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Lawsuit Challenges HACLA’s Failure To Provide Language Access To Families Seeking Affordable Housing

June 2, 2026

Court Clears Path Forward for 120-Unit Venice Dell Affordable Housing Project

May 28, 2026

Borrowers Challenge Department of Education’s Refusal To Review Disability Loan Relief

April 7, 2026

Court Strikes City of LA’s Unlawful Plan to Destroy More RVs

February 23, 2026

Watershed Ruling Against City of Los Angeles for Fabricating Evidence on Encampment Cleanups

February 12, 2026

One Year After the Wildfires: Landmark Price Gouging Case Settled, Enforcement Affirmed

February 9, 2026

Los Angeles Residents Challenge City’s Unlawful Plan to Destroy RV Homes

January 8, 2026

As Student Debt Crushes Los Angeles, a Roundtable of Community Members Gather to Urge Action

December 12, 2025

Long Beach Tenants Take Legal Action to Stop Junk Fees and Defend the Right to Organize

December 1, 2025

Tenants Sue Los Angeles Housing Authority for Pattern of Unlawful Section 8 Voucher Terminations

November 6, 2025

Proposed Rule Could Kick Nonprofits Out of Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program, Threatening Access to Legal Services

September 17, 2025

Court Orders Relief for Tenants Denied Rental Subsidies Based on Disabled Care Supplement

August 18, 2025

Court Rejects Landlords’ Attempt to Dismiss Price-Gouging Lawsuit Following Wildfires

July 11, 2025

LSC Awards $1.1 Million for Emergency Disaster Legal Services in North Carolina, South Carolina and California

June 23, 2025

Mass Lawsuit Filed Against Six LA Landlords to Prevent Price Gouging in the Wake of the Palisades and Eaton Fires

February 24, 2025

Free Legal Help Available for California Wildfire Survivors

February 4, 2025

Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles Sues City for Transparency on Vehicle Towing

December 17, 2024

Lawsuit Challenges Department of Education’s Presumptive Denial of Debt Relief to Vulnerable Student Loan Borrowers Harmed by For-Profit School Fraud

October 28, 2024

Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles Breaks Ground to Rebuild East LA Office

April 15, 2024

LAFLA Begins Restoration of Historic Chicano Mural for New East LA Office

February 12, 2024

Tenants Win Big in Court Decision Upholding New LA Renter Protections

January 24, 2024

LAFLA and DREDF File Lawsuit to Defend Tenant Denied Access to Her Wheelchair

January 23, 2024

Tenants’ Rights Advocates Reach Landmark Settlement on Behalf of Californians Struggling With Pandemic Rent Debt

June 5, 2023

Tenant Rights Groups Celebrate Court Upholding New L.A. City Permanent Tenant Protections

May 22, 2023

First Settlements Reached in Section 8 Discrimination Case

April 25, 2023

Attorneys for Community Groups Denounce California’s Move to Appeal Ruling in Covid-19 Rent Relief Lawsuit

March 2, 2023

Planned Parenthood LA Inglewood Community Center Partners with LAFLA to Provide Free Legal Aid

February 16, 2023

DREDF and LAFLA Sue 22 Housing Providers for Source-of-Income Discrimination in Los Angeles

January 31, 2023

California Says Emergency Rental Assistance Program Will Likely Run Out of Funds with Over 140,000 Applicants Still in Limbo

January 25, 2023

Executive Director’s Statement on Monterey Park, CA Mass Shooting

January 23, 2023

Judge Orders State to Stop Denying Rental Assistance Applications Until Further Review

July 8, 2022

Tenants Sue State of CA for Violating Due Process Rights

June 6, 2022

Equal Justice Works Fellow to Launch SoCal’s First API Medical-Legal Partnership

May 12, 2022

Tenants-Rights Groups Sue CA Over COVID Rental Assistance for Tenants

May 6, 2022

Language Rights Advocates Reach Agreement with CA Employment Development Department

February 28, 2022

CA EDD Language Access Agreement

February 28, 2022

Thousands of Tenants Seek to Intervene in Real Estate Mogul’s Lawsuit Challenging LA Eviction Moratorium

October 25, 2021

LAFLA and NCLC Advocates Testify Before House Subcommittee on Closed School Discharges

