Lawsuit Challenges HACLA’s Failure To Provide Language Access To Families Seeking Affordable Housing
For Immediate Release Contact: Elana Eden, eeden@lafla.org Advocates turn to state laws to protect tenant rights as federal enforcement lags LOS ANGELES, CA — Tenants and community advocates have filed a lawsuit against the Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles (HACLA), alleging the agency systematically fails to provide legally required language access services […]
Court Clears Path Forward for 120-Unit Venice Dell Affordable Housing Project
For Immediate Release Contact: Elana Eden, eeden@lafla.org Los Angeles, CA — Yesterday, the Los Angeles County Superior Court ruled in favor of Venice Community Housing (VCH) and Hollywood Community Housing Corporation (HCHC), finding that the Los Angeles Board of Transportation Commissioners exceeded its legal authority when it voted in December 2024 to deny the use of a city-owned parking lot […]
Borrowers Challenge Department of Education’s Refusal To Review Disability Loan Relief
Two disabled women, represented by LAFLA, are challenging the U.S. Department of Education’s unlawful refusal to review their applications for student loan relief.
Court Strikes City of LA’s Unlawful Plan to Destroy More RVs
A court has ordered the City of Los Angeles to halt plans to dramatically expand the seizure and destruction of RVs, agreeing with community advocates that the City lacked authority to implement the policy.
Watershed Ruling Against City of Los Angeles for Fabricating Evidence on Encampment Cleanups
At the heart of the case is the constitutionality of the City’s longstanding practice of seizing and destroying unhoused people’s property during encampment cleanups—including property critical to keeping jobs and securing housing, such as medications, identifying documents, personal hygiene supplies, valuables, and tools required for their jobs.
One Year After the Wildfires: Landmark Price Gouging Case Settled, Enforcement Affirmed
LOS ANGELES, CA – As Los Angeles marks the first anniversary of the Palisades and Eaton wildfires, tenant rights advocates announced today that all defendants have settled in a landmark lawsuit brought to stop illegal rent price gouging in the wake of the disaster. The case stands as a major enforcement victory for renters and nonprofit legal […]
Los Angeles Residents Challenge City’s Unlawful Plan to Destroy RV Homes
The City’s plan to dramatically expand the seizure and destruction of RV homes in violation of state law reflects its hasty, unaccountable approach to the property of unhoused Angelenos.
As Student Debt Crushes Los Angeles, a Roundtable of Community Members Gather to Urge Action
For Immediate Release Media Contact: Elana Eden, Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles, eeden@lafla.org Data Highlighted on Over 1.6 Million Los Angeles Borrowers With $70.7 Billion in Student Debt December 8, 2025 | LOS ANGELES, CA — As the national student debt crisis intensifies, borrowers and advocacy groups met today for a community roundtable discussion on […]
Long Beach Tenants Take Legal Action to Stop Junk Fees and Defend the Right to Organize
For Immediate Release Media Contact: Elana Eden, Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles, eeden@lafla.org LONG BEACH, CALIF. — DECEMBER 1, 2025 — Tenants of the Ackerfield Buildings, a 143-unit apartment complex in Long Beach, have filed a lawsuit against the owner and property management company, Golden Bee Management and Ackerfield 2 LLC, for charging […]
Tenants Sue Los Angeles Housing Authority for Pattern of Unlawful Section 8 Voucher Terminations
LAFLA and partners are seeking the reinstatement of clients terminated vouchers and reimbursement for the lost rental subsidies; a declaration that HACLA’s termination of the vouchers without notice or due process were unconstitutional; and an injunction stopping HACLA from repeating similar violations against other tenants.