PRIORITY AREA: HOUSING & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
LEGAL REPRESENTATION IN AMANI LAS Serves 302 from Amani & 53206, Advances Goals
The Legal Aid Society remained actively engaged in the Amani neighborhood in 2023. Ulti- mately, Legal Aid staff pro- vided representation to 302 residents in the 53206 zip code on matters involving housing security, benefits, estate plan- ning, and consumer matters, as well as pardon applications, among others. In 2023, Legal Aid began a col- laboration with the Milwaukee Community Land Trust or MCLT to provide home ownership options for Amani (and other residents around the city) in year 2023. Legal Aid staff pro- vided pre-closing counseling and accompanied homebuyers to closings to answer questions and ensured an informed trans- action for this innovative path to home ownership. Legal Aid continued its role as a partner in the Amani Model and Beta Block project in 2023, providing legal representation on primar- ily housing issues central to a healthy and thriving neighbor- hood. In the summer of 2023, Legal Aid also participated in the Beta Block Summer Block Party and cleanup.
a non-profit theatre group, a cleaning business, a charcuterie board business, an entertain- ment business, and a youth support services business. In these ways, Legal Aid is helping to build capacity of the lead neighborhood orga- nization, residents, and those working to support and ad- vance housing and economic development goals in the Amani Neighborhood.
von Briesen & Roper law firm continued into 2023, provid- ing cutting edge seminars for entrepreneurs to successfully launch new businesses and existing business owners to continue them. That partner- ship advanced Amani resi- dents’ economic goals in 2023 for businesses that included
Legal Aid’s partnership with the
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