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Offers free legal help for low-income and vulnerable residents of Bucks, Chester, Delaware, and Montgomery counties. May handle the following types of cases: bankruptcy, debt relief, and consumer law; child custod and dependency issues; disaster legal aid (including Hurricane Ida); elder law; expungements, pardons, and record sealing; government benefits issues concerning Unemployment Compensation, SSI, SSDI, TANF (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families), SNAP (food stamps), Medical Assistance (Medicaid), and Child Health Insurance Program (CHIP), Housing issues such as landlord-tenant, eviction, habitability, public or subsidized housing, rent-to-own, homeownership, mortgage foreclosure, property tax sales, reverse mortgages, and tangled title; utility problems, and veterans benefits and discharge upgrades.

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Tenant Rights Information/Counseling
Child Custody/Visitation Assistance
Eviction Prevention Legal Assistance
Landlord/Tenant Dispute Resolution
General Benefits Assistance
Court Filing Offices
General Legal Aid
Legal Representation
Predatory Lending Assistance
Mortgage Delinquency and Default Counseling
Criminal Record Expungement Assistance
Elder Law
Public/Subsidized Housing Appeals Assistance
Legal Information Services
Welfare Rights Assistance
Labor and Employment Law
Bankruptcy Assistance
Provides free legal consultations concerning a range of issues including landlord/tenent disputes, child custody, domestic abuse, wills and estates, criminal record expungement, and more. Provides legal advice and connects clients with other legal resources throughout Philadelphia. Virtual consultations are available.

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Legal Counseling
Community Legal Clinics
Landlord/Tenant Dispute Resolution
Criminal Record Expungement Assistance
Helps settle most disputes via conflict resolution services, including mediation and conflict coaching. Provides trained mediators for disputes involving neighbors, neighborhood groups, youth-related problems and fights, landlord/tenant, noise, trash, business/consumer, child custody, harassment/vandalism, and other minor criminal issues. Unable to address domestic violence-related situations.

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Neighborhood Dispute Resolution Services
Conflict Resolution Training
Eviction Prevention Legal Assistance
Landlord/Tenant Dispute Resolution
Consumer Law
Child Custody/Visitation Assistance
Tenant Rights Information/Counseling
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Provides civil legal services to individuals and families experiencing homelessness or at risk of becoming homeless. Helps establish eligibility for benefit programs such as SSI, TANF, medical assistance, SNAP, and veterans compensation and pension; upgrades discharge characterizations; enforces custody and other family law rights; assists with shelter and supportive services; helps with replacing or correcting identity documents; and preserves private and subsidized housing eligibility.

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Landlord/Tenant Dispute Resolution
General Legal Aid
Advance Medical Directives
Homelessness Advocacy Groups
Disability Benefits
Eviction Prevention Legal Assistance
Veteran/Military Health Insurance
Veteran Benefits Assistance
Criminal Record Expungement Assistance
Provides free legal representation to low income people with civil legal problems. Free legal aid may be provided in cases involving: Public Benefits, Housing, Family Law, Employment & Education, and Consumer Law.

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Housing Discrimination Assistance
Child Support Assistance/Enforcement
Criminal Record Expungement Assistance
Eviction Prevention Legal Assistance
Welfare Rights Assistance
SSI
Legal Information Services
General Legal Aid
Disability Benefits
Tenant Rights Information/Counseling
Lawyer Referral Services
Self Representation Assistance
Domestic Violence Protective/Restraining Orders
Landlord/Tenant Dispute Resolution
Provides legal representation, advice, and education to low-income individuals with civil legal problems.

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Self Representation Assistance
Legal Counseling
Immigration/Naturalization Legal Services
Immigrant Benefits Assistance
General Legal Aid
Tenant Rights Information/Counseling
Divorce Assistance
Comprehensive Family Law Services
Eviction Prevention Legal Assistance
Landlord/Tenant Dispute Resolution
General Benefits Assistance
Provides assistance to individuals and families in need of legal services in all areas of housing law, including discrimination and public housing appeals, landlord/tenant disputes, foreclosure and tax issues, and insurance claims.

