Housing Law
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Foreclosure Prevention
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Landlord and Tennant Issues
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Homeownership
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Homelessness
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Housing Discrimination
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Section 8 Housing
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Public Housing
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Subsidized Housing
Bet Tzedek Legal Services
Phone: (323) 939-0506
Hours: M-F 9:00 am - 5:00 pm; No walk-ins
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Services: Counsel and advice, clinics and workshops, self-help services, and direct representation.
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Practice Areas: Real Estate Fraud and Mortgage Fraud
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Cost/Eligibility: Free services to residents of Los Angeles County who qualify under low-income guidelines
Inner City Law Center
Phone: (213) 891-2880
Hours: M-F 9am-4pm website: innercitylaw.org
Mailing address:
Post Office Box 21487
Los Angeles, California 90021
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Services: Legal assistance. English, Spanish..
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Practice Areas: Government benefits and landlord/tenant housing problems, veteran benefits.. English, Spanish.
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Cost/Eligibility: No citizenship requirements; services are free to low-income and homeless residents of Los Angeles County, particularly residents of the Skid Row area of Los Angeles.
Eviction Defense Network
Phone: (213) 385-8112
Hours: M-F 9:00am - 3:00pm
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Services: Help with response to a summons, attorney representation, consultations, tenants right
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Practice Areas: Landlord-tenant issues, evictions.
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Cost/Eligibility: Consultation is $60, sliding scale afterwards.
Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles: Eviction Clinic
Phone: (800) 399-4529
Clinic Calendar: www.lafla.org/self-help/calendar/
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Services: Policy Advocacy, Community Education
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Practice Areas: Eviction/Unlawful Detainer, Subsidized Housing Issues, Slum Conditions (repairs for homes be seeking court-ordered repairs in eviction trials), Rent Control (For rental properties built on/before October 1, 1978)
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Cost/Eligibility: Free. No eligibility requirements
CA Department of Fair Employment & Housing
Phone: (916) 478-7251
website: www.dfeh.ca.gov
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Services: Operates country-wide and provides legal representation
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Practice Areas: Job discrimination cases based upon sex, race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, medical condition, HIV status. Workers’ compensation attorneys, discrimination or harassment, family rights leave, maternity leave, housing discrimination.
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Cost/Eligibility: Free.
Affordable Living for the Aging
Phone: (323) 650-7988
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Services: Provides matching for seniors who wish to share a residence in cooperative, supportive, or independent housing. Does not provide legal aid, operates five co-op apartment communities, also matches elderly people with young clients.
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Practice Areas: Housing, seniors
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Cost/Eligibility: Free. Clients may be any age if interested in a senior roomate but must be over age 62 if interested in their own apartment.
Clutter/Hoarders Aid
Greater Los Angeles Council on Deafness
Phone: (323) 478-8000
*** Voice/TDD Enabled
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Services: Legal, education, and civil rights, consumer related issues and dispue resolution, IEPs, tip sheets on various topics, work with employers, doctors, lawyers and businesses to obtain communication access, attorney referrals
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Practice Areas: : accessibility, discrimination, education, government benefits, and housing
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Cost/Eligibility: Free
Los Angeles LGBT Center
Phone: (323) 993-7670 (Legal Services)
Hours: M-F 10am-4pm
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Services: Volunteer attorneys provide consultations for people affected by AIDS. Also provides counseling for victims of hate crimes, domestic violence, GLCSC also has a health clinic providing public services, and deals with mental health issues. English, Spanish (very limited-no guarantee).
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Practice Areas: Housing, employment discrimination, wills/powers of attorney, landlord tenant problems, bankruptcy counseling, insurance, government benefits, immigration/citizenship.
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Cost/Eligibility: $10 processing fee, waived. Priority given to low-income residents.
Los Angeles Center for Law & Justice
Phone: (323) 980-3500
Fax: (323) 980-3510
Hours: M-F 8:00am-5:00pm
Website: http://www.laclj.org/
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Services: Provides legal advice and representation
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Practice Areas: Domestic violence, immigration (for minors), impact.
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Cost/Eligibility: Free legal assistance to low-income residents who reside in the service area.
Santa Monica Rent Control Board
Phone: (213) 252-4411
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Services: Answers questions and investigates claims regarding rent control.
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Eligibility: Non-Santa Monica residents will be referred out
Tenants' Rights Clinic
Phone: (213) 252-4411
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Services: Advises and advocates for tenants in various housing issues. One on one attorney attention, no appointment necessary. First come, first served.
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Clinics are held:
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Wednesdays @ 7pm
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Saturdays 10am
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Cost/Eligibility: Free
Public Counsel: Homeless Prevention Clinic
Phone: 213-385-2977
Clinic Location: Stanley Mosk Courthouse
Eviction Assistance Center
111 N. Hill St., Room 115
Los Angeles, CA 90011
Clinic Time: 3rd & 4th Thursdays of each month
3pm to 7pm
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Services: Free, one-on-one eviction defense consulations with an attorney for eviction cases filed in the Stanley Mosk, Pasadena, and Van Nuys Courthouses. Learn about what to expect the day of your trial.
