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The City Will Spend $1M to Boost a Door-to-Door Outreach to Help Struggling Tenants in Bushwick

Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Tuesday that his office will bolster the Tenant Support Unit, a team that reaches out to low-income residents facing eviction and landlord harassment.

The City Will Spend $1M to Boost a Door-to-Door Outreach to Help Struggling Tenants in Bushwick

The City Will Spend $1M to Boost a Door-to-Door Outreach to Help Struggling Tenants in Bushwick

Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Tuesday that his office will bolster the Tenant Support Unit, a team that reaches out to low-income residents facing eviction and landlord harassment.

The City Will Spend $1M to Boost a Door-to-Door Outreach to Help Struggling Tenants in Bushwick
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Bushwick’s low-income tenants will be getting much needed support from the city—right on their doorstep.

Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Tuesday that his office will be spending $1 million to bolster the Tenant Support Unit (TSU), a team that goes door-to-door to reach out to low-income residents facing eviction and landlord harassment.

The plan is to create an additional 15-person TSU team to help tenants in neighborhoods spanning 10 ZIP codes, including Bushwick, Bedford-Stuyvesant and Jamaica. The team aims to notify more residents of their right to free representation under a new city law that provides universal access to legal support.

That support includes a ten-fold increase in free legal services…

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