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  HAKIM’S STORY   Hakim lives alone in an apartment and struggles with mental illness. One month, Hakim was involuntarily hospitalized because the symptoms of his mental illness were particularly acute. Hakim was unable to pay his rent on time and the landlord, despite knowing Hakim was in the hospital, seized the opportunity to try to evict him, purportedly for non-payment of rent but more likely because of Hakim’s eccentricities. MHAP represented Hakim in the eviction case and convinced the landlord to settle by accepting his rent and dismissing the case, rather than risk being found in violation of housing discrimination laws. Hakim’s tenancy has been reinstated and he is living peacefully in his home.

 
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Mental Health Advocacy Project: Team


Kimberly Barth,

Housing Rights Advocate

Ilsa Branch,
Supervising Attorney

Molly Brennan,
Economic Rights Attorney
Alison Brunner,
Directing Attorney
Katie Dunn,
Senior Patients' Rights Attorney

Colleen Hawking,

Economic Rights Advocate

Anna Krieger,
Patients' Rights Attorney

Trisha Luciano,
Senior Patients' Rights Attorney
Athena McMahon,
Senior Economic Rights Advocate
Becky Moskowitz,
Economic Rights Attorney

Kim Pederson,

Senior Attorney

Tina Pham,
Peer Outreach Specialist

Jim Raphael,
Senior Patients Rights Advocate

Rachel Richardson,

Economic Rights Advocate

Maria Sferrazza,
Senior Intake Specialist

Deborah Thrope,
Senior Housing Rights Attorney

   
   

 

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