This January set the all-time highest mark for new calls/emails (2,050) to the tenant hotline in any month, eclipsing last January’s 2,043. Here are the top 10 reasons for contacts in January, compared to January, 2025. Contact Reason Number of Contacts Change from Jan ’24 1. Evictions 590 + 17% 2. Repairs 587 + 4% […]
VISTAs bring tenant rights trainings to communities they serve
HOME Line’s VISTA cohort members hosted a pair of virtual tenant rights trainings this month as part of the cohort’s mission to engage renters who are facing, or may face, displacement and/or substandard housing conditions. Cohort member Isa hosted a virtual training on January 21 as part of the Central Area Neighborhood Organization’s (CANDO) Tenant […]
Recording of HOME Line’s 2/12/2025 Tenant/Landlord Webinar: Question & Answer Session
On February 12th, 2025, HOME Line hosted a general Tenant/Landlord law Question and Answer webinar session. A panel of HOME Line staff answered and discussed questions submitted by attendees related to repairs, leases, evictions, and more. The panel included Managing Attorney Mike Vraa, Supervising Attorney Amarilis Schick, Housing Attorney Matt Eichenlaub, and Housing Attorney and […]
HOME Line Request for Proposals: Seeking Host Sites for 2025-26 AmeriCorps VISTA Tenant Organizer Cohort
Application deadline February 28, 2025 @5pm CST HOME Line, in partnership with AmeriCorps, seeks proposals from organizations interested in hosting a full-time AmeriCorps VISTA Tenant Organizer during the fall 2025-26 program year. A HOME Line VISTA Tenant Organizer enables your organization to support low-income tenants in rental properties. This cohort of tenant organizers, placed in […]
2024 Another Near Record Setting Year on the Hotline
The tenant hotline’s calls/emails were the 2nd highest totals since opening in 1992, only down slightly in 2024 from 2023’s record numbers. Over the last two years, we averaged over 20,000 calls per year. In 2024, we took 19,933 new calls compared to 20,086 in 2023, a less than 1% decrease. Follow-ups were also our […]
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