716-284-8831
Fax
716-284-8040
Primary Services
Child Custody/Visitation Assistance, Domestic/Family Violence Legal Services, Eviction Prevention Assistance, General Benefits and Services Assistance, General Legal Aid, Housing Discrimination Assistance, Legal Counseling, Legal Representation, Protection and Advocacy for Individuals With Disabilities, Public/Subsidized Housing Appeals Assistance, Tenant Rights Information/Counseling, Welfare Rights Assistance
Description
Offers legal assistance in the following areas:
- Disability: Offers disability rights services and legal advice/representation to developmentally disabled individuals and others.
- Family Problems: Provides assistance with kinship custody and assistance for victims of domestic violence.
- Housing Problems: * Until further notice, the Housing Unit can only provide assistance with ERAP application issues and illegal lockout emergencies (ex: landlord changed locks, stopped a utility, etc. without going to court); cannot assist with any other housing-related issues at this time.* Typically helps tenants who are facing eviction or who have been locked out of their apartments. Helps people who are applying for public or subsidized housing who have been denied, or tenants in public or subsidized housing who are worried about losing their subsidy or who have questions about how their rent has been calculated. Helps tenants whose landlords are not making necessary repairs and who are forced to live under unsafe or hazardous conditions. Also provides legal assistance and advocacy to people who have encountered discrimination while looking for housing, or during their tenancy.
- Entitlements Advocacy: Assists tenants with welfare, food stamps, Medicaid, SSI, and utilities.
- Disability: Offers disability rights services and legal advice/representation to developmentally disabled individuals and others.
- Family Problems: Provides assistance with kinship custody and assistance for victims of domestic violence.
- Housing Problems: * Until further notice, the Housing Unit can only provide assistance with ERAP application issues and illegal lockout emergencies (ex: landlord changed locks, stopped a utility, etc. without going to court); cannot assist with any other housing-related issues at this time.* Typically helps tenants who are facing eviction or who have been locked out of their apartments. Helps people who are applying for public or subsidized housing who have been denied, or tenants in public or subsidized housing who are worried about losing their subsidy or who have questions about how their rent has been calculated. Helps tenants whose landlords are not making necessary repairs and who are forced to live under unsafe or hazardous conditions. Also provides legal assistance and advocacy to people who have encountered discrimination while looking for housing, or during their tenancy.
- Entitlements Advocacy: Assists tenants with welfare, food stamps, Medicaid, SSI, and utilities.
Hours
Monday-Friday, 8:30am-5pm; summer hours, 8:30am-4:30pm.
Eligibility
Indigent residents of Niagara County. Clients must meet income eligibility guidelines.
Intake Process
Call.
Program Fees
Free.
Date of Official Change
Nov 18, 2020
Contacts
Sandra Fudala (Primary)
Office Administrator
sfudala@nls.org
716-847-0650 x212
Lauren Breen
Executive Director
lbreen@nls.org
716-847-0655 x280