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JUSTICE IS A FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLE OF OUR DEMOCRACY THAT WE CANNOT TAKE FOR GRANTED. FOR MOST LOW-INCOME MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN, JUSTICE IS OUT OF REACH. THE ALLIANCE FOR EQUAL JUSTICE IS WORKING TO CHANGE THAT.

The Alliance for Equal Justice of Washington state is a network of organizations providing civil legal aid to those with nowhere else to turn. Formed to coordinate and foster collaboration, the Alliance provides critically needed services-information, advice and representation-to those in need.

For many, legal aid means the difference between shelter and homelessness, food on the table and hunger, family safety and continued abuse, productive work and unemployment.

Couple falls victim to predatory lending scam and faces losing everything

A developmentally disabled couple from Everett was solicited by a door-to-door salesman who persuaded them to buy a $2,600 vacuum cleaner and finance the vacuum with a loan through a predatory lender.

Six weeks later, the lender called the couple and convinced them to roll their unsecured debt ($2,600 from the... [Read More]

Filed in: Housing, Disabilities County: Snohomish County