"Massachusetts residents have filed more than 6,000 requests to remove their eviction records from public view since a law allowing them to do so took effect a year ago...
'With these cases removed [from] their records, they have been able to leave shelters, secure accessible housing for themselves and their disabled children and become eligible for subsidies,' said Sophie Gillard, a paralegal with Greater Boston Legal Services. The organization helped almost 500 people file petitions to seal their eviction records."
"Sophie Gillard, a paralegal with the Greater Boston Legal Services, said her nonprofit hosted dozens of eviction clinics around the city and helped nearly 500 people file petitions in housing courts in the region.
'With these cases removed (from) their records, they have been able to leave shelters, secure accessible housing for themselves and their disabled children and become eligible for subsidies,' she said."
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After Major Court Victory in Massachusetts, Legal Advocates Bring Home Equity Theft Battle to the Supreme Court
BOSTON, MA — The Pioneer New England Legal Foundation (Legal Foundation), Greater Boston Legal Services (GBLS), and law firm Greenberg Traurig filed an amicus brief with the U.S. Supreme Court in support of homeowners in two Michigan cases that could determine how far governments can go in taking property for unpaid taxes.
GBLS, Asian Law Caucus, and Keker, Van Nest, & Peters LLP filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts on behalf of groups that provide taxpayer services and advocate for the rights and needs of immigrant communities. The lawsuit asks for a block of the receipt and use of tax-related data by Immigration and Customs Enforcement from both the Internal Revenue Service and Social Security Administration.
Immigrant advocacy groups have demanded the records of the Trump administration’s database on immigrant workers. At least 90,000 persons’ information has already been shared by federal agencies with immigration enforcement through secret agreements. Read more here about the litigation GBLS and the Asian Law Caucus filed on behalf of the Community Economic Development Center of Southeastern Massachusetts.