12. Housing Court

There has been some success in an innovative effort to provide free legal advice in housing cases in a "Housing Court" experiment in Minneapolis.

On March 14, 2014, Lawyers gave free legal help to parties in housing cases in Hennepin County.  See here.

Tenants and landlords who meet low-income guidelines can get their legal questions answered for free on a walk-in basis at the Hennepin County Government Center as part of the Hennepin County
Housing Court Project.

The program offers legal help with emergency repairs, expungements of records, lock outs, service issues, evictions, lease violations and repair problems.

The Housing Court Project is a collaboration between the 4th District Housing Court, Hennepin County, Mid-Minnesota Legal Aid (for tenants), and the Volunteer Lawyers Network (for landlords).