TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Kate Prince on Feb 9, 2023

Eviction filings in Nashville are now 70% higher than they were pre-pandemic, according to WPLN. The news outlet dug further into the issue on a recent episode of its Citizen Nashville podcast with special guests Julie Yriart, legal director of the Nashville Eviction Right to Counsel pilot program with the Hispanic Bar Association and Elizabeth Leiserson, Eviction Right to Counsel Project director with the Legal Aid Society of Middle Tennessee and the Cumberlands. In the episode, Yriart and Leiserson discuss how the rise in eviction filings impacts the lack of affordable housing, what rights and resources tenants have and more. Listen to the episode.