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Housing

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**For Navigators: Please refer any legal issues to our Legal team:

  • You can also call Sachin at 608-262-6667. 

Eviction Defense Project

Location / Contact:                                                                           Hours:

744 Williamson Street, Suite 200                                                       Monday - Friday                   8am - 5pm

Madison, WI 53703

(608)256-3304

Heidi

hmw@legalaction.org

(608) 620-2002

Services for Eligible Clients:

  • Brief legal advice

  • Settlement assistance

  • Document drafting

  • Limited scope in-court representation

About:

  • Free civil legal aid for tenants facing eviction

  • Once you receive a notice immediately contact Heidi or come to our office to schedule and intake appointment

Fair Housing Center of Greater Madison

Location / Contact:

612 Main Street, Suite 200

Madison, WI 53703 

Phone: (608) 257-0853

Fax: (608) 257-1445

​Toll-free statewide complaint intake hotline: (877) 647-FAIR (3247)

 

Legal Assistance:

Conducts intake of fair housing complaints from the general public and counsels complainants on their options for administrative or judicial remedy; Provides investigative services for persons who allege housing discrimination.

 

About:

The Fair Housing Center of Greater Madison has been a satellite office of the Metropolitan Milwaukee Fair Housing Council since 1998.

Neighborhood Law Clinic

Location / Contact:

Villager Mall

2312 South Park Street

Madison, WI 53704​

(608) 890-0678 or (608) 265-2441

Office Hours:

  • Vary by semester

  • Please call for an appointment. 

  • Se habla español. Llame para horario.  

About:

The Neighborhood Law Clinic (NLC) offers a wide range of legal services including rental housing, employment, and public benefits law. The community-based office through the UW South Madison Partnership in the Villager Mall is staffed by law students.

 

Other support include:

  • Consumer Law Clinic—provides legal services to lower income clients facing consumer protection issues, including fraud, unfair debt collection etc.

  • Family Court Clinic—addresses unrepresented family law litigants. Law students provide legal information and guidance to unrepresented litigants under the supervision of experienced clinical faculty.

  • Immigrant Justice Clinic—provides legal services to the under-served immigrant community in Wisconsin. Assist with applications to non-citizen victims of crime, persecution etc, or defending non-citizens facing removal in Immigration Court. Also provides legal assistance to non-citizens detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

Section 8 Housing Discrimination 

About:

  • Landlords in Dane County CANNOT say "we don't take Section 8," it is illegal discrimination

  • Complaints can be filed at the following sites:

    • City of Madison: Madison Civil Rights Office 608-266-4910​

    • State-wide: 1-877-647-3247

Section 8 Fact & Flier *

Sunshine Legal Clinic

Location:

Sunshine Supper location

1632 W Main St

Sun Prairie, WI 53590

When:

Every first Thursday of the month from 5-7 P.M.

About:

Sunshine Legal Clinic is a no fee legal clinic  whose mission is to improve access to legal services in and around Sun Prairie, Wisconsin who could otherwise not afford an attorney. They provide advice in the following areas: family law, immigration law, employment law, collections, landlord/tenant issues, small claims, and more.

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