Covid-19 Information
Important Message from Community Legal Services
Due to the Coronavirus Community Legal Services, Inc., will cease all in-office appointments with clients and walk-in applications for services until further notice except under the following circumstances: (1) Clients and new applicants for services who do not have a working phone or have insufficient or unreliable telephone service; (2) clients requiring preparation for trials and hearings.
Please visit our Office Locations page for specific office information.
THE CDC EVICTION MORATORIUM HAS ENDED.
WHAT RIGHTS DO TENANTS HAVE WHO CANNOT PAY RENT?
COVID-19 and Cares Act Information
Community Legal Services is continually seeking ways to make COVID-19 related information and the Cares Act easier to for Arizona residents to understand.
Housing
City of Phoenix Tenants Eviction Assistance Program
Tenant Notice for Postponement of Eviction
Fillable form and tips for tenants affected by COVID-19 to request a postponement of eviction from landlord.
Tenant Notice for Postponement of Lock Out – Employer Information – English
Tenant Notice for Postponement of Lock Out – Employer Information – Spanish
Tenant Notice for Postponement of Lock Out – Healthcare Provider Information – English
Tenant Notice for Postponement of Lock Out – Healthcare Provider Information – Spanish
Tips for Tenants/Eviction Motion to Compel – English
Tips for Tenants/Eviction Motion to Compel – Spanish
Tips for Tenants Before 8-22-2020 – English
Tips for Tenants Before 8-22-2020 – Spanish
opens in a new windowTips for Tenants Between 8-22 – 10-31-2020 – Englishopens PDF file
opens in a new windowTips for Tenants Between 8-22 – 10-31-2020 – Spanishopens PDF file
Podcast: CARES Act, Subsidized Housing and Evictions
Podcast recording regarding subsidized housing and eviction as it relates to the CARES Act. Speakers include: Jessica Cruz, Pam Bridge (commission and workgroup member) and Denise Holliday (workgroup member).
- opens in a new window Webinar [VIDEO]: 7/23/20 - Rights for Tenants under CARES ACT and Governor's Order 2020-49
- opens in a new window Webinar [PDF]: 7/23/20 - Rights for Tenants under CARES ACT and Governor's Order 2020-49
- opens in a new window Lunchtime Law Series Webinar [VIDEO]: Housing and Eviction Amid COVID-19
- opens in a new window Lunchtime Law Series Webinar [VIDEO]: Tenants Rights & Resources Amid COVID-19
- opens in a new window Lunchtime Law Series Webinar [VIDEO]: Mortgages and Bankruptcy Amid COVID-19
- opens in a new window Lunchtime Law Series Webinar [VIDEO]: Clarifying the Court’s Guidance about Evictions
- opens in a new window Lunchtime Law Series Webinar [VIDEO]: Fair Housing Amid COVID-19
- opens in a new window Lunchtime Law Series Webinar [VIDEO]: Air Conditioning and Habitability Issues Amid COVID-19
- opens in a new window Lunchtime Law Series Webinar [VIDEO]: Rights and Responsibilities and Tenant Issues Amid COVID-19
- opens in a new window Lunchtime Law Series Webinar [VIDEO]: Housing Issues Amid COVID-19
Consumer
Protect Your Finances
Federal Student Loans
Information regarding federal student loans:
What the CARES Act Means for Repayment of Federal Student Loans
Recognize and avoid COVID-19 scams and frauds.
Information regarding Coronavirus-related scams and consumer protection:
Reporting Coronavirus-related Scams
Information regarding reporting Coronavirus-related scams:
Employment
Information regarding expanded Unemployment Insurance under the CARES Act
Information regarding applying for Unemployment Insurance
Families First Coronavirus Response Act: Employee Paid Leave Rights
Derechos del Empleado Sobre Licencia Laboral Pagada (facts regarding paid leave, in Spanish)opens PDF file
Information Regarding Filing a Complaint with the Department of Labor
Information regarding filing a complaint with OSHA
Guidance on Preparing Workplaces for COVID-19opens PDF file
Pasos que los empleadores pueden tomar para reducir el riesgo de exposición (information regarding protective steps, in Spanishopens PDF file
Information regarding filing a complaint with the Arizona Division of Occupational Safety and Health (ADOSH)
- opens in a new window Lunchtime Law Series Webinar: Families First Coronavirus Response Act [VIDEO]
- opens in a new window Lunchtime Law Series Webinar: Stimulus Checks Amid COVID-19 [VIDEO]
- opens in a new window Lunchtime Law Series Webinar: Unemployment Amid COVID-19 [VIDEO]
- opens in a new window Lunchtime Law Series Webinar:The Laws Concerning Going Back to Work During a Pandemic [VIDEO]
- opens in a new window Lunchtime Law Series Webinar: Unemployment Amid COVID-19 [VIDEO]
Domestic and Sexual Violence, Family Law
Health and Economic Stability
Information regarding Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP)
Information regarding COVID-19 in Arizona from the Arizona Department of Health Services
Information regarding benefits in Arizona from the Department of Economic Security (DES)
Resources from the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System (AHCCCS)
Questions and answers from the Social Security Administration
Information regarding SNAP, WIC, and food and nutrition programs
Local Court Information
COVID-19 information and updates from The Judicial Branch of Arizona
General Resources
Office of Arizona Governor Doug Ducey – local and national COVID-19 resources
Congressman Greg Stanton – local and national resources
Exceptional Student Services – Arizona Department of Education
What Nursing Home Residents Need to Know Regarding Stimulus Checks