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NLS Partners with URA to Promote Housing Stability

NLS is partnering with the Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh through the Housing Opportunity Fund’s new Legal Assistance Program to provide eviction prevention, foreclosure prevention and tangled title legal services. To learn more about housing advocacy programs at NLS, visit Housing Resources.

 

Untangling Tangled Titles

“Tangled title is an apt name for the complicated process of helping people stay in their homes permanently and legally. Successfully untangling these cases requires specialized expertise and a lot of patience,” said NLS staff attorney Kris Bergstrom. Spearheading tangled title cases at NLS are attorneys Peter LewisDan Haller, and Kris Bergstrom, along with Cindy Gilkey and Sarah Anderson. Tangled title help is available in Allegheny, Beaver, Butler and Lawrence counties with priority programs available for City of Pittsburgh and City of New Castle residents. To learn more about tangled titles, click HERE.

 

NLS Helps Reach Thousands of People in Need

During the COVID-19 health crisis, NLS has handled 9,567 cases, helping 14,730 people throughout Allegheny, Beaver, Butler and Lawrence counties by providing legal advice, counsel and representation. To learn more about NLS legal services, click HERE.

 
 

Upcoming CLE – No cost CLE for Pro Bono PFA Volunteer Attorneys

“Helping Domestic Violence Victims Obtain Protection Orders”
Virtual CLE
Hosted by Dickie, McCamey & Chilcote PC 
Friday July 16, 2021
9.00 a.m. EDT-1:30 p.m. EDT
3 substantive credits, 1 ethics credit

Register here.

 

PFA Volunteer Attorneys Urgently Needed

Protection from Abuse cases have skyrocketed as pandemic-related lockdowns ended. “Women had to put their health and safety on hold during the pandemic but now they need help. We are in urgent need of volunteer attorneys to assist with a huge volume of cases,” said Susan Abramowich, Managing Attorney for NLS. For more information please contact Mary Ann Troper-Malley at 412.586.6134 or via email at troperma@nlsa.us.

 

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