Hello all,
Late last week, the City Attorney directed LAHD to not renew its five-year contract with Stay Housed LA, the largest legal services/homelessness prevention group of community based organizations in our region. Their current contract will end in 18 days without renewal. If it’s not renewed, the impact will be catastrophic for those that need legal services to prevent housing loss, as well as the hundreds of people at CBOs whose jobs are funded by this contract.
We need to act IMMEDIATELY to urge Council to exercise its authority to renew Stay Housed LA’s contract and protect the crucial tenant protection services Stay Housed LA provides. Please click the link below to do so before tomorrow’s City Council Meeting.
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Why is Stay Housed LA so important to Housing Justice?
Stay Housed LA has been implementing rental assistance, eviction defense, homelessness prevention, and tenant outreach and education activities for the City for the past four years. In these last four years, Stay Housed LA has provided full scope representation to over 4,200 tenants and limited legal services to over 15,000 tenants, keeping Angelenos in their homes. Without the Stay Housed LA renewal, there could be NO NEW services provided to people facing eviction, illegal rent increases, and other actions that threaten people’s housing. There would be NO access to critical rental assistance payments that keep people housed. There would be NO tenant education and outreach services, reaching those most in need across the City and providing additional support to those most impacted by the immigration raids.
In times like these, we need to ensure that resources are being used to protect ALL Angelenos and Stay Housed LA is crucial in doing so.
Best,
Arianna Bankler-Jukes
Advocacy Director
SCANPH
