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Mid-Minnesota Legal Aid

@legalaidmn.bsky.social

Nonprofit law firm providing free legal help for lowest-income clients and people marginalized due to disability or age. Home of the Minnesota Disability Law Center. https://mylegalaid.org/ ⚖️

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Mid-Minnesota Legal Aid@legalaidmn.bsky.social · 6d ago

TPS Holders!. We are offering a free legal consultation clinic Aug. 6 for Haitian TPS holders following the U.S. Supreme Court's decision ending Temporary Protected status for Haitian and Syrian immigrants. Contact us at MPLSimmigrationintake@mylegalaid.org for more information.

Mid-Minnesota Legal Aid@legalaidmn.bsky.social · 3w ago

Mid-MN Legal Aid is one of the fair housing organizations whose funding is at stake in this litigation. A win means we’ll get to keep fighting housing discrimination with funding that's been powering our efforts for more than 30 years. Gratitude to @nfha.bsky.social and the Relman Colfax law firm!

National Fair Housing Alliance@natfairhouse.bsky.social · 3w ago

NFHA and the Massachusetts Fair Housing Center have filed a lawsuit challenging HUD's latest attempt to dismantle the primary federal funding program supporting local fair housing organizations. Learn more about what’s at stake: nationalfairhousing.org/lawsuit-to-h...

Mid-Minnesota Legal Aid@legalaidmn.bsky.social · 3w ago

Mid-Minnesota Legal Aid has a 40-year history of fighting housing discrimination. But our work is threatened by funding cuts. You can help. Thank you for sending a message to Congress, today, to protect our funding and our neighbors.🙏 bit.ly/FairHousingA...

Contact your Member of Congress Today and Urge Support for HUD's Critical Critical Community-Based Fair Housing Programs!

Contact your Member of Congress Today and U rge S upport for Critical Community-Based Fair Housing Programs! The National Fair Housing Alliance is calling on you to support our Fair Housing Week of Ac...

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Mid-Minnesota Legal Aid@legalaidmn.bsky.social · 4w ago

Due to excessive heat and air quality warnings, the front desk of our Minneapolis offices will be closed, Friday, July 17. Clients, please confirm prior appointments with case handlers. Everyone, please stay alert regarding advisories and following precautions.

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Mid-Minnesota Legal Aid@legalaidmn.bsky.social · last mo.

It's #DisabilityPrideMonth! It's with pride that our Minnesota Disability Law Center champions pushback against forces attempting to rollback #Olmstead. This landmark case ensures people with disabilities are participating members of our communities, not hidden away. https://bit.ly/4eOPNSn

Statement: DOJ challenge to Olmstead repudiates hard-won progress – MN Disability Law Center - Mid-Minnesota Legal Aid

STATEMENT (Minneapolis, Minn.) — Last week, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) issued an opinion

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Mid-Minnesota Legal Aid@legalaidmn.bsky.social · last mo.

We work with clients from around the world who see the United States as we wish to be seen — a beacon of freedom and opportunity for a better life. Gratitude to the justices who affirmed this. #LegalAid #SupCo #Citizenship https://bit.ly/4vDzTkW

Statement: Legal Aid lauds highest court's decision on birthright citizenship - Mid-Minnesota Legal Aid

Today’s decision by the U.S. Supreme Court, reaffirming birthright citizenship as an enshrined constitutional promise, is enthusiastically welcomed by Mid-Minnesota Legal Aid.

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Mid-Minnesota Legal Aid@legalaidmn.bsky.social · last mo.

Winning at the MN Supreme Court! Housing Attys Elizabeth Sauer of Central MN Legal Services w/Max Tsai, Whitney Herold of Legal Aid fought for a tenant's right to keep an eviction off his record. Thank you, Wells Fargo for support that helps us keep housing options open for MN families! #SelavJH

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Mid-Minnesota Legal Aid@legalaidmn.bsky.social · 2mo ago

A win for homebuyers! We applaud #LegalAid Alum Mark Iris and the team at the Attorney General's Office for protecting communities. This case is a win for Minnesotans who dream of owning a home and will have a lasting impact deterring those who would exploit that dream. https://bit.ly/43NvrUG

Jury finds that seller Chad Banken preyed on Muslim homebuyers

A jury issued a verdict Monday finding that Minnesota real estate broker Chad Banken used contract for deed to prey on Muslim homebuyers.

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Mid-Minnesota Legal Aid@legalaidmn.bsky.social · 2mo ago

In the spirit of #Olmstead Day, please take this moment with us, your MN Disability Law Center, to recognize isolating and segregating people with disabilities happened before but must never happen again! https://bit.ly/4eq4H2z

Olmstead Day and the Right to Community Life | Minnesota Council on Disability

The 1999 Olmstead decision established that unjustified segregation of people with disabilities is discrimination under the Americans with Disabilities Act. In Minnesota, the Olmstead Plan helps put…

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Mid-Minnesota Legal Aid@legalaidmn.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Cheers to the Latine Affinity Group at Legal Aid for celebrating promotions of Karen Ortiz (Paralegal), Gerardo Ortiz (Client Intake Supervisor) and special honors for Atty Michelle Gonzalez (Immigration) from the MN Hispanic Bar Association! Atty Armando Calderon (Housing) gets a win for his 🙂!

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Mid-Minnesota Legal Aid@legalaidmn.bsky.social · 2mo ago

The "local legal aid office" where Melissa Hortman began her legal career, is Mid-Minnesota Legal Aid. In short order, she clerked with us, became an attorney with our partners at Central MN Legal Services and scored the largest payout for a housing discrimination case in MN! https://cbsn.ws/4a4fooZ

Former Minn. House Speaker Melissa Hortman won their mother's housing discrimination case 30 years ago. They say they still feel the impact.

Before Melissa Hortman was elected to the Legislature and later became speaker of the Minnesota House, she began her career fresh out of law school at a local legal aid office. In her short time doing...

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