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Founded in 2020, The Cornell Law School Tenants Advocacy Program is a law school clinic where experienced attorneys, law students, and undergraduate volunteers work together year-round to provide free legal services to residential tenants in upstate New York. Our team has helped tenants avoid eviction, receive repairs, recover security deposits, and more. For more information about us, please visit sites.lawschool.cornell.edu/tenants-advocacy. To request free legal assistance, please call our hotline at 607-301-1560 or submit an online intake form at https://ithacatenantresources.org/tlh/intake

211 Tompkins Cortland

Provides a hotline available for fraud reporting, for consumers, insurance, medicaid, landord/tenant issues, etc. Also offers a "Tenants Rights Guide" with information about leases, safety, repairs, and rights available to both tenants and landlords.

211 North East New York

Housing navigation assistance for Tompkins County residents. Assistance with the following:Eviction preventionThe process of accessing rental, legal, financial, and other resourcesEviction court attendance and tenant supportNavigating tenant and landlord issuesOutreach to affordable housing developments and other community locations

211 Tompkins Cortland

Provides a hotline available for fraud reporting, for consumers, insurance, medicaid, landord/tenant issues, etc. Also offers a "Tenants Rights Guide" with information about leases, safety, repairs, and rights available to both tenants and landlords.

211 North East New York

Emergency Housing Provides comprehensive services to at-risk and homeless households to promote retention and maintenance of safe, affordable housing, access to support services and provides case management. Also provides Emergency Shelter for Code Blue.Housing Services Provides housing education, counseling, and budgeting guidance for renters, homeowners and potential homeowners.Transitional Housing Provides supports and financial assistance to victims who have become homeless as a result of fleeing an abusive situation.

211 Susquehanna UW Vestal

Offers pro bono legal services to low income battered individuals in matters related to safety, financial support and custody of children. Provides assistance with orders of protection, paternity or child support orders, visitation of children and charges of child neglect due to domestic violence.

211 North East New York

Provides assistance to individuals and families facing eviction. Intervention between landlord and tenant and information about both parties' rights and responsibilities is offered.

211 North East New York

Carries out functions of the Attorney General's office in the Southern Tier, such as: protecting consumers against fraud offers help with identity theft cases (including an online identity theft tool kit: https://ag.ny.gov/consumer-frauds-bureau/identity-theft ) safeguarding civil and workers' rightsoverseeing the dissolution, amendments to the certificate of incorporation of charities and sale of all or substantially all of not-for-profit assets, as well as charitable trusts and estates

211 Tompkins Cortland

Prosecutes businesses and individuals engaged in fraudulent, misleading, deceptive or illegal trade practices.

211 Susquehanna UW Vestal

Provides referrals and general information regarding housing. Offers counseling regarding home ownership, negotiations between tenants/landlords and housing grievance complaints, eviction prevention, housing publications, assistance in obtaining rental subsidies, and housing court assistance. Rent assistance is available on a limited basis to individuals undergoing financial hardship.

211 Mid New York

The Housing Resource Center provides services for Yonkers residents, that educate tenants, prevent eviction, end homelessness, and improve living conditions for singles and families. For over 20 years, we have been assisting households with a wide range of services, including: professional guidance to prevent evictions, code enforcement for improved housing conditions, emergency assistance for displaced families, tenant education and training short-term financial assistance with intensive case management for qualifying households.

211 Hudsson Valley / ADK

Landlord and Tenant matters are brought in District Court, where you can sue for housing problems and evictions.

211 Hudsson Valley / ADK

Provides a hotline available for fraud reporting, for consumers, insurance, Medicaid, landlord/tenant issues, etc. Also offers a "Tenants Rights Guide" with information about leases, safety, repairs, and rights available to both tenants and landlords.

211 Hudsson Valley / ADK

Provides a hotline available for fraud reporting, for consumers, insurance, Medicaid, landlord/tenant issues, etc. Also offers a "Tenants Rights Guide" with information about leases, safety, repairs, and rights available to both tenants and landlords.

211 Hudsson Valley / ADK

Provides housing counseling for landlord/tenant-rights and responsibilities, rent payment increases and eviction situations, and mortgage counseling to homeowners. Pre-purchase, pre-rental and mortgage default counseling. Call. Appointment preferred.

211 Hudsson Valley / ADK

Offers the opportunity for individuals to report housing or building contractor problems, housing discrimination issues, and renters dealing with landlord issues, and have been unsuccessful at getting help at a local level.

211 Hudsson Valley / ADK

Offers information and referrals about home buying, foreclosures, rental property, section 8, tenant rights, and much more, utilizing many venues such as website, phone, list serves and mailing lists.

211 Hudsson Valley / ADK

*Provides information, assistance, referral and support for individuals with issues relating to housing. Services include:

• Finding appropriate housing including providing listings of rental units
• Maintaining housing including assistance accessing home improvement programs
• Assistance completing subsidized housing applications
• Accessing rent assistance programs
• Eviction and foreclosure prevention (Does not provide legal advice)
• Locate emergency housing
• Understanding fair housing and residents rights
• Workshops on housing issues
• Enroll in home buying programs

211 Mid New York

Provides assistance to individuals and families facing eviction. Intervention between landlord and tenant and information about both parties' rights and responsibilities is offered.

211 North East New York

ITU is a union by and for the tenants of Ithaca, to protect tenant rights and advance tenant collective power. It offers help with tenancy issues and has a helpline where volunteer tenants with experience can offer solidarity and limited support. It has an Upstate NY Tenant's Rights Guide (https://www.ithacatu.org/rights) available online. It also advocates for public policy that protects tenants.Winter 2025/2026- Community Mutual Aid and Warming Center, every evening 5pm-9pm at the First Baptist Church, 309 North Cayuga Street. Hot tea and warm place to hang out. Supplies available may include hand warmers, socks, non perishable snacks, blankets, gloves, bandaids, etc. Visitors may also request items as needed.

211 Tompkins Cortland

Provides a hotline available for fraud reporting, for consumers, insurance, medicaid, landord/tenant issues, etc. Also offers a "Tenants Rights Guide" with information about leases, safety, repairs, and rights available to both tenants and landlords.

211 North East New York

Provides a hotline available for fraud reporting, for consumers, insurance, Medicaid, landlord/tenant issues, etc. Also offers a "Tenants Rights Guide" with information about leases, safety, repairs, and rights available to both tenants and landlords.

211 Hudsson Valley / ADK

Provides housing counseling for landlord/tenant-rights and responsibilities, rent payment increases and eviction situations and mortgage counseling to homeowners. Pre-purchase, pre-rental and mortgage default predatory lending counseling. Call. Appointment required for some counseling.

211 Hudsson Valley / ADK

Provides rental counseling that will help people to put the best practices in place to be a successful renter/tenant.

211 Hudsson Valley / ADK

A not for profit HUD Approved Housing Counseling agency that provides pre- and post-purchase counseling, foreclosure prevention, and rental counseling to landlords and tenants. Offers the following programs:

• First Time Homebuyers Program
• Foreclosure Prevention
• Home Equity Conversion Mortgage Counseling / Reverse Mortgage Counseling
• Landlord Training
• Rental Registry
• Tenant Education
• DHS Inspections

211 Western New York