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Eloise Lawrence

An old playbook helps tenants stay housed, at least in the short term

Harvard Law School’s ‘outstanding’ housing rights advocacy work honored by Boston Bar Association

October 4, 2019

Lisa Owens (City Life/Vida Urbana), Zoe Kronin (Greater Boston Legal Services), Maureen McDonagh (Legal Services Center of Harvard Law School), and Eloise Lawrence (Harvard Legal…
Tenants Pushed Out as Developers Buy Single-Room-Occupancy Properties

August 27, 2019

Via WGBH Radio DAVID GREENE, HOST: In many American cities, the cheapest rental housing is single room occupancy, or SRO units or rooming houses.
Real Estate Boom Threatens Rooming Houses At The Bottom Of The Housing Market

July 1, 2019

Via WGHB By: Chris Burrell A hot real estate market in Boston and surrounding cities is fueling rent hikes and evictions in what has…
Community Lawyering for Change

May 9, 2016

Via Harvard Legal Aid Bureau L-R: Andres (community organizer); Nan McGarry J.D. ’17; Natalia (client); Pedro Spivakovsky-Gonzalez J.D. ’17; and Stanford Fraser, J.D. ’16 In…
Congratulations to Eloise, Julia, and Toby on their promotions

June 22, 2015

The Office of Clinical and Pro Bono Programs extends heartfelt congratulations to Eloise Lawrence (Harvard Legal Aid Bureau), Julia Devanthéry (Housing Law Clinic), and Toby…
New Policy Goes Only Partway in Helping Struggling Homeowners

December 16, 2014

Via the New York Times Well, that was fast. At a Senate Banking Committee hearing on Nov. 19, Melvin Watt, the director of the…