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September 2025
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Debt Collection Lawsuits Are Rising. Here’s What to Do to Fight Back
Below is the full text of a NYT article from 09/12/2025. - By Ann Carrns States are seeing an...
Most low-income tenants have no lawyer in eviction cases. A state initiative is trying to change that.
Below is the full text of a CommonWealth Beacon article from 04/29/2026. - by Jennifer Smith MASSACHUSETTS TENANTS FACING eviction proceedings usually walk through the courthouse doors at a stark disadvantage. In 2024, just 4.3 percent came with a lawyer, while their...
‘Placeholder’ attorneys fuel unfair debt wins in Mass. courts, new report finds
Below is the full text of a GBH article from 04/27/2026. - By Liz Neisloss A lone attorney sat in the Brighton courtroom last July. The clerk magistrate — like a judge in small claims court — called a handful of cases, one after another. Resident after resident was...
Funds awarded to help Massachusetts residents seal eviction records, secure housing
Below is the full text of a 22News article from 04/14/26. - By Beck Wehner BOSTON (WWLP) – Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Campbell has awarded more than $500,000 in grant funding to eight organizations to support the state’s eviction sealing law. These grants...
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