September 30, 2021

Legal Victory for Unhoused Residents of City of Los Angeles

September 7, 2021

Webinar for Thousands of Students Impacted by Sudden Closure of Online Schools

August 3, 2021

Court of Appeal Says California Must Replace Electronically Stolen Food Benefits

November 18, 2020

Judge Orders City of Los Angeles to Stop Seizing and Destroying Unhoused Residents’ Large Personal Items

April 13, 2020

Tenant Sues Santa Monica Landlord to Stay in Her Home of 38 Years

March 3, 2020

L.A. Man Sues City After Car Towed and Sold Over Two Parking Tickets

October 17, 2019

Immigration Advocates Sue U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services for Systematic Delay in Processing U Visa Applications

October 4, 2019

Homeless Individuals and Advocates File Lawsuit Challenging Unconstitutional Treatment of People’s Belongings and the Ordinance Used to Justify It

July 18, 2019

Victory for Low-Income Tenants Facing Eviction After Building’s Affordability Covenant Expired

July 8, 2019

Housing Advocates File Lawsuit Against Property Owner Threatening Eviction By July 31

June 18, 2019

Lawsuit Challenges U.S. Departments of Education and Justice Over Illegal Denials of Federal Loan Consolidations

January 30, 2019

Attorney Jim Burgess Named President of Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles’ Board of Directors

July 2, 2018

Students Defrauded by Marinello Schools of Beauty Obtain Belated Discharges After Filing Suit Against the Department of Education

April 10, 2018

Debt Relief for Defrauded Student Loan Borrower Who Attended Career Institute

April 2, 2018

Lawsuit Challenges Long-Term Department of Education Policy Used to Deny Debt Relief to Students Harmed by For-profit Schools

March 29, 2018

Lawsuit Filed Challenging U.S. Department of Education’s Refusal to Discharge Loans of Students Defrauded by California-Based Marinello Schools of Beauty

February 8, 2018

Federal Student Loan Cancellation and Refunds Available to Many Students Who Attended Wilfred Academy, Washington School of Secretaries or American Business Institute

December 11, 2017

Legal Aid Foundation Celebrated Expansion of Critical Services at Ribbon Cutting Event for Ron Olson Justice Center

November 14, 2017

Tentative Settlement Reached in Beach Curfew Litigation

September 28, 2017

City Council Approves Settlement Protecting Property Rights of Homeless People

June 14, 2017

Tenant Victory in Skid Row Ends Systemic Harassment

April 4, 2017

Ordinance Prohibiting Discrimination Against Voucher Holders Upheld

January 31, 2017

Legal Aid Groups Receive Grant to Serve Those with Limited English Skills

September 30, 2016

Historic Agreement Leads to Better Access for Limited English Proficient Speakers in Los Angeles Superior Court

September 21, 2016

Judge Orders West LA Elder Care Facility to Stop Abuse, Evictions

August 10, 2016

Low-income Tenants Win Another Fight Against Slumlord Who Stands to Profit $4.2 Million in Potential Sale

June 20, 2016

City Ordered to Stop Seizing Homeless People’s Property

April 14, 2016

Landlords Using Fire to Illegally Evict; Lawsuit Filed to Protect Elderly, Disabled Tenants

April 13, 2016

Temporary Restraining Order Issued in Ongoing Lawsuit Against Skid Row Hotel

March 24, 2016

Advocates Announce Civil Rights Lawsuit Protecting Homeless People’s Property; Condemn Longstanding Practice of Property Seizure and Destruction

March 14, 2016

Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles Announces Groundbreaking Event for New Headquarters

January 12, 2016

LA Taxpayers Sue City Over Enforcement of Illegal Beach Closure

December 9, 2015

Lawsuit Seeks to Protect Low-Income Tenants of Skid Row-Area Hotel

November 30, 2015

County Program for Poorest of Poor Discriminates Against Mentally and Developmentally Disabled

November 18, 2015

Compton Mayor and City Council Honor LAFLA for Leading the Way in Expungements, Prop 47 Petitions

October 5, 2015

Skid Row Tenants Call for an End to Harassment, Poor Conditions And Other Illegal Business Practices at the Madison Hotel

October 5, 2015