Housing
Eviction, rent problems, mortgages, living conditions, affordable housing, foreclosure and more.
More About This Legal Services Area
Housing services help deal with issues that arise between tenants and landlords or for homeowners. These issues include evictions, rent increases, repairs, foreclosures, and living conditions. Housing legal services help people understand their rights and responsibilities when it comes to leases, mortgages, public housing, housing discrimination, and navigating housing court. This area includes support for people trying to stay in their homes, avoid homelessness, and live in safe, habitable conditions.
LIST (Legal Issues Taxonomy) Code
Code: HO-00-00-00-00 View on the LIST website, taxonomy.legal
AI Projects around this Legal Issue
Tenant First Aid
An AI-powered chatbot for Oregon renters facing eviction or landlord disputes. Developed by Code PDX and Qiu Qiu Law, it helps tenants understand their rights and take action.
JusticeBot
An AI-powered chatbot from the University of Montreal that helps the public in Quebec understand landlord-tenant rights and responsibilities, using trusted legal information.
Motion to Set Aside Drafter
Helping tenants rapidly and correctly draft a Motion to Set Aside after an eviction judgment—to re-open their case before they are forcibly set out from their home.
Demand Letter assistant
An AI assistant that drafts reasonable accommodation demand letters for tenants with disabilities, based on structured interviews and attorney-approved templates.
Jury Instructions Copilot for California Tenants
An AI copilot that helps tenants and legal aid teams generate, review, and finalize court-compliant jury instructions and trial documents for eviction cases in California.
Lease Data Extractor with AI
A research prototype to extract structured data from images of Tenancy Agreements (typed, neat, and sloppy) using AI
Eviction Settlement Reviewer
A language-accessible AI assistant that reviews proposed eviction settlements to flag burdensome terms, explain how the settlement can play out, and support informed, strategic decision-making.
Depositron
An AI-powered platform that generates legally grounded, evidence-backed demand letters to help New York City tenants recover illegally withheld rental deposits quickly and without costly legal intervention.
Missouri Tenant Help Intake Screener
A hybrid rule-based and LLM-powered intake screener developed for Missouri Tenant Help to help determine legal aid eligibility more efficiently and consistently.
Roxanne the Repair Bot
Roxanne is a chatbot that provides NYC tenants with general guidance on how to get housing repairs, based on trusted information from Housing Court Answers.
Eviction Warning Notice Analyzer
An AI-powered tool to scan notices from landlords, especially to look for legal defects that can be used to build a tenant's defense in eviction proceedings.
Lease Analyzer for Tenants
An AI-powered tool that helps tenants review residential leases before signing—spotting harmful or unenforceable clauses, translating legalese, and helping them make informed choices.