RIGHT TO COUNSEL R2C – THE TIME IS NOW!
Most people know that everyone who is charged with a criminal offense is entitled to representation by legal counsel – regardless of their ability to pay. But what about civil court, especially Landlord-Tenant matters? How is it that, in something as fundamentally important as a place to live, tenants are not guaranteed that same Right to Counsel, as a right, regardless of ability to pay? Anyone who’s ever witnessed the operation of local Landlord/Tenant Courts knows that virtually every landlord is represented by an attorney while hardly any tenant is so represented.