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Tax Foreclosure Assistance
Eviction Prevention Legal Assistance
Eminent Domain/Expropriation Actions
Landlord Rights Information/Counseling
Property Tax Relief Application Preparation Services
Real Estate Law
Tenant Rights Information/Counseling
Landlord/Tenant Dispute Resolution
Housing Discrimination Assistance
Insurance Claims Assistance
Public/Subsidized Housing Appeals Assistance
Offers litigation for class actions, represent undocumented immigrants, and litigates against the government. Advocacy is typically limited to broad-based issues affecting large numbers of people.

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Eviction Prevention Legal Assistance
Legal Counseling
Welfare Rights Assistance
Tenant Rights Information/Counseling
Landlord/Tenant Dispute Resolution
Provides free legal consultations concerning a range of issues including landlord/tenent disputes, child custody, domestic abuse, wills and estates, criminal record expungement, and more. Provides legal advice and connects clients with other legal resources throughout Philadelphia. Virtual consultations are available.

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Legal Counseling
Community Legal Clinics
Landlord/Tenant Dispute Resolution
Criminal Record Expungement Assistance
Provides housing stabilization services including credit and budget counseling; foreclosure prevention counseling; eviction prevention through payment assistance when funds are available and landlord-tenant mediation; and first-time home buyers education and counseling.

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Personal Financial Counseling
Landlord/Tenant Dispute Resolution
Rent Payment Assistance
Mortgage Delinquency and Default Counseling
Homebuyer/Home Purchase Counseling
Provides free legal consultations concerning a range of issues including landlord/tenent disputes, child custody, domestic abuse, wills and estates, criminal record expungement, and more. Provides legal advice and connects clients with other legal resources throughout Philadelphia. Virtual consultations are available.

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Legal Counseling
Community Legal Clinics
Landlord/Tenant Dispute Resolution
Criminal Record Expungement Assistance
Provides financial assistance on behalf of low to moderate income renters experiencing difficulty making rent payments as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Experienced mediators.

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Landlord/Tenant Dispute Resolution
Homeless Diversion Programs
Local attorneys volunteer to provide free legal representation for civil cases. A broad spectrum of civil cases are handled, including the following: landlord-tenant, debtor-creditor problems, unemployment compensation, termination of social security or SSI benefits, uninsured tort defense, family law and other serious civil matters. Simple wills, powers of attorney, and health care directives are provided for financially eligible adults age 60 and over. Assistance in clearing criminal records through the state pardon process is also provided.

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Domestic Violence Protective/Restraining Orders
Tenant Rights Information/Counseling
Landlord/Tenant Dispute Resolution
Eviction Prevention Legal Assistance
Legal Representation
Offers assistance to avoid evictions for renters and provide financial stability for landlords. Union-Snyder Community Action and Susquehanna Valley Mediation are working together to connect renters and landlords to rental assistance, legal information, and professional mediation services with trained, impartial mediators, in the vent of a landlord-tenant conflict. Landlords and tenants must agree to try mediation.

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Eviction Prevention Legal Assistance
Landlord/Tenant Dispute Resolution
Offers free legal help for low-income and vulnerable residents of Bucks, Chester, Delaware, and Montgomery counties. May handle the following types of cases: bankruptcy, debt relief, and consumer law; child custod and dependency issues; disaster legal aid (including Hurricane Ida); elder law; expungements, pardons, and record sealing; government benefits issues concerning Unemployment Compensation, SSI, SSDI, TANF (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families), SNAP (food stamps), Medical Assistance (Medicaid), and Child Health Insurance Program (CHIP), Housing issues such as landlord-tenant, eviction, habitability, public or subsidized housing, rent-to-own, homeownership, mortgage foreclosure, property tax sales, reverse mortgages, and tangled title; utility problems, and veterans benefits and discharge upgrades.

Related Services

Tenant Rights Information/Counseling
Child Custody/Visitation Assistance
Eviction Prevention Legal Assistance
Landlord/Tenant Dispute Resolution
General Benefits Assistance
Court Filing Offices
General Legal Aid
Legal Representation
Predatory Lending Assistance
Mortgage Delinquency and Default Counseling
Criminal Record Expungement Assistance
Elder Law
Public/Subsidized Housing Appeals Assistance
Legal Information Services
Welfare Rights Assistance
Labor and Employment Law
Bankruptcy Assistance
Provides information on tenant and landlord disputes. Offers first time homeowner classes and credit counseling.

