Table of Contents

This table of contents tracks the stages and concepts in the Guide. We’ve laid out the information chronologically, but remember, there is no one way to advance, enact, or implement eviction RTC. 

Stage 1

Eviction RTC Fundamentals

  • 1.1 The Eviction Crisis

    • The Eviction Crisis in the U.S

    • The Process of Eviction

    • The Aftermath and Consequences of Eviction 

    • What is the right to counsel in civil cases in general?

    • What is an eviction RTC?

    • Where does eviction RTC currently exist?

    • What are some potential limits of eviction RTC?

    • How does eviction RTC relate to other interventions for the eviction/housing crisis?

    • Spotlight: Pairing eviction RTC with other housing issues.

    • How does eviction RTC interact with mediation programs?

    1. Eviction RTC reduces the landlord-tenant power imbalance

    2. Eviction RTC helps build tenant power

    3. Eviction RTC helps advance race equity

    4. Eviction RTC helps to advance health equity

    5. Eviction RTC is an evidence-based solution that necessarily and effectively identifies and enforces tenant legal protections

    6. Eviction RTC helps provide procedural justice

    7. Eviction RTC assists tenants in ways that go beyond legal work for the eviction hearing

    8. Eviction RTC saves cities and states money through avoided eviction consequences and/or fewer eviction filings

    9. Eviction RTC can provide benefits to landlords

    10. Eviction RTC can provide benefits to courts

Stage 2

Setting up an eviction RTC enactment campaign

    • Tenants and tenant organizers

    • Landlords

    • Court Personnel

    • Policymakers

    • How does eviction RTC relate to other interventions for the eviction/housing crisis?

    • Spotlight: Pairing eviction RTC with other housing issues.

    • How does eviction RTC interact with mediation programs?

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Stage 3

Eviction RTC Enactment

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Stage 4

Implementing Eviction RTC

Stage 5

Evaluating RTC

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