Eviction Defense Network

Free consultation. Representation available based on ability to pay. We prepare the Answer to the Complaint and prepare the case to be tried before a jury.
If the tenant lives in a below-market rate, rent controlled, or subsidized unit every effort is made to keep the household in place. If the tenant lives in a market-rate unit where the rent is not protected we stabilize the family by negotiating time to move and a forgiveness of some or all of the rent so that the family can move. To offer you other ways to support the EDN, including solicitations for additional contributions if 98% success rate. We are most successful when we are hired early in the case. Most of the 2% of the cases where we are not successful is folks who come to us at the last minute. Please come for your free consultation as soon as the eviction action is filed. The statement of our success rate is not a guarantee.

The Eviction Defense Network(EDN) has a decade of history of being at the forefront of protecting individual privacy, and we are particularly committed to protecting the personal information that you provide and entrust to us when using the EDN’s websites. This online privacy statement (the “Privacy Statement”) describes how we treat all user data collected by the EDN during your visit to the EDN Site, both technical data that is automatically collected and voluntarily submitted data.
For purposes of this Privacy Statement, the “EDN Site” is the website whose home page is and includes all web pages whose domain name contains the following: , evictiondefensenetwork@ , , Evictiondefensenetwork@ and This Privacy Statement does not apply to those websites (unless those websites link directly to this Privacy Statement) and the terms of the privacy statements for those other EDN websites may differ from the terms of this Privacy Statement. Additionally, this is not the privacy statement for internet sites ( blogs, forums or social networking sites) where EDN has a presence that are on websites other than the EDN Site. Further, this is not the privacy statement for the websites of any EDN local affiliates, and you should refer to the privacy statements on those affiliates’ websites or contact those affiliates to learn the manner in which they treat information you provide to them through their websites’ (or provide to them in any manner other than through the EDN Site). This also is not the Privacy Statement applicable to websites linked to from the EDN Site. See also “Third-Party Functionality” to learn about third-party optional functionality that appears on the EDN Site.
The EDN may occasionally update this Statement. We will post any changes on this web page, so be sure to check back periodically. If we do make material changes, we will post a notice on our home page that the Privacy Statement has been modified and provide a link to the revised Privacy Statement. Any information that you submit after a change has been posted will be subject to the new provisions.
User Data We Collect
We collect two types of user data: (1) technical data that is automatically collected from all visitors to the EDN Site (“Automatically Collected Data”); and (2) data that you voluntarily submit to us (described below under "Voluntarily Submitted Data").
Automatically Collected Data. We automatically collect and store Internet Protocol (“IP”) addresses and domain names of the originating visitor’s computer on our server and may know some information you have previously provided through cookies. (See the section on “Cookies” below for more information.) We also track the number and frequency of hits per page, as well as length of website visit, using IP addresses and/or session cookies. In addition, if you come to the EDN Site from a website link, we may also identify the source of that link.
Voluntarily Submitted Data. We may collect and store Voluntarily Submitted Data, including personal data, that you voluntarily provide, such as your name and postal address, phone number, e-mail address, and similar information, and transactional information, such as giving and action-taking history, when you participate in certain activities on the EDN Site, including (but not limited to) when you:
make an additional contribution to support the EDN;sign up for our EDN e-mail network;send correspondence, place a call, or inform us about a call to your government representative, or send correspondence to a friend ( , when you tell-a-friend or send an e-card) or to other targeted representatives through the EDN Site;register for our message board;register online for an event;participate in one of our online petitions or surveys;post a blog comment;submit feedback to the EDN; or
participate in any activity that requires your Voluntarily Submitted Data.
When you send correspondence to a friend, your friend’s email address is only captured by us temporarily in order to complete your send request.
Other Collected Data. We also may collect data concerning your use of the EDN Site or interest in EDN communications such as by using an embedded image in an email in order to track whether you open our email communications and using a URL contained in an email we send to you that enables us to identify that you have taken an action using a webpage. We may use this data for a number of reasons, including taking account of your interests in our work so that you do not have to miss the opportunity for us to inform you about, and offer you the chance to take action concerning, the EDN issues you care about most, and in order to simplify the process of your signing petitions and filling out surveys.
Cookies
We collect some data through the use of cookies. Cookies are alphanumeric identifiers that are transferred to your browser on your computer or device and either stored permanently for future access by the transferor ("Long-term Cookies") or temporarily to facilitate the transferor’s website analysis and functionality (“Short-term Cookies”) or that are transferred temporarily to your computer's Random Access Memory ("Session Cookies").
We may transfer a Long-term Cookie in circumstances in which you are notified prior to the cookie being stored. For example, when you select a "remember" option on the EDN Site, a Long-term Cookie will be stored on your browser on your computer or device solely for the purpose of automatically filling in the information you have asked to be remembered, for example, automatically filling in your password when you log in to the EDN Site or your postal address when you write a letter to your representative.
We may use Session Cookies whenever you visit the EDN Site for our website traffic analytics application and the Site's interactive applications, such as in our online advocacy. Session Cookies last only as long as long as your browser session. They expire when you close your browser and are not permanently stored on your computer or device. We also use Session Cookies in e-mails containing the HTML-format. If you select "text-only" format preference, emails sent to you will not contain any Session of our website analysis and functionality, such as maps and videos, are provided through third-party functionality and require the use of Short-term Cookies. These Short-term Cookies are set to expire within one hour of their being placed on your browser on your computer or device.
Some elective, third-party media functionality on the EDN Site may also use Cookies. Please see the “Third Parties—Third-Party Functionality” section below.
How We Use The Data We Collect
In addition to the uses described above, we use Automatically Collected Data to identify the source outside the EDN site of user traffic (for example, , or ) so that we can evaluate what content is persuading web users to become involved in the EDN’s work. We use Automatically Collected Data, including IP addresses and/or session or short-term cookies, that indicates which sections of the EDN Site are most visited so that we can perform website traffic analysis, evaluate the popularity of our different web pages and continue to improve the EDN Site. In order to learn which EDN website content inspired you to undertake action, such as supporting our work protecting free speech, voting rights or reproductive freedom, we also use the Automatically Collected Data we gather just prior to and in connection with your submission of Voluntarily Submitted Data by joining or contributing to EDN or taking action on any EDN webpage. Automatically Collected Data also may be associated with the Voluntarily Submitted Data you provide to us to detect security intrusions or certain unlawful activity.
We use your Voluntarily Submitted Data for various purposes:
To fulfill the request for which you specifically provided the data, including sharing the data with its intended recipient ( , delivering a petition you sign or a letter you wish to send to the recipient of the petition or letter);To analyze actions taken through our website so that we can learn which civil liberties issues prompt you to become involved in the fight to protect our freedom;To periodically communicate with you concerning EDN matters, such as delivering to you information and updates on our activities and action alerts, unless you opt out of receiving such information and updates;To indicate you as the author of any comment you post, including on any EDN Site blog or forum, when you opt to identify yourself as the author or when posting such comment requires such identification, and to display any personally identifying or other information you voluntarily include in such comments.
To personalize the content that you see based on the activities that you have selected on the EDN Site;you to set and change user preferences;