. >>> hi, my name is linda galbreath and i'm a housing attorney at legal aid. we he provide free legal services for low-income tenants facing eviction and displacement and in particular we specialize in serving extremely low and very low-income tenants who are in public and subsidized housing. many of these tenants are long-term residents whose income levels are too low to secure more conventional housing unit. these are the tenants most at risk of homelessness and displacement in the city because of current loss of housing they have no options. for example, given the low hud subsidy ceiling and the strong rental market, landlords can make far more on the private market than they can receiptctioning to section 8 recipients. ~ renting typically these section 8 tenants can't find landlords to accept their vouchers and move elsewhere. recently tenant in rent controlled building building, she was the only section 8 tenant left in the building. the landlord raised the rent and tried to evict her for not continuing to pay the illegal increase. we represented the tena