This summer I interned at the Public Justice Center in the Tenants in Foreclosure project. On a daily basis I would perform intakes on tenants whose landlords were facing foreclosure and inform them of the current federal and state law that protects tenants in foreclosure. During the week I would meet with tenants to assist them in filing court documents and I would also draft motions for tenants who needed legal representation. Some other exciting things that I did during my summer internship was assist tenants at evening workshops, help organize a Housing Summit for the top housing advocates in Maryland, and develop a direct mailing campaign to target tenants in foreclosure in Baltimore City and Prince Georges County.
The most rewarding experience for me this summer was to be able to calm the fears of tenants who believed that they were going to be evicted from their homes. But the most important thing that I learned from my summer internship, after witnessing rent court and seeing the misleading notices that tenants receive, is that tenant advocacy is a much needed cause in Baltimore City.
--- Kathryn Silvestri, University of Baltimore School of Law
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