{"id":55,"date":"2024-05-09T01:42:37","date_gmt":"2024-05-09T01:42:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tap.law.harvard.edu\/?page_id=55"},"modified":"2024-05-28T02:11:14","modified_gmt":"2024-05-28T02:11:14","slug":"practice-areas","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/tap.law.harvard.edu\/?page_id=55","title":{"rendered":"Practice Areas"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Tenants Who Need Advice on Landlord \/ Tenant Problems*<\/h3><\/div>

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* For Tenants in the Greater Boston Area who are Section 8 or MRVP Voucher Holders, or Public Housing Applicants or Tenants<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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We are happy to discuss your situation over the telephone.\u00a0Unfortunately, we cannot take walk-ins.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

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Note<\/em>:\u00a0 Please call us as soon as you know you have a housing problem.<\/b><\/p>

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If you are not able to speak with someone when you call, please leave a message and someone will return your call as soon as possible. \u00a0The telephone number is\u00a0617-495-4394<\/strong>.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>

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If you prefer to email TAP, our email address is:\u00a0\u00a0tap@law.harvard.edu.<\/p>

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Learn more about the details of the TAP intake process and what to expect when you call or email TAP for legal assistance<\/em>:\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>

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Information for Tenants Seeking Legal Representation<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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TAP represents tenants whose public housing, Section 8 or MRVP is administered at the following public housing agencies:<\/p>

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Arlington, Belmont, Boston (BHA), Braintree, Brookline, Cambridge, Chelsea, Everett, \u00a0Malden,\u00a0 Medford, Melrose, Milton, Newton, Quincy, Revere, Somerville, Waltham, Watertown, Wellesley, Winchester, Winthrop, Woburn; and Metro Housing Boston.<\/b><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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TAP provides representation at administrative hearings at public housing authorities\/agencies regarding:<\/p>


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  • Public housing eviction<\/li>\n
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    TAP also provides telephone advice on general landlord-tenant problems only for tenants who have Section 8 vouchers, MRVP assistance or who live in public housing, if the housing voucher or assistance is administered by a housing agency listed in TAP\u2019s service area.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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    • TAP does not provide any representation in court.<\/li>
    • TAP does not accept cases where the housing subsidy is not administered by a public housing agency (e.g. HUD-subsidized or MassHousing-subsidized housing).<\/li>
    • TAP does not handle Home Base cases.<\/li>
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      TAP Practice Areas Current Public Housing Tenants Current Public Housing Tenants Public Housing Applicants Section 8 or MRVP Voucher Applicants Tenants Who Need Advice on Landlord \/ Tenant Problems* * For Tenants in the Greater Boston Area who are Section 8 or MRVP Voucher Holders,…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"elementor_theme","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-55","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tap.law.harvard.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/55","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tap.law.harvard.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tap.law.harvard.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tap.law.harvard.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tap.law.harvard.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=55"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tap.law.harvard.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/55\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tap.law.harvard.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=55"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}