Tenant Rights Information/Counseling

FRAUD REPORTING | NEW YORK STATE OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL

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
State Attorneys General
Consumer Fraud Reporting
Tenant Rights Information/Counseling

FRAUD REPORTING | NEW YORK STATE OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY 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.

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State Attorneys General
Insurance Fraud Reporting
Tenant Rights Information / Counseling
Welfare Fraud Reporting
Consumer Fraud Reporting

OFFICE OF HOUSING | NASSAU COUNTY OFFICE OF HOUSING

Oversees the following services: Tenant Rights, Fair Housing and Homeownership Resources. Call for information regarding each service.

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Homebuyer / Home Purchase Counseling
Landlord Rights Information / Counseling
Tenant Rights Information / Counseling
Housing Discrimination Assistance
Mortgage Delinquency and Default Counseling

FRAUD REPORTING | NEW YORK STATE OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL

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
State Attorneys General
Consumer Fraud Reporting
Tenant Rights Information/Counseling

ITHACA TENANTS UNION | ITHACA TENANTS UNION

ITU is a union by and for the tenants of Ithaca, to protect tenant rights and advance tenant collective power. It offers help with tenancy issues and has a helpline where volunteer tenants with experience can offer solidarity and limited support. It has an Upstate NY Tenant's Rights Guide (https://www.ithacatu.org/rights) available online. It also advocates for public policy that protects tenants.

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Outreach Programs
Eviction Prevention Assistance
Landlord/Tenant Dispute Resolution
Tenant Rights Information/Counseling

HOUSING STABILITY RENTAL COUNSELING | LONG ISLAND HOUSING PARTNERSHIP

Provides rental counseling that will help people to put the best practices in place to be a successful renter/tenant.

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Tenant Readiness Education Programs
Tenant Rights Information / Counseling

CONTRACTOR COMPLAINTS | UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT-NEW YORK REGION

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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Tenant Rights Information / Counseling
Housing Discrimination Assistance
Housing Complaints
Contractor Complaints

HOUSING COUNSELING PROGRAM - SUFFOLK | LONG ISLAND HOUSING SERVICES

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 predatory lending counseling. Call. Appointment required for some counseling.

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Tenant Rights Information / Counseling
Homebuyer / Home Purchase Counseling
Landlord / Tenant Dispute Resolution
Mortgage Delinquency and Default Counseling

TENANT ACTION PROJECT (TAP) | MOUNT VERNON UNITED TENANTS

Help organize and counsel tenants regarding their rights and to fight for increased services, less landlord harassment, and more affordable rents

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Tenant Rights Information / Counseling

LEGAL HELPLINE - CENTRAL NY | LEGAL SERVICES OF CENTRAL NEW YORK

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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Tenant Rights Information/Counseling
Legal Counseling
Child Custody/Visitation Assistance
Contested Divorce Assistance
Uncontested Divorce Assistance
Welfare Rights Assistance

HOUSING RESOURCE INFORMATION | UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT-NEW YORK REGION

Offers information and referrals about home buying, foreclosures, rental property, section 8, tenant rights, and much more, utilizing many venues such as website, phone, list serves and mailing lists.

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Mortgage Delinquency and Default Counseling
Predatory Lending Assistance
Tenant Rights Information / Counseling
Specialized Information and Referral

HOUSING RESOURCE CENTER | CLUSTER COMMUNITY SERVICES

The Housing Resource Center provides services for Yonkers residents, that educate tenants, prevent eviction, end homelessness, and improve living conditions for singles and families. For over 20 years, we have been assisting households with a wide range of services, including: professional guidance to prevent evictions, code enforcement for improved housing conditions, emergency assistance for displaced families, tenant education and training short-term financial assistance with intensive case management for qualifying households.

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Landlord / Tenant Dispute Resolution
Rent Payment Assistance
Tenant Rights Information / Counseling
Mediation
Eviction Prevention Legal Assistance
Neighborhood Revitalization

FRAUD REPORTING | NEW YORK STATE OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL - ADIRONDACK REGION

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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State Attorneys General
Insurance Fraud Reporting
Tenant Rights Information / Counseling
Welfare Fraud Reporting
Consumer Fraud Reporting

LANDLORD AND TENANT | NASSAU COUNTY DISTRICT COURT

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

HOMELESSNESS PREVENTION AND RAPID RE-HOUSING PROGRAM (HPRP) | SCHENECTADY COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM (SCAP)

Provides assistance to individuals and families facing eviction. Intervention between landlord and tenant and information about both parties' rights and responsibilities is offered.

What's Here

Eviction Prevention Assistance
Tenant Rights Information/Counseling
Landlord/Tenant Dispute Resolution

NEW YORK STATE TENANTS AND NEIGHBORS INFORMATION SERVICE | NEW YORK STATE TENANTS AND NEIGHBORS INFORMATION SERVICE

Functions to empower and educate tenants, preserve affordable housing and livable neighborhoods, and strengthen tenant protections. Offers organizational and technical assistance to tenants groups with these objectives. Maintains Speakers Bureau and publishes newsletter and educational material. Call for more information.

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Speakers / Speakers Bureaus
Tenant Rights Information / Counseling
Neighborhood Improvement Groups
Housing Advocacy Groups