Sep 28, 2015 | Member Successes
Said a staff member of the Tenant Resource Center: “Working at the Help Desk is inspiring. I meet people who are sleeping in their cars or outside, or worried about keeping a home for their kids. Yet they still retain their sense of dignity and compassion, and all...
Jul 30, 2015 | Backyard Heroes
Marcia Hazen, Tenant Resource Center As a volunteer housing counselor at Tenant Resource Center, Marcia Hazen helps tenants and landlords take steps to improve the quality of housing across the state. She has helped more than 2,200 people understand tenants’ rights...
Mar 27, 2015 | Member Successes
The Tenant Resource Center’s Housing Mediation Service helped more than 380 people avoid a court eviction last year
Nov 19, 2014 | Member Successes
An elderly disabled woman missed a court date because she was in surgery, and the landlord won a $2,000 settlement even though he’d ignored building inspection orders—and her ceiling caved in last winter. Tenant Resource Center’s housing counselors...
Oct 17, 2014 | Member Successes
The mother of an autistic child was being evicted because a neighbor said her son made too much noise. Tenant Resource Center offered mediation services to help her negotiate at court. The staff also referred her to Legal Action of Wisconsin in case she had to go to...
