New law requires landlords to use mediation before evicting tenants

[TexasTowelie]

Mediation centers on the Big Island are preparing for an influx of cases when the state’s eviction moratorium ends in August.

On Wednesday, Gov. David Ige ratified a new law aimed at preventing a tsunami of eviction cases when the current prohibition on evicting tenants for failing to pay their rent ends on Aug. 6 after more than a year.

The law allocates funds from the American Rescue Plan Act toward free mediation services that landlords must make an effort to use before they can file eviction proceedings in court.

Hawaii County is slated to receive $559,000 for the two nonprofit mediation centers on the Big Island.

Read more: https://www.westhawaiitoday.com/2021/06/18/hawaii-news/new-law-requires-landlords-to-use-mediation-before-evicting-tenants/

[mahina]

1. Holy cats. There is no way we have the capacity

To accommodate this. These just are not that many trained mediators.

I better brush up and volunteer and hope others do too.