Analysis of Landlord/Tenant Wediation & Disparate Impact Towards Low-income People

Abstract

This study examines the mediation as a means to settle landlord and tenant disputes and to discover if it is a just process for low-income people. Justice is defined as a process and principal by which each individual is assured the things that belong to him. One hundred subjects participated in mediation. The experimental group received training in landlord/tenant defenses prior to mediation while the control group went directly to mediation. Outcomes were measured for the experimental group, the control group, tenants going directly before the judge, and those with legal representation. These is no supporting evidence showing that justice was being served to low-income people. There was no significant difference in the outcome for tenants in the experimental and the control group.