Homecoming for Evicted Senior
LAFLA attorneys are driven by the mission to achieve equal justice for the undeserved—and in the case of client Diana Scott, that purpose could not have been more pronounced. When Matthis Chiroux, one of LAFLA’s homeless prevention attorneys, met Diana this past summer, he was deeply moved by her situation: Diana’s landlord had evicted her […]
Legal Aid is ‘Uplifting Inglewood’
Kim, a single mother of a special needs son, was shocked when her new Inglewood landlord recently demanded a 79 percent increase in her monthly rent. Despite working several jobs, Kim struggled to make ends meet, especially with expenses related to her son’s medical needs. Nearly half of Kim’s income helps her pay the rent. […]
Tenant Victory in Skid Row Ends Systemic Harassment
LOS ANGELES, April 4, 2017 — Tenants in a Skid Row affordable housing building have settled a lawsuit with the building’s owner, management company, and former owner over mistreatment and harassment of tenants, including many who are disabled, veterans and elderly. In November 2015, 15 long-term residents of the Madison Hotel, at 423 E. 7th […]
Ordinance Prohibiting Discrimination Against Voucher Holders Upheld
SANTA MONICA, Jan. 31, 2017 — In a major victory for tenants, a court on Monday upheld a Santa Monica ordinance that bans discrimination against Section 8 voucher holders. The anti-discrimination ordinance was passed in May 2015 after the city received multiple complaints from prospective tenants that landlords were refusing to accept their housing vouchers. […]
Judge Orders West LA Elder Care Facility to Stop Abuse, Evictions
Staff locked elderly, disabled out of rooms, cut off phones, let bed bugs run rampant LOS ANGELES, Aug. 10, 2016 — After enduring months of abuse, elderly and disabled residents of a residential care facility in West Los Angeles can rest a little easier after winning a temporary restraining order against the administrators of the […]
Low-income Tenants Win Another Fight Against Slumlord Who Stands to Profit $4.2 Million in Potential Sale
LOS ANGELES, June 20, 2016 — Low-income tenants of the Madison Hotel no longer need to suffer abuse at the hands of management. Today, Judge Yvette M. Palazuelos issued a temporary restraining order that forbids owners and management of the residential hotel from harassing the residential hotel’s tenants. Real estate mogul Kameron Segal, who bought […]
Landlords Using Fire to Illegally Evict; Lawsuit Filed to Protect Elderly, Disabled Tenants
SANTA MONICA, Calif., April 13, 2016 — After a fire damaged their apartment building in December, the 20 low-income residents of the 17-unit rent-controlled building at 1605 Ocean Front Walk — many of whom are elderly or disabled — were left outside in the cold in the middle of the night with nowhere to sleep. […]
Temporary Restraining Order Issued in Ongoing Lawsuit Against Skid Row Hotel
LOS ANGELES, March 24, 2016 — Residents of the Madison Hotel have had an important right restored: they can have guests in their home. The Honorable James C. Chalfant issued a temporary restraining order lifting the outrageous ban on guests — which also barred attorneys and tenant organizers. The ruling is the second in a […]
Lawsuit Seeks to Protect Low-Income Tenants of Skid Row-Area Hotel
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 30, 2015 — To stop ongoing harassment by management and address long-standing habitability issues, 16 low-income residents of the Madison Hotel in downtown L.A., many of them elderly, disabled, and military veterans, and Los Angeles Community Action Network (LA CAN), a tenant-organizing group, have filed suit against the hotel’s owners and management. […]
Skid Row Tenants Call for an End to Harassment, Poor Conditions And Other Illegal Business Practices at the Madison Hotel
When: Tuesday, October 6, 2015 at 10:00 a.m. Where: The Madison Hotel, 423 E. 7th Street, Downtown LA Who: Residents of the Madison Hotel, and advocates and attorneys from Los Angeles Community Action Network (LA CAN), Inner City Law Center, Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles What: Press Conference and action regarding multiple and ongoing […]
