Oakland Tenant Rights Clinic OPENS for Justice!
Just Cause Oakland's sister organization, St. Peters Housing Committee,
has brought their expertise in fighting for tenants to Oakland! The
Tenant Rights Clinic hit the ground running on September 1 and has
helped dozens of tenants in through difficult living situations. The
clinic provides free tenant counseling and case management services for
low-income working class tenants in Oakland. And now, the clinic needs
your help.
We need a handful of volunteers to commit to a once
a week shift for 2-4 hours answering the phone in the new tenant's
rights clinic that St. Peter's opened up at the JCO office. This
entails answering the phone, talking to tenants in distress, setting up
appointments with the housing counselors, and referring people to
resources. It is really important that folks who call in are able to
talk to a human being and not a machine. There will be training for all
tenant clinic volunteers. Please contact Molly
(molly@justcauseoakland.org) if you can take calls for tenant rights!
And,
if you are having problems or now anyone who is having trouble with
repairs, rent increases, evictions, harassment, or other problem with
your tenancy, please call us or make an appointment the clinic at
510-TENANTS.
Just Cause Oakland • PO Box 3596 • Oakland, CA 94609
Phone: 510.763.5877 • Fax: 510.763.5824 • Email: victory@justcauseoakland.org
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