Legal Aid Society of Eastern Virginia Sued Norfolk Redevelopment and Housing Authority
In December of 2024, Legal Aid Society of Eastern Virginia (“LASEV”) sued Norfolk Redevelopment and Housing Authority (“NRHA”) in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. A copy of the redacted complaint can be accessed ...
Youth Homelessness Prevention Project
We are thrilled to announce that LASEV's Disability Rights Unit/Homeless Outreach Project (DRU/HOP) has been awarded a grant from the Hampton Roads Community Foundation for our Youth Homelessness Prevention Project. This grant will be instrumen...
LASEV Partner Receives Distinguished Award
The National Legal Aid and Defender’s Association has awarded Stanley (Stan) Brown the Arthur von Briesen Award for the 2023 annual conference. The Arthur von Briesen Award honors a private attorney who has made substantial volunteer contributions in...
New Homeless Veterans Grant Awarded
LASEV is honored to be a recipient of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs’ new Legal Services for Homeless Veterans and Veterans At-Risk For Homelessness grant. This grant funds an attorney and social worker to focus on the needs of homeless and ...
New Eviction Expungement Grant Awarded
LASEV is thrilled to be a recipient of a Legal Services Corporation Pro Bono Innovation Fund Project grant, funding an attorney and paralegal for our Eviction Expungement Project. This project will engage volunteer attorneys to help address...
Important Federal District Court Win
In Minnesota Life Insurance Company v. Marcia Gayle et. al., a case involving a dispute over life insurance proceeds, Legal Aid attorney Brandon Ballard prevented the insurance company, who filed the action, from taking their attorneys' fee from...
LASEV Attorney Receives Prestigious Award
Senior Staff Attorney, Darryl Cunningham, received the St. George Tucker Adjunct Professor Award from William and Mary's Marshall-Wythe School of Law. &n...
New Grant Awarded
LASEV is excited to announce that we have been selected by J-PAL North America, a regional office of MIT's Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab, to partner with researchers to develop evidence-based strategies to better respond to the on-going evict...
The Importance of the Fair Housing Act
As we celebrate the 55th anniversary of the Fair Housing Act, it is important to note that while overall segregation in housing has only increased since its passage, the Act if properly enforced by advocates and courts, can be a powerful tool for fai...
Favorable Settlement in Bryant v. City of Norfolk Motion to Enforce brings change to Norfolk
In a collaborative resolution to Plaintiffs' Motion to Enforce the Settlement agreement in Bryant et al. v. City of Norfolk et al., a Fair Housing case brought against the City of Norfolk, NRHA and HUD by LASEV, Hogan Lovells and the Lawyers' Committ...
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