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Twists and turns in court case brought by Minnesota Attorney General’s office is not over. Legal Aid Litigation Director Luke Grundman, who first represented clients of a mobile home park, similar to that pictured here, weighs in.
Managers for a 55-and-older St. Louis Park apartment building are adding utility charges to rent that may put tenants with limited income into dire straits. Attorney Gary Van Winkle warns, because these charges come from a third-party biller, they’re at greater risk for eviction.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (Minneapolis, Minn.) — The Voter Access Project of the Minnesota Disability Law Center, a division of Mid-Minnesota Legal Aid, along with the Minnesota Secretary of State’s office, seeks the public’s help to ensure people with disabilities can access the polls this election cycle.
STATEMENT (Minneapolis, Minn.) — Steeped in casework, still recovering from the effects of the government’s surge in our own communities, we at Mid-Minnesota Legal Aid are taking pause, to say this: We condemn the senseless violence by ICE resulting in continued loss of life. We know this loss, too well, and we painfully, strongly lament the open disregard for the rule of law. We refuse to abandon tenets of justice that would have, should have prevented what we as a nation are again witnessing.
STATEMENT (Minneapolis, Minn.) — Last week, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) issued an opinion
Today’s decision by the U.S. Supreme Court, reaffirming birthright citizenship as an enshrined constitutional promise, is enthusiastically welcomed by Mid-Minnesota Legal Aid.
A jury determined Chadwick Banken, a real estate broker, violated Minnesota’s Human Rights Act, targeting Muslim homebuyers. Legal Aid Attorney Mary Kaczorek represents homeowners in the same situation and says it’s frustrating to see how families were misled and lost both their homes and significant financial investments.
[Update: Facility will reopen] Director Eren Sutherland of the Minnesota Disability Law Center explains what it means when one of
(Minneapolis, Minn.) — Housing attorneys Elizabeth Sauer of Central MN Legal Services, with Max Tsai, Whitney Herold and Julia Zwak of Legal Aid, fought for a tenant’s right to keep an eviction off his record. In Sela v. J.H, the state’s highest court said the landlord did not have standing to challenge our client’s right to expungement. The MN statute regarding expungement grants tenants, who settle an eviction case, the right to get those records removed. Our thanks to Wells Fargo for supporting Mid-Minnesota Legal Aid. In doing so, they are supporting legal services that keep housing options open for Minnesota families!
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