Housing Client Resources

We provide phone advice (which includes screening for full representation services) for tenants and landlords in Anoka, Hennepin in Ramsey Counties on the following landlord/tenant issues:

Eviction Expungement
Tenants who want landlords to make repairs (rent escrow actions)
Low-income landlords (must be owner occupied) who need help evicting a tenant, family member or over staying guest.

Do NOT call our phone intake to access these services
Please ask for legal assistance when you arrive in court for the first appearance in your eviction case.
Please contact Homeline if you need more specific legal information and 211 for financial or housing information.

If you have landlord/tenant issues that are not covered here, please contact Homeline (advice only) or your local Legal Aid (1-877-696-6529).

After being approved for services through intake, a volunteer attorney will attempt to call you on the phone at a specific window of time, typically between 2-4pm. The attorney will provide advice and screen for further services (if eligible) during a 15-20 minute advice session over the phone.
Please do not miss the call from the volunteer attorney, as they may not be able to call you a second time. Please email any paperwork relating to questions you may have about your case to Kait.Ripley@vlnmn.org before your call with a volunteer lawyer.
After being approved for services through intake, a volunteer attorney will attempt to call you on the phone at a specific window of time, typically between 2-4pm. The attorney will provide advice and screen for further services (if eligible) during a 15-20 minute advice session over the phone.

When you arrive at housing court for the first hearing in your eviction case, please request the assistance of a free lawyer. You will be screened for qualification for legal services at that time.