Fair Housing Contact Service

Akron seeks to keep residents in stable housing by creating a new intiative, Home Connection Service, in partnership with Fair housing Contact Service, a local nonprofit.

The key recommendations include a right-to-counsel program and more education on landlord and tenant rights. The report was developed based on discussions from the city's first Eviction Prevention Summit in April.

A report from the Eviction Lab at Princeton University says Akron has the highest eviction rate in the state and the 24th highest nationally, with nearly seven renters evicted every day. It's not news to the Fair Housing Contact Service, a nonprofit housing support group in Akron. Lauren Green-Hull, the group's associate director, said they've been aware of that data for years, and they've organized a task force to combat the problem.