Evictions have sharply increased in Hamilton County this year. According to Clerk of Courts Pavan Parikh there have been around 8,000 filings so far in 2024.
This comes at a time when local resources, including the Legal Aid Society and the Hamilton County Community Action Agency, are stretched thin. Legal Aid says of the more than 1,000 evictions each month in the county, they are able to take only about 10% of those cases. They often refer clients to the Hamilton County Help Center.
The center provides people limited legal advice to access municipal and juvenile courts.
On Cincinnati Edition, we discuss how people who do not have attorneys to represent them during eviction proceedings find resources through the Help Center.
Guests:
- Pavan Parikh, Hamilton County Clerk of Courts
- Nick Zingarelli, director and chief attorney, Hamilton County Clerk of Courts Help Center
An earlier version of this story misstated the number of eviction filings this year.
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