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Avoiding Evictions: How State and Local Policy Can Keep Tenants in Their Homes

Amid soaring rents and weakening protections for tenants, state and local governments have a critical role to play in preventing evictions. Shelterforce explores promising local initiatives working to keep families...

The ‘fairy godmother of housing court’: Meet the advocates troubleshooting the voucher system in Brooklyn Housing Court

In Brooklyn’s Housing Court, the Eviction Diversion Initiative helps tenants avoid evictions due to administrative errors with their housing subsidies. As the program expands to reach housing courts in seven...

Resource Library: Coordinated Community Responses (CCR)

A Coordinated Community Response (CCR) brings together a diverse group of community partners to develop a shared vision to collectively and consistently address the widespread impact of domestic violence, dating...

What Are Coordinated Community Responses?

This short animation, by the Center for Justice Innovation's Youth Justice Board members Jaylynn Gaston and Keith Albeionce, explains what a coordinated community response is, why it matters, and how...

Courts, advocates to start new program seeking to blunt Syracuse’s sharp eviction rate

A new program in Syracuse will help tenants stay safely housed by preventing evictions and increasing access to legal services and supportive resources. The Eviction Diversion Initiative—first launched in Brooklyn...

Rockefeller reforms linked to growth in problem-solving courts, but trend began earlier, report says

A new report by the Data Collaborative for Justice and the Center for Justice Innovation found that landmark drug sentencing reforms in New York led to a significant increase in...

Approach The Bench: Judge Robinson On Community Court

As presiding judge of the Red Hook Community Justice Center, Judge Devin Robinson works with defendants, attorneys, and our Red Hook team to address the root causes that bring people...

Rockefeller Drug Law reforms drove problem-solving court enrollment, new report finds

Enrollment in treatment courts as an alternative to incarceration has drastically increased since New York’s landmark drug sentencing reforms in 2009, according to new research by the Data Collaborative for...

Eviction Prevention Gets a Boost in New York

The Eviction Diversion Initiative, which supports tenants at risk of losing their homes, is expanding to more housing courts across the city and state.

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