Housing Justice in Action
Make Housing a Human Right
This year we saw some significant achievements in housing justice and tenant rights in Los Angeles.
Our amazing housing justice partners have been working tirelessly over the past year on everything from a tenant anti-harassment ordinance in the City of Los Angeles, to City Council adoption of Measure ULA’s 11 program guidelines that help keep Angelenos in their homes. None of this would have been possible without the tireless advocacy of the United to House LA coalition member groups.
In a significant development, the LA County Board of Supervisors also approved a groundbreaking Right to Counsel ordinance, which guarantees free legal representation for qualified tenants facing eviction in communities across LA County! This historic ordinance is the first of its kind in Southern California and represents a huge victory for tenants, coming after months of steady advocacy from Liberty Hill partners.
We also proudly supported the citizens’ initiative known as Measure A or the “Affordable Housing, Homelessness Solutions, and Prevention Now Measure.”
Our Housing Justice grantees and community partners at United Way of Greater Los Angeles, Koreatown Immigrant Workers Alliance, SAJE, LiBRE, LA Voice, LACAN, ACCE, LA Forward, Our Future LA and others were among the coalition members that united behind the measure.
The innovative Measure A will assist tens of thousands of Angelenos living on LA County streets by maintaining essential care, preventing an increase in homelessness, ensuring that funding is directed to the most effective services, and creating more affordable housing.
With the revenue generated by Measure A, Los Angeles County will be able to house thousands of people. That’s why I door knocked to get support for Measure A, that’s why I’m for the future.
