Memphis Area Legal Services, Inc.
 
Serving the Tennessee counties of Shelby, Fayette, Lauderdale and Tipton.
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2009 – A Year of Challenges, Opportunities and Successes

Harrison D. McIver2010 will mark the 40th anniversary of Memphis Area Legal Services, Inc. as a partner in the quest for equal access and justice for all!

Reflecting on our journey through 2009 will set the stage for our work and activities for 2010. It was a year in which the recessed economy left many of our neighbors in a world of economic hurt. It was a year in which the unemployment rate was the worst in a quarter of a century, when people not only lost their jobs, but also lost their homes. Foreclosures hit record highs in 2009 and predictions for the first half of 2010 don’t paint a brighter picture in the near future for the people of Memphis and Shelby County, Tipton, Fayette and Lauderdale counties.

But all is not bleak at MALS. 2009 brought some great and memorable highlights. Fortunately, that best-of-times list is longer than the worst of times.
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Client Services

HOUSING AND REAL PROPERTY

MALS may be able to help if you are seeking assistance with a matter involving:

  • subsidized housing (Section 8, other HUD subsidized, etc.)
  • a fair housing issue (ex. discrimination based on disability, race, national origin, gender or having children in the family, including accessibility
  • a complaint regarding repair issues or involving the condition of rental property
  • someone’s failure to rent to you because your rent payment is through a Section 8 voucher or some other benefit
  • a loan, mortgage or purchase of a home
  • a tax sale
  • an eviction
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