Report shows low-income Vermonters’ challenges in accessing legal help

BURLINGTON, Vt. (WCAX) – A new report shows many vulnerable and low-income Vermonters are not having their civil legal needs met.

Legal Services Vermont and Vermont Legal Aid Publish recently produced the Vermont Legal Needs Assessment Report. It found vulnerable Vermonters continue to face broad and unmet civil legal needs, particularly when it comes to evictions and other housing issues.

Dom Amato spoke with Sam Abel-Palmer, executive director of Legal Services Vermont, about some of their takeaways from the assessment.