Pisgah Legal’s Executive Director, Jim Barrett spoke with the Asheville-Citizen Times on the court’s ruling to delay evictions and foreclosures for at least 30 days. He states that the measure simply delays “some pretty big problems.” He sees it as…
In response to the developing situation surrounding COVID-19 and as a precaution to protect the health of our community, the No Place Like Home Lunch and Learn event has been postponed. Thank you for your understanding. Wednesday, April 1 11.45am—1.15…
Stephen walked into the Buncombe County Courthouse praying for a miracle. That’s when he met Pisgah Legal attorney, Thomas Lodwick. Read an inspiring Asheville Citizen-Times article on how Pisgah Legal and area agencies collaborated with Stephen Bolden to save his…
Bethann and Steve Harwood talk with Pisgah Legal Services Senior Staff Attorney Bill Whalen (right) who has worked with them on the Hardest Hit Fund program. The foreclosure prevention program is due to expire at the end of July. Colby…
Pisgah Legal Managing Attorney Robin Merrell was interviewed on the public radio broadcast, The State of Things, where she discussed the housing and eviction crisis in Western North Carolina, and how free legal aid is instrumental in providing solutions to…
Over 2000 evictions were filed last year- many for nonpayment of rent. Pisgah Legal created its Tenant Eviction Response Program (TERP) to help tenants navigate the complex eviction system. Two attorneys set up a table outside eviction court to assist…
PLS staffers Nikki Mitchell, Latoya Gardner and Robin Merrell, in partnership with city leadership and nonprofits, helped secure a $631,667 grant to fund major improvements for 19 homes in Rutherford County, thus ensuring low-income homeowners can make needed repairs and…
Pisgah Legal Services Managing Attorney Robin Merrell (pictured far left) is an advocate and attorney representing low-income people living in low income in need of legal assistance. In October she was elected chairman for the North Carolina Housing Coalition where…
Did you know that three-quarters of households are so poor that they qualify for government-subsidized housing but cannot get it due to lack of government funding? And when people pay too much for housing compared to their income, they don’t…
A new exhibit at Washington, D.C.’s National Building Museum is based on Matthew Desmond’s book, “Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City.” Desmond, a Pulitzer Prize winner, was last year’s speaker at the Pisgah Legal Services’ Poverty Forum. Hear…
