Gov. Tony Evers has announced his intention to create a Statewide Right to Counsel, which will provide no-cost legal representation for Wisconsin residents facing eviction.

Having an eviction record can make it impossible to find a new apartment, while the right to counsel evens the playing field, since most landlords, but not tenants, come to court with a lawyer.

The U.S. Supreme Court is leaving a pandemic-inspired nationwide ban on evictions in place, over the votes of four objecting conservative justices.

As the COVID-19 pandemic hit, Milwaukee residents Estella Johnson and her husband were struggling with reduced work hours and were fighting an eviction order from a landlord she said doesn't perform repairs and who changed the locks without notifying tenants.

It’s been a busy month for Legal Action of Wisconsin, which offers free legal help to low-income tenants who are threatened with eviction.

"The check is in the mail" is a phrase landlords often hear from tenants, but this week they're hearing it from their own trade association.

An attorney from Legal Action of Wisconsin’s Milwaukee office will take part in a congressional briefing in Washington, D.C., about the need for legal representation for tenants in eviction proceedings.

Matthew Desmond may have studied Milwaukee County in his book “Evicted,” but it isn’t the only place in the state with high eviction rates.

Tenants evicted from federally subsidized housing for drug use have no recourse under Wisconsin law, according to a state Supreme Court decision.

2011AP2320, 2011AP2321 L.P. Mooradian Co. v. Mednikow Properties Inc.

2011AP2970 Kealey v. Holmquist

2011AP2719 R&D Point Plaza v. Riley

2011AP2429 Northport Apartments Corporation v. Clark

A recent court decision in Dane County could affect the way Wisconsin landlords are able to evict tenants.

2010AP3056 Fiduciary Real Estate Development Inc. v. Goodavage

2009AP3007 Gross, et al. v. Schehr

A tenant who has been served notice of a writ of restitution loses any expectation of privacy in the premises.

Property Landlord-tenant; eviction Ann Biber appeals a judgment and an order evicting her from an apartment owned by John Torgerson. Biber contends the circuit court erred by rejecting her Wis. Stat. § 704.25 defense. We affirm. This opinion will not be published. 2010AP560 Torgerson v. Biber Dist III, Eau Claire County, Schumacher, J., Brunner, J. Attorneys: For Appellant: Torgerson, John ...

Property Landlord-tenant; eviction Julia Latimer appeals a judgment of eviction entered following a trial to the court. Latimer argues that the trial court erred when it (1) failed to conduct the proper evidentiary analysis and failed to explain its decision; (2) refused to allow Latimer to obtain a statement relevant to the proceedings; and (3) refused to set terms by ...

Property Landlord-tenant; eviction Julia Latimer appeals a judgment of eviction entered following a trial to the court. Latimer argues that the trial court erred when it (1) failed to conduct the proper evidentiary analysis and failed to explain its decision; (2) refused to allow Latimer to obtain a statement relevant to the proceedings; and (3) refused to set terms by ...