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Practice Areas: Evictions, Government Benefits, Legal Advice Walk-In Clinics, Tickets and Warrants
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Cost/Eligibility: Free. No eligibility requirements
Housing Rights Center
Phone: (800) 477-5977
Hours: M-F 10am-4pm
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Services: Investigates suspected discrimination based on various factors
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Practice Areas: Racially and religiously motivated vandalism and violence. Also helps with general landlord/tenant problems
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Cost/Eligibility: Free. No eligibility requirements
Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles (LAFLA)
Phone: 1 (800) 399-4529
Fax: (323) 801-7945
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Services: Policy advocacy, community education
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Practice Areas: Predatory loan practices, conservatorship, guardianship, forged deeds and title transfer, foreclosures, criminal record expungement, bill/loan issues, unfair banking practices, identity theft, auto repossessions, wage garnishment, debt collection, Family law issues, consumer issues, government benefits, housing issues
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Cost/eligibility: Free. Must meet low-income guidelines
Santa Monica Office: 1640 5th Street, Suite 124, Santa Monica, CA 90401
Public Counsel
Phone: (213) 385-2977
Fax: (213) 385-9089
Hours: M-F 9:00am-12:30pm, 1:30pm-5:15pm
Website: http://www.publiccounsel.org/
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Services: Outreach, education, direct representation, impact litigation.
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Practice Areas: Consumer law, housing law, bankruptcy, children's rights issues, child care, immigration, nonprofit community organization mtaters. Guardianships, government benefits, foster care adoption project, early care, education, Veteran's issues.
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Cost/Eligibility: Free and sliding scale based on income.
Central American Resource Center (CARECEN)
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Services: Focuses on areas of law which most greatly affect the Central American immigrant community, various social services are provided, including distribution of food and clothes, lawyers available on Saturdays at 10am and Tuesdays at 6pm for weekly seminars. Trials are in Spanish. People with immigration questions should come in person.
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Practice Areas: Political asylum, immigration law, landlord/tenant issues, domestic violence against women and children.
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Cost/Eligibility: Free, donations accepted.
Neighborhood Legal Services
Phone: (818) 896-5211
Fax: (818) 896-6647
Hours: M-F 9:00am-5:00pm
Website: www.nlsla.org
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Services: Representation, advice, education, walk-in clinics
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Practice Areas: Landlord/tenant issues, consumer, bankruptcy, community development, family law, immigration, employment, government benefits, health care.
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Cost/Eligibility: Free to residents of the San Fernando, Santa Clarita, San Gabriel, and Antelope Valleys as well as Glendale, Burbank (residents of North Los Angeles county), and Pasadena
Coalition for Economic Survival
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Services: Advise, consultations, education and outreach.
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Practice Areas: Evictions, rent control, getting repairs, maintenance, security deposits
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Cost/Eligibility: By donation
Eviction Assistance Center
Shriver Housing Project
Phone: (818)485-0578
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Services: Provides free legal help to low-income landlords and tenants in eviction cases. Scope of services includes: full legal representation, brief advice, Pro Se Legal Clinic.
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Clinics are held:
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Monday - Thursday from 9am-12pm & 1pm-4pm
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Friday from 9am-1pm only
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Cost/Eligibility: Free
Fair Housing Foundation
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Services: Investigates suspected illegal discrimination, outreach and education, counsel and advice.
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Practice Areas: Habitability, eviction, and discrimination based on race, religion, national origin, children, age, marital status, sex, sexual orientation, sexual preference, physical or mental handicap, student status, and racially and religiously motivated vandalism and violence.
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Cost/Eligibility: Free. No eligibility requirements
Asian Americans Advancing Justice LA
Phone: (800) 952-5201
(800) 520-2356 (Chinese)
(800) 867-3126 (Khmer)
(800) 867-3640 (Korean)
(800) 914-9583 (Thai)
(800) 267-7395 (Vietnamese)
Website: http://www.advancingjustice-la.org/
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Services: Legal information, counseling, direct representation, impact litigation,and policy and research
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Practice Areas: Domestic violence, family law (contested and uncontested divorces, paternity, child support and custody), landlord/tenant, employment law (discrimination, unemployment insurance benefits, collection, etc.), consumer law, law, immigration and citizenship, and discrimination.
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Cost/Eligibility: Free. Must meet low income guidelines and live in Los Angeles County. Serves predominantly non-English speaking Asian immigrants.
U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development, L.A. County
Phone: (213) 894-8000
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Services: Provides information on how to apply for subsidized rental housing in Southern California.
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Cost/Eligibility: Free
Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles: Housing & Community Economic Development Clinic
Phone: (800) 399-4529
Clinic Calendar: www.lafla.org/self-help/calendar/
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Services: Policy Advocacy, Community Education
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Practice Areas: Depending on the case they may offer legal education, counsel and advice, representation at hearings or help with negotiations to help our clients solve housing issue, housing discrimination, homeless advocacy, land use and environmental justice
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Cost/Eligibility: Free. No eligibility requirements