HOUSING

YOUTH

H-1

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Basic Information for Tenants

Y-1

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Your Rights with Your Parents or Guardians

H-2

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Questions About Renting

Y-2

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Child Protection

H-3

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Looking for an Apartment

Y-3

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Youth Living Away from Home

H-4

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Tenant Screening

Y-4

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The Rights of Teen Parents

H-5

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Roommates

Y-5

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Runaways

H-6

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Housing Discrimination

Y-6

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Student Discipline

H-7

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Can I Keep a Pet?

Y-7

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When a School Employee Hurts a Student

H-8

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Shared Utility Meters

* Y-8

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Helping Your Child Apply for Financial Aid

H-10

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Bed Bugs

Y-9

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School Expulsions

H-11

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Getting a Landlord to Make Repairs

H-12

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Emergency Repair Problems

SENIORS

H-13

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Condemnations

* S-1

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Questions About Probate

H-14

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When Your Landlord Loses the Building

S-2

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Common Questions About Wills

H-15

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Protect Your Child from Lead Poisoning

S-3

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Fair Housing for Seniors with Disabilities

H-16

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Lead Paint and Tenant’s Rights

* S-4

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Living Trusts

H-17

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Lockouts and Shut-offs

* S-5

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Health Care Directives

H-18

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Utility Shut-offs When Landlord Owes the Bill

* S-6

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Free Phone Equipment for Disabilities

H-19

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A Tenant’s Right to Privacy

* S-7

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Guardianship and Conservatorship

H-20

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Renting to Own a Home

S-8

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Power of Attorney

H-21

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Renter’s Refund

* S-9

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Medicare Extra Help Program

H-22

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Housing Rights - Victims of Domestic Violence

* S-10

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Medicare Savings Plans

H-23

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Victims of DV: Right to Break Your Lease

H-26

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Evictions

CONSUMER

H-27

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Expunging Evictions

C-1

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Conciliation Court

H-28

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Public Housing Lease Terminations

C-2

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If You Are Sued

H-29

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Security Deposits

C-3

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Your Debt Collection Rights

H-30

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Getting Property Back After You Move Out

C-4

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Garnishment and Your Rights

C-5

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Repossession

GOVERNMENT BENEFITS

C-6

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Credit Reports

* G-2

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MFIP for Parents Under Age 18

C-7

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Top Tips to Save You Money

* G-3

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MFIP: Education and Training

C-8

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How to Buy A Used Car

* G-4

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MFIP Employment Plans

C-9

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Think Hard About Refinancing

G-5

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MFIP for Family Violence Victims

C-10

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Protection From Heat Shut-off

* G-6

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MFIP Transition Year Child Care

C-11

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Help with Student Loan Problems

* G-7

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Getting MFIP After the 5 Year Limit

C-12

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Your Rights in Foreclosure

* G-8

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MFIP Overpayments

* G-9

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Diversionary Work Program (DWP)

FAMILY

* G-10

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Family Stabilization Services (FSS)

F-1

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Getting Child Support

G-11

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SSI Appeals

F-2

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Now That I Have Child Support

G-12

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SSI Overpayments

F-3

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Paternity and Child Custody

G-18

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MSA and Emergency MSA

F-4

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Parenting Time (Visitation)

G-19

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Emergency General Assistance

F-5

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Orders For Protection

G-20

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Expedited Food Stamp Service

* F-7

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Indian Child Welfare Act

* G-21

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Food Stamp Work Rules

F-8

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Guardians Ad Litem

G-24

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Welfare Fraud Hearings

G-25

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Welfare Appeals

EMPLOYMENT

E-1

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Wage Claims

TAX (for tax year 2008)

E-2

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Unemployment Benefits

T-1

□

Tax Refunds for People with Low Incomes

E-3

□

Worker’s Comp/ If You Get Hurt at Work

T-2

□

Advance Earned Income Tax Credits

E-4

□

Job Status and Your Rights

T-3

□

Don’t Give Away Your Tax Refund

E-5

□

When Can I Be Fired?

* T-4

□

Common Tax Scams

E-6

□

Leave From Work

T-5

□

When They Keep Your Tax Refund

E-7

□

Your Job: Checks, Med & Drug Tests etc.

* T-6

□

Can I Claim a Child on My Tax Return?

E-8

□

Personnel Records (Your Job File)

* T-7

□

Tax Rules: Adoption, Foster Care & Relatives

E-10

□

Job Discrimination and Harassment at Work

Immigration fact sheets listed on next page…..

* - not available in Spanish

IMMIGRATION

I-1

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Becoming a US Citizen

I-5

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Immigration Warnings

I-2

□

Public Benefits for Non-Citizens

I-6

□

Reporting Your Change of Address to Immigration

I-3

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Right to an Interpreter

I-7

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Immigration Bonds

I-4

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Now That You Are a Resident – Warnings, Rights, Responsibilities

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