Pisgah Legal’s Executive Director, Jim Barrett, discusses the federal eviction moratorium with the Ashevill-Citizen Times, calling it a welcome step but not a solution. “I hope this so-called moratorium buys some time, but if you think about it, it expires…
Pisgah Legal staff attorney Molly Maynard warns that scammers may try to get your personal information by posing as IRS agents over the phone. DO NOT give your social security number or bank account over the phone. Instead, hang up,…
Pisgah Legal Managing Attorney Robin Merrell is interviewed in a recent Asheville Citizen Times article on what upcoming months could look like for tenants facing eviction. If something doesn’t change, Merrell says there could be a homelessness crisis in Asheville….
Pisgah Legal Managing Attorney, Robin Merrell was interviewed in a recent Mountain Xpress article about evictions. With the stay on evictions being lifted June 20, 2020, there is an anticipated increase in eviction orders “I anticipate that without some change,…
Pisgah Legal Managing Attorney Robin Merrell and Health Justice Program Director Shannon Cornelius talked with Spanish Language media company @HolaCarolina about evictions and health insurance options during COVID-19. watch video interview
Courts are slated to open June 1, with an expected surge in evictions in oncoming weeks. “Landlords have been able to file evictions during the moratorium — they just couldn’t be heard until June 1”, said Robin Merrell, Pisgah Legal…
Pisgah Legal’s Director of Communications, Evie White, shared her perspective on the importance of free legal aid during Covid-19 in AVLtoday. Read the STORY
Executive directors Ken Schorr, of Charlotte Center for Legal Advocacy, and Jim Barrett, of Pisgah Legal Services, are calling on swift, decisive action from the North Carolina Legislature in response to COVID-19: Expand Medicaid Improve Access to our state’s Unemployment Insurance program Restore…
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…
PLS Executive Director Jim Barrett was one of 3 Buncombe County citizens featured in Journey Across the 100, a listening tour by the Raleigh News & Observer. Reporters talked with people about their concerns as the 2020 election approaches. Watch…
