Iowa Legal Aid

Iowa Legal Aid requested funding to help support the statewide Housing Stability Project. The project will be two-fold. First, they will provide legal assistance to persons who contact Iowa Legal Aid with a housing problem (e.g., eviction, loss of housing subsidy, mortgage foreclosure, special accommodation, housing repairs).

Second, funds will help support the Eviction Diversion Project that was established in six counties (Polk, Black Hawk, Johnson, Linn, Pottawattamie, Scott). The counties encompass the largest population centers in Iowa and 66% of the state’s evictions. Their services are offered to all tenants at the county courthouse prior to their eviction hearing. Some tenants learn about their legal rights and receive step-by-step instructions adequate to preserve their housing. Others are provided full representation at their eviction hearing.

Iowa Legal Aid projects that statewide, they will help 5,250 unique clients with their housing cases, which will impact approximately 14,700 household members.