Kentucky's Evictions Need to Be Uniform, Safe, and Fair

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Kentucky's Evictions Need to Be Uniform, Safe, and Fair

The Kentucky Supreme Court

People across Kentucky are facing eviction during a global pandemic and economic crisis. People facing eviction are required to appear by Zoom, either by web app or telephone. It is past time for the Kentucky Supreme Court to develop uniform eviction practices across all of Kentucky's 120 counties so that Kentuckians get the information and resources they need to find rental assistance, get legal help, appear (remotely) in court, and stay safe.

Without the Kentucky Supreme Court's active oversight, courts do things like change the number to call to appear at Zoom Eviction Hearings without telling people facing eviction. This is what happened in Jefferson County (where 300 eviction hearings happen each week) just last week.

KEJC has sued in federal court to try to stop eviction hearings until people's constitutional rights are honored, but—even before the constitutional violations that KEJC alleges occurred last week in Jefferson County—we needed Kentucky's courts to improve eviction processes. Instead, they're getting worse.

That's not right.

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Ben Carter

Sponsored by

Kentucky Equal Justice Center

To: The Kentucky Supreme Court
From: [Your Name]

People across Kentucky are facing eviction during a global pandemic and economic crisis. People facing eviction are required to appear by Zoom, either by web app or telephone. It is past time for the Kentucky Supreme Court to develop uniform eviction practices across all of Kentucky's 120 counties so that Kentuckians get the information and resources they need to find rental assistance, get legal help, appear (remotely) in court, and stay safe.

Without the Kentucky Supreme Court's active oversight, courts do things like change the number to call to appear at Zoom Eviction Hearings without telling people facing eviction. This is what happened in Jefferson County (where 300 eviction hearings happen each week) just last week.

KEJC has sued in federal court to try to stop eviction hearings until people's constitutional rights are honored, but—even before the constitutional violations that KEJC alleges occurred last week in Jefferson County—Kentuckians needed you to improve eviction processes. Instead, they're getting worse.

That's not right.