According to the report, only about one percent of tenants in housing court facing eviction had lawyers in 2013. (observer.com)
In the context of housing court for a pro se defendant, the desired outcome is to get through the process with as little cost and as good an outcome as possible. (lawyerist.com)
Since that initiative went into effect, the number of people represented by a lawyer at housing court jumped from just 1 percent to 27 percent. (dnainfo.com)