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At the tenant clinics hosted by the Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment Action, about 90% of renters who show up seeking help say they’re being harassed by their landlords.
Their stories have a familiar refrain, advocates say. A new owner buys a rent-controlled building and wants to clear out the existing tenants in order to raise the rents. Sometimes the property management company offers cash to get longtime tenants to move out, but the offer is accompanied by intimidation or retaliation. Rent checks are refused. Needed repairs ignored. Baseless eviction cases are filed.
It’s a concerted campaign to get tenants to move out. These actions are often illegal, but there’s little enforcement. Tenants can try to sue their landlord for harassment, but there are a limited number of legal aid lawyers available. Plus, the penalties for harassment are so low that it can be hard to find an attorney willing to take the case.
By City News Service
Apr 9, 2021
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - Tenants rights advocates today called on the Los Angeles City Council to amend the city s proposed tenant harassment ordinance to include stronger enforcement measures.
The City Council s Housing Committee is scheduled to review the draft ordinance on Wednesday, according to the city clerk.
``We are urging the council members to take a serious look at this situation and to go ahead and pass the anti-harassment ordinance, an advocate said at the rally organized by the Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment. ”This is a very serious matter. The more you ignore it, the bigger it gets.
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“My kids are scared to even open the door now, Mendoza said. When somebody knocks, they re terrified. They don t even want to go toward the door because they think it s going to be another paper, it s going to be the landlord.
Mendoza told NBC 7 she has offered to pay her landlord 80% of the rent she owes since December, but he has refused. She now faces eviction order No. 3 in just five days.
“I m not leaving, Mendoza said. I don t have a place to go. it s been the hardest nightmare. I wish I could just wake up from it.
That’s where the San Diego Eviction Prevention Collaborative is helping launching Housing Helps, a one-stop resource to support San Diegans struggling to pay rent, stay housed and understand their housing rights during the pandemic.