Columbus residents selected landlord-tenant mediation as their top choice during recent Policy Pitch Night.
Evictions are being filed amidst Covid-19 and Franklin County Court closure.
The Columbus Bar Foundation presented a $50,000 check to Community Mediation Services.
Through free tenant/landlord mediation services and eviction prevention workshops, CMS works to combat the high number of eviction filings in Franklin County.
"Better Call Jackson" on NBC4 explores how local programs help residents avoid evictions.
The Eviction Lab at Princeton University has built the first nationwide database of evictions. Find out how many evictions happen in your community. Create custom maps, charts, and reports. Share facts with your neighbors and elected officials.
Nearly one million American households received eviction judgments in 2016 in new data spanning dozens of states. The New York Times takes a closer look at the current state of eviction and housing in the U.S.
A dozen national experts studied Columbus neighborhoods and told officials here that four changes, among others, could help these neighborhoods thrive. The group reserved its harshest criticism for the city's eviction policies, especially with how easily they can be initiated and how they serve as a permanent mark on residents' records, often making it harder for them to find affordable housing.
Columbus Business First announces it will take a sustained look during 2018 at the issues of income inequality and affordable housing, which continue to weigh on Columbus’ growth and could threaten the city’s bright future. A recent study found Columbus is the second-most segregated city in the country by income.
Some countries, such as France, Austria, and Poland, prohibit removing people from their homes when it's so cold. But that's not the case in the United States. National Public Radio examines affects of evictions across the country.
Bill Gates shares his Top 5 favorite books of 2017, and Matthew Desmond's book on the eviction crisis in Milwaukee is one of them.
Franklin County workers have now joined CMS staff at Franklin County's eviction court to provide additional resources for people facing eviction and potential loss of stable housing.
Listen to "All Sides with Ann Fisher," as Fisher looks at how the Columbus Metropolitan libraries' new policy restricting food and baggage could change libraries being used as a site for refuge for the homeless. This program sheds light on a larger public health issue as well as strategies for ending homelessness in Columbus. (NOTE: CMS' Housing Stabilization and Homelessness Prevention program is mentioned around 42:38).
This article is one of a three-part series, called Dividing Lines, published by the Columbus Dispatch.
This article is one of a three-part series, called Dividing Lines, published by the Columbus Dispatch.
This article is one of a three-part series, called Dividing Lines, published by the Columbus Dispatch. It discusses a morning spent at the Franklin County eviction court--the busiest eviction court in the state. Through its Homelessness Prevention/Housing Stabilization Program, CMS provides free mediation services to tenants and landlords at the court daily.
