The high cost of foreclosure
It’s no secret that more low-income American families than ever before are facing foreclosure. But there’s a new problem that is making it even tougher for those families to navigate housing court: a national shortage of free legal aid attorneys to represent them. Melanca Clark is an attorney at the Brennan Center for Justice, which published a report yesterday called “Foreclosures: A Crisis in Legal Representation.” The report discusses the challenges facing homeowners trying to navigate the lending system without legal representation. We also talk to Atlanta legal aid attorney Sarah Bolling about having to turn away clients.
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