Ensure Legal Representation for Disproportionately Impacted Groups

Cleveland’s Right to Counsel responds to an eviction crisis that disproportionately impacts Black and female households.

Stout analyzed combinations of interview questions for Right to Counsel clients to develop a deeper understanding of how Right to Counsel client experiences and circumstances may differ based on race, ethnicity, and gender.

For Right to Counsel clients with cases closed in 2023, approximately 84% identified as female, and 86% identified as non-white. The chart below shows race, ethnicity, and gender statistics for Right to Counsel clients compared to Cleveland’s overall population. Right to Counsel clients are disproportionately female and Black or African American compared to Cleveland’s overall population.