Housing advocates this summer will start a new program in Syracuse aiming to prevent default evictions and connect tenants with legal services and social safety net programs.
The program, known as the Eviction Diversion Initiative, is an expansion of a partnership between the State Unified Court System and the Center for Justice Innovation that has helped hundreds of tenants remain in their homes in Brooklyn and parts of Long Island. CJI announced Tuesday the program would expand to Syracuse, Rochester, Manhattan, Queens and the Bronx.
Eviction Diversion is an initiative that helps tenants facing eviction resolve housing instability. In Syracuse, the program will start sometime in the summer, and hone in on connecting tenants with legal resources and government assistance programs to avoid eviction…