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    2022 Legislative Summary
    Colorado Poverty Law Project
    • 2 days ago
    • 3 min

    2022 Legislative Summary

    Colorado Poverty Law project worked with legislators and partners to help pass several important pieces of legislation this session,...
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    Vacated Eviction for Disabled Tenant
    CPLP Team
    • Mar 29, 2021
    • 1 min

    Vacated Eviction for Disabled Tenant

    A disabled tenant received an eviction notice based on nonpayment and contacted CPLP for help. Working quickly, a volunteer attorney...
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    Navigating Consular Bureaucracy
    CPLP Team
    • Mar 22, 2021
    • 1 min

    Navigating Consular Bureaucracy

    A Kenyan woman attended a CPLP monthly clinic in dire need of notarized paperwork required to comply with consular regulations. CPLP...
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    Keeping Our Clients Out of Jail
    CPLP Team
    • Mar 15, 2021
    • 1 min

    Keeping Our Clients Out of Jail

    While out of state in Oklahoma, a woman did not receive notices indicating that she was responsible for child support payments in...
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    A Happy Ending for Christmas
    CPLP Team
    • Mar 8, 2021
    • 1 min

    A Happy Ending for Christmas

    A 12-year-old boy was taken to Tennessee by his mother in violation of a parenting plan established with the boy’s father. A CPLP...
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    Preventing Eviction Over a Personal Vendetta
    CPLP Team
    • Mar 1, 2021
    • 1 min

    Preventing Eviction Over a Personal Vendetta

    Acting on a personal vendetta, a landlord refused to accept rent for the last month on a tenant’s lease. The landlord then filed an...
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    Eviction Avoided for Client with Mental Illness
    Milagros del Valle
    • Feb 22, 2021
    • 1 min

    Eviction Avoided for Client with Mental Illness

    A single mother with mental illness called emergency services on herself during a manic episode to prevent self harm. Her landlord then...
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    Grandmother’s Eviction Dropped After False Accusations
    CPLP Team
    • Feb 15, 2021
    • 1 min

    Grandmother’s Eviction Dropped After False Accusations

    A single woman was evicted after her landlord made false accusations against her grandson. The landlord alleged that the woman’s...
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    Appeal of Housing Eligibility Denial
    CPLP Team
    • Feb 8, 2021
    • 1 min

    Appeal of Housing Eligibility Denial

    A woman was denied housing eligibility by Denver Housing Authority because of petty criminal issues caused by being homeless (open...
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    Damages for Wrongful Eviction
    CPLP Team
    • Jan 4, 2021
    • 1 min

    Damages for Wrongful Eviction

    A client with mental illness was wrongfully evicted and filed her own appeal. She then contacted CPLP and was paired with a volunteer...
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    Keeping Kids with Mom
    CPLP Team
    • Dec 16, 2020
    • 1 min

    Keeping Kids with Mom

    The ex-husband of an employed single mother and domestic abuse survivor sought to terminate her parental rights because she was living at...
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    Reinstating Disability Benefits
    CPLP Team
    • Dec 16, 2020
    • 1 min

    Reinstating Disability Benefits

    A bank closed the account of a man who has severe anxiety, crowd-phobia, and additional disorders because of a debt owed by his mother. ...
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    Security Deposit Refund
    CPLP Team
    • Dec 16, 2020
    • 1 min

    Security Deposit Refund

    A hearing imparied single mother in recovery from stomach cancer tried unsuccessfully to obtain her security deposit upon moving to a new...
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    Group Mobile Home Resident Negotiations
    CPLP Team
    • Dec 16, 2020
    • 1 min

    Group Mobile Home Resident Negotiations

    A mobile home park owner demanded that park residents relocate their homes to make room for a massive utility project. For homes that...
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    Personalized Eviction Moratorium Order Declaration Form Tool
    Colorado Poverty Law Project
    • Sep 18, 2020
    • 1 min

    Personalized Eviction Moratorium Order Declaration Form Tool

    Prepare a packet to notify your landlord of your right's under the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s eviction moratorium order.
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    COVID-19 County Guides
    Colorado Poverty Law Project
    • Sep 14, 2020
    • 1 min

    COVID-19 County Guides

    Adams, Arapahoe, Denver, Eagle, Freemont, Jefferson Larimer , and Mesa County Housing Assistaance Guides!
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