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In Housing Crisis, Rural Californians Need Greater Legal Protections and Access to Legal Aid

 
In a new policy brief from the UC Davis Center for Poverty Research, Zach Newman and Lisa R. Pruitt write that California's legal-aid system should be funded with sensitivity to rural needs in order to deliver adequate legal aid to all Californians, wherever they reside.
 
Key Facts:
  • Rural homelessness in California is rising, sometimes more quickly than its urban equivalent.
  • High rural eviction rates are caused in part by inadequate access to legal assistance in rural communities.
  • New laws protecting renters and homeowners are needed urgently, as is the provision of free, high-quality legal aid to low-income Californians in rural communities.

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