The Eviction Diversion Program in Philadelphia has been hugely successful, keeping more families in their homes, helping landlords get paid, and keeping more people out of court.

The City provided Targeted Financial Assistance to 13,600 households since 2023, paying a total of $62.5m in rental assistance.

In 2016-2019, 21,457 renting families faced an eviction court filing on average each year. With EDP in place, filings fell to 13,769 per year (2022-2024).

Since the Eviction Diversion Program began in 2020:

The program has served a total of 87,703 landlord-tenant pairs in Philadelphia.

Philadelphia Landlord-Tenant court filings are down 36%.

Landlords and tenants reached 8,170 pre-court agreements with 70.6% of mediations resulting in an agreement.

Louise’s dedicated pursuit of equal access to justice has improved the lives of hundreds of thousands of Pennsylvanians who are struggling to get by, and millions more throughout the country. Congratulations, Louise!

Louise has also used her technical expertise to conduct high impact litigation, administrative advocacy, and countless trainings to other service providers.

The panel discussed the necessity of an organization's commitment to language access & justice. They shared strategies to strengthen organizational capacity through policy, staffing, budgeting & training as well as best practices for delivering linguistically & culturally responsive legal services.

Lanique writes, "In a city like Philadelphia, you never know who might need the assistance of CLS. As attorneys, we’re in a unique position to use our skills to support and strengthen the communities in which we live and work. CLS offers us the chance to do just that.”

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Mira Sydow, Tangled Title Paralegal in the Homeownership & Consumer Rights Unit, explained how having a will can protect your family home, and shared information about how to start the process of creating one.

And thank you to all City Council members for sending your staff to attend our training! We’re doing a lot of trainings and webinars to share information about SNAP changes, so stay tuned. More info is available on our website at clsphila.org/SNAP