The Advocacy Group
thru: Legal Services of Central New York
• Provide representation in housing cases, where clients’ homes or access to housing are threatened:
- Eviction
- Accessing subsidized housing
- Systemic code enforcement problems
- Water and utility shut-offs due to landlord failure to pay
- Privatized municipal foreclosure on taxes
- Property flipping schemes
- Predatory mortgages
- Mortgage scams
- Housing discrimination
- Equity stripping schemes
- Predatory lending
- Collection practices
- Repossession
- Garnishment
- Harassment by creditors
- Payday loans
- Installment sales
- Consumer loans
- Rent to own
- “Easy Payment” plans
- Public utilities
- Unfair and deceptive sales practices
- Advice on bankruptcy
- Advice on credit consolidation
- Education about consumer rights
- Systemic benefit issues, such as county offices placing limits or obstacles to benefits applications
- Denials of procedural rights in applying for or continuing public benefits
- Systemic wage and hour issues
- Discrimination in employment based on improper use of arrest records
- Law enforcement agencies
- Access to health services
- Access to government benefits and services
This program is offered here:
Legal Services of Central New York
221 South Warren Street
Suite 300
Syracuse NY 13202
Suite 300
Syracuse NY 13202
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Hours:
M-F 9:00AM-5:00PM.
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