by Haley Feng | Jun 2, 2022 | Blog, Resource Library
Affordable housing and rental assistance Public Housing Authorities administer the federal Housing Choice Voucher (Section 8) rental assistance program for very low-income households and sometimes other affordable housing programs such as publicly owned or assisted...
by Anthony Dedousis | Jan 19, 2021 | Blog, COVID-19, Resource Library
The long-predicted second wave of COVID-19 is hitting Los Angeles very hard, with over 15,000 new cases daily and hospitals straining to provide care. It has disproportionately impacted lower-income neighborhoods and communities of color, where high rates of poverty...
by Anthony Dedousis | Dec 22, 2020 | Blog, Members designs
Under the California Tenant Protection Act of 2019 (AB 1482), evicting a tenant without “just cause” is forbidden for rent-controlled housing units. This limits the conditions under which a landlord may evict a tenant; typically, permitted reasons include nonpayment...
by Sydney George | Dec 21, 2020 | Blog
People with disabilities are a hugely ignored demographic in many ways, and this includes conversations about the effects of the housing crisis. There tends to be very little awareness or attention around how housing shortages and elevated rent prices affect people...
by Anthony Dedousis | Dec 8, 2020 | Blog, Data and Research, Resource Library
Our region’s housing crisis and lack of affordable housing put lower-income tenant households at serious risk of eviction. It is common for unscrupulous landlords to illegally or unfairly evict tenants, and most tenants are unable to fight back. Advocates estimate...