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Get free legal advice in Washington
Qualified residents of Washington can receive free legal help and representation. Eligible low to moderate income individuals, the elderly and disabled can receive assistance with civil legal problems. The organization that provides this service is the Northwest Justice Project.
The non-profit law firms employs hundreds of attorneys and other legal professional across the state. They handle a large variety of legal problems, including evictions, domestic violence, loss of housing, debt collection, foreclosure legal assistance, consumer protection, job conditions or lost wages, lack of access to or loss of government benefits or health care, and much more. Find more details below, as well as who to contact to sign up for the legal assistance programs.
Free Advice for foreclosure counseling
Thousands of Washington state residents are losing their homes to foreclosure. Lawyers can provide free assistance. Contact the agency for information and help with home mortgage foreclosures and the process. You can receive information, support and access to programs that may be able to help save your home. Also, support is provide for people who are on the receiving end of predatory mortgages or lending abuses. These homeowners can also receive aid.
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Government programs
Receive access and information on government subsistence benefits and assistance programs such as TANF, GAU, SSI or veteran’s benefits, health insurance and more. Also, many Washington state and federal government programs are complicated and difficult to work with. Attorneys from Northwest Justice Project can help families and individuals get access to medical care or benefits such as Medicaid, Basic Health, home health care, Medicare Part D, or other similar government benefits programs.
Domestic and housing issues
Lawyers can help with disputed custody cases involving domestic violence or children at risk of harm. In addition, receive free advice for landlord and tenant disputes, as well as subsidized or public housing evictions involving disability issues and discrimination cases.
Legal assistance with employment issues
Attorneys can provide free consultations and advice on illegal job terminations, unemployment benefits, disciplinary proceedings and cases, education rights such as special education, transitional language assistance, and more. In addition, receive legal aid on employment issues primarily for agricultural workers related to lost wages, workplace health and safety conditions, or discrimination cases.
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Consumer issues
Receive legal aid related to fraud, illegal or harassing debt collectors, predatory lending, mortgage foreclosures, medical and credit card debt, and other similar issues.
In addition to these services offered, lawyers from NJP will also help people with cases that involve other issues, such as discrimination in public accommodations or at a job site, transportation, general barriers to accessing access to justice in the court system and other means of resolving cases, disputes, legal problems or matters that otherwise address recurring, systemic problems experienced by low income individuals, senior citizens, or the disabled.
All of the legal assistance programs that are offered by Northwest Justice Project are free of charge for clients who are financially eligible for the services. You can contact the law firm at 1-888-201-1012 for more information or to learn how to apply for legal help.
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