Eviction Right to Counsel Act of 2024

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] [Congressional Bills 118th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 10535 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 118th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 10535 To provide grants to State and local governments that enact right to counsel legislation for low-income tenants facing eviction, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES December 19, 2024 Ms. Lee of Pennsylvania introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To provide grants to State and local governments that enact right to counsel legislation for low-income tenants facing eviction, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Eviction Right to Counsel Act of 2024''. SEC. 2. EVICTION RIGHT TO COUNSEL FUND. (a) Definitions.--In this section: (1) Covered individual.--The term ``covered individual'' means a tenant with an income that is equal to or less than 200 percent of …