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The Idaho Senior Legal Risk Detector is a joint project of Idaho Legal Aid Services, Inc. and ProBono.Net. The purpose of the risk detector is detect issues for seniors or the elderly related to housing, debt, financial exploitation, healthcare, and abuse and to do so quickly and accurately.
To determine whether you, as a senior are at risk, or whether a loved one who is a senior is at risk, please visit our Idaho Senior Legal Risk Detector to answer some questions:
All of the Idaho Legal Aid Services' (ILAS) offices may be able to provide the following kinds of help with housing issues:
eviction, 3-day notices
repairs
discrimination
mobile homes
fair housing violations
public housing
In order to be eligible, you must be the following:
a low-income household
a tenant
still living in the residence
Some exceptions are:
Find out about:
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Fair Housing
Housing Discrimination
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Find the nearest Idaho Legal Aid Services office
To find more information about Idaho laws and ways to help yourself:
If you have a fair housing issue or a predatory lending question, the following resources are available:
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) 1-800-669-9777, or (TDD) 1-800-927-9275, or on the web at www.hud.gov
Intermountain Fair Housing Council (208) 383-0695 in Boise calling area, or statewide toll-free 1-800-717-0695
Before you buy a home, attend a home ownership education course offered by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)-approved, non-profit counseling agencies.
Interview several real estate professionals (agents), and ask for and check references before you select one to help you buy or sell a home.
Get information about the prices of other homes in the neighborhood. Do not be fooled into paying too much.
Washington, DC -- Requests by low-income Americans for help with foreclosure and unemployment problems are increasing, officials at the Legal Services Corporation (LSC) said at a House Appropriations Subcommittee hearing today on LSC's budget request for Fiscal Year 2011...
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Renters have rights, but as homes are foreclosed tenants can feel helpless. You should feel empowered, though, because you cannot be pushed around. See the KBOI TV news video here.
By Tami Tremblay - KBOI TV Boise
PDF download available in two parts.
The legal requirements of the Indian Child Welfare Act are discussed regarding the legal rights of Indian parents, tribes and Indian child custodians before state courts can order the removal of Indian children in child protection, adoption and guardianship proceedings.
Updated 2019
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