CLEVELAND.COM — Cleveland-Marshall College of Law is among 99 law schools that are assisting a U.S. Department of Justice effort to address the housing and eviction crisis by helping renters with applications for Emergency Rental Assistance, volunteering with legal aid providers and helping courts implement eviction diversion programs, among other activities, the White House announced on Friday. The White House said a predicted tsunami of evictions in the wake of coronavirus-related economic disruption didn’t happen because of federal assistance. It said well over 3 million households received Emergency Rental Assistance, with approximately $25-$30 billion in ERA funds either spent or obligated by the end of 2021. Eviction filings remained below 60% of historic averages nationally and well below the 3.7 million evictions filed in a typical year. U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland on Friday expressed gratitude to all the law school students, professors and deans who responded to his August 30 request to assist tenants and landlords in preventing evictions when federal and local eviction moratoriums expired last year. In an address to representatives of participating law schools, he urged them to continue working to “ensure equal access to justice.”