Finding New Home for Tenants with Disabilities
At LAFLA, our attorneys keep people off the streets by fighting for those about to lose their homes, including clients like Michael. He came to LAFLA after he received a surprising notice from his landlord: He and his family had 60 days to move out of their apartment, due to no fault of their own. […]
Defending Tenants Against Unscrupulous Landlords
Many people feel helpless when confronted by their landlords, and forced to move—especially if the tenants lack the resources to assert their rights. That’s where LAFLA’s Eviction Defense Center steps in, and helps low-income residents stay in their homes and holds property owners accountable. In 2016, the Eviction Defense Center represented Alfredo and Rosa Perla […]
Victory for Low-Income Tenants Facing Eviction After Building’s Affordability Covenant Expired
Chinatown Property Owner Reaches Agreement with City of Los Angeles to Keep Rents Affordable for 10 More Years LOS ANGELES, July 8, 2019 — A tentative agreement between the City of Los Angeles and the property owner of the Hillside Villa apartments will extend the building’s affordability covenant for another 10 years, with zero rent […]
Housing Advocates File Lawsuit Against Property Owner Threatening Eviction By July 31
Chinatown tenants move to protect their affordable housing; landlord attempts to evict more than 50 households and avoid state notice requirements LOS ANGELES, June 18, 2019 — Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles (LAFLA), National Housing Law Project (NHLP), and Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP filed a lawsuit on behalf of a group of low-income […]
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 […]
