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Lakeshore Legal Aid Training

To view the recorded trainings, please click HERE

Community Housing Network, Lighthouse of MI, and Lakeshore Legal Aid have worked together to provide trainings to housing providers. 

 

Training Topics:

 

Topic 1: Landlord-Tenant Law (Part 1) 

  • Understanding the landlord-tenant relationship—who is a tenant and who is a trespasser, squatter, etc.

  • Subsidized housing and its requirements

  • Understanding leases (including VAWA language)

  • Self-help evictions

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Topic 2: Landlord-Tenant Law (Part 2) 

  • The court processes

  • Termination of tenancy versus nonpayment of rent cases

  • Judgments

  • Repair issues and tenant options

  • Security deposits

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Topic 3: Client Services (Part 1) 

  • What Lakeshore can/cannot do to help

  • Establishing communication

  • Budgeting and payment plans; resolving income difficulties

  • Importance of ledgers

  • What constitutes legal advice

 

Topic 4: Client Services (Part 2) 

  • Communication with landlords and counsel

  • Court testimony

  • Other issues: Stalking, domestic violence, drug use, children & education

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Topic 5: Mediation Training 

  • Details TBD

 

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