TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Kate Prince on Jul 19, 2022

According to a recent Vanderbilt study, more than 99% of Nashville landlords have legal representation in civil cases, compared to less than 1% of renters. “And so, unless you get to Legal Aid … you have to navigate those waters alone,” Legal Aid Society of Middle Tennessee and the Cumberlands Executive Director Darkenya Waller says. The Nashville office of LAS currently has only two attorneys representing all of its housing cases, but a new pilot program is hoping to triple that number. Metro recently passed a $2.6 million grant to help fund LAS’ Right to Counsel program, which will allow the nonprofit to take on more cases and give more attention to the ones they already have. The two-year pilot program will also include an education program for tenants and landlords, as well as a partnership with Conexion Americas to better serve Nashville’s immigrant communities. WPLN has more on the story.