About 60 million low-income Americans qualify for legal aid yet few seek it.

Evidence

The LSC provides legal services to families whose income is at or below 125 percent of the Federal Poverty Level-about 60 million Americans. According to a 2017 report commissioned by the LSC, most low-income Americans face at least maiseslaachieeees The most common problems involve family issues, such as divorce, child support, spousal abuse, and custody and visitation rights. Conflicts over housing matters, such as landlord—tenant disputes, and over government benefits, such as veterans’ benefits and unemployment, also arise frequently. But only one in five potential litigants seeks legal help. Of the estimated 1.7 million persons who annually seek assistance from legal g s. — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 1124

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• XREF: connects to: Poor Americans remain largely ignorant of their legal rights — Lawrence M. Friedman and Grant M. Hayden, American Law: An Introduction, 1061