Gulfcoast Legal Services finds more help for Sarasota residents with housing issues
Michael Fuchs (left), who recently retired from the US Securities and Exchange Commission, is the new pro bono attorney for Gulfcoast Legal Services. Amid a surge in eviction cases, he will be focusing on housing issues in the Venice offices of the United Way of South Sarasota County. With him on the right is housing navigator Phil Heller. In his two dozen years investigating investor fraud, Michael Fuchs has seen a lot of loss.But what he's witnessed in his few short weeks on Sarasota's housing crisis has left him truly stunned.“It hasn't taken me long to realize how big the problem is here,” Fuchs said of residents' dire circumstances.Fuchs, 64, is the new pro bono attorney focused on housing issues for Gulfcoast Legal Serviceswhich is located in the Venice offices…