Legal Aid for Seniors
What kinds of legal issues can the Senior Law Project help with?
Lawyers and Paralegals on the Senior Law Project help seniors with various civil matters affecting individuals 60 years and older.
The following legal problems are some typically faced by our clients:
- Consumer Debt Collections/Financial Exploitation
- Housing/Property Taxes
- Nursing Home/Assisted Living Transfer Discharge
- Social Security Denials
- Medicaid Denials
Consumer Debt/Collection Financial Exploitation
- Harassing phone calls and or letters from debt collectors
- Unfair and deceptive practices by debt collectors
- Lawsuits filed by creditors or debt collectors
- Protected income exempt from collection: Social Security/SSI benefits, unemployment compensation and more
- Improper use of and elder's funds or property
Housing/Property Taxes
- Evictions/unsafe conditions
- Housing Discrimination issues
- Section 8 or public housing terminations/denials
- Mortgage foreclosure
- Mobile home park issues
- Property tax relief
Nursing Home/Assisted Living
- Nursing home/assisted living resident's rights
- Transfer or discharges from a current facility
Public Benefits
- Social Security/SSI
- State Disability Benefits (APTD)
- Medicaid
- Unemployment Compensation
- Food Stamps
- Town/City Welfare