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Landlord/Tenant Dispute Resolution
Homebuyer/Home Purchase Counseling
Credit Counseling
Provides free legal consultations concerning a range of issues including landlord/tenent disputes, child custody, domestic abuse, wills and estates, criminal record expungement, and more. Provides legal advice and connects clients with other legal resources throughout Philadelphia. Virtual consultations are available.

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Legal Counseling
Community Legal Clinics
Landlord/Tenant Dispute Resolution
Criminal Record Expungement Assistance
Provides advice in cases involving eviction, illegal lockouts, unlawful termination of utilities, and homes in disrepair. For clients in subsidized housing, provides advice on admissions and evictions; termination of Section 8; utility allowance problems and repair problems; disability accommodations; domestic violence and assault-related housing issues; PHA grievance hearings; adding or removing family members from a lease; recertification issues. Also provides assistance related to property tax appeals.

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Eviction Prevention Legal Assistance
Tenant Rights Information/Counseling
Landlord/Tenant Dispute Resolution
Tax Appeals/Audit Assistance
Offers a public interest law firm that represents low income people in civil cases. CJP specializes in class action lawsuits and innovative advocacy. CJP does not charge its clients fees, but it handles only cases and advocacy projects that have a broad impact on low income people.

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Immigration/Naturalization Legal Services
Tenant Rights Information/Counseling
Housing Discrimination Assistance
Legal Counseling
Landlord/Tenant Dispute Resolution
Eviction Prevention Legal Assistance
Offers eviction prevention legal assistance for tenants in Philadelphia.

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Tenant Rights Information/Counseling
Landlord/Tenant Dispute Resolution
Eviction Prevention Legal Assistance
Works to create sexual violence awareness and prevention education within communities.

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Lawyer Referral Services
General Crime Victim Assistance
Sexual Assault Counseling
Landlord/Tenant Dispute Resolution
Sexual Assault/Incest Support Groups
Sexual Assault Prevention
Sexual Assault Protection/Restraining Orders
Crime Victim Support Groups
Legal Information Services
Legal Counseling
Eviction Prevention Legal Assistance
Sexual Assault Hotlines
Legal Representation
Magisterial district judges are nominated by the Governor and confirmed by the state Senate. This Magisterial District covers the boroughs of Alba, Canton, Sylvania and Troy as well as the townships of Armenia, Canton, Granville, Leroy, Ridgebury, Smithfield, South Creek, Springfield, Troy, Wells and West Burlington.

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Landlord/Tenant Dispute Resolution
Traffic Courts
Community Courts
Small Claims Courts
Provides free legal consultations concerning a range of issues including landlord/tenent disputes, child custody, domestic abuse, wills and estates, criminal record expungement, and more. Provides legal advice and connects clients with other legal resources throughout Philadelphia. Virtual consultations are available.

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Legal Counseling
Community Legal Clinics
Landlord/Tenant Dispute Resolution
Criminal Record Expungement Assistance
Provides assistance to individuals and families in need of legal services in all areas of housing law, including discrimination and public housing appeals, landlord/tenant disputes, foreclosure and tax issues, and insurance claims.

Related Services

Tax Foreclosure Assistance
Eviction Prevention Legal Assistance
Eminent Domain/Expropriation Actions
Landlord Rights Information/Counseling
Property Tax Relief Application Preparation Services
Real Estate Law
Tenant Rights Information/Counseling
Landlord/Tenant Dispute Resolution
Housing Discrimination Assistance
Insurance Claims Assistance
Public/Subsidized Housing Appeals Assistance
Provides assistance to individuals and families in need of legal services in all areas of housing law, including discrimination and public housing appeals, landlord/tenant disputes, foreclosure and tax issues, and insurance claims.

Related Services

Tax Foreclosure Assistance
Eviction Prevention Legal Assistance
Eminent Domain/Expropriation Actions
Landlord Rights Information/Counseling
Property Tax Relief Application Preparation Services
Real Estate Law
Tenant Rights Information/Counseling
Landlord/Tenant Dispute Resolution
Housing Discrimination Assistance
Insurance Claims Assistance
Public/Subsidized Housing Appeals Assistance