San Diego Tenants United
San Diego Tenants United is an organization that fights for affordable & safe housing. We amplify the voices of tenants and aim to implement rent control.
updated 11/21_WW
Finding/applying for rental housing
Eviction Decline Is No Solace for Thousands of Renters Losing Their Homes
Joann Nieves spent the first week after her eviction sleeping in her Chevy pickup with her three young sons.
“It was kind of uncomfortable,” said Jacob, 11, her oldest.
To her youngest, 6-year-old Anthony, “it was scary.”
Things have improved since then. Nieves, 36, now sleeps on an air mattress on the living room floor of her boyfriend’s mom’s house in Santa Ana, while her sons share a bed in one of the bedrooms.
Each morning, she drives her sons to Anaheim so they can stay in the same school, then stops off on her way home to check out apartments for rent.
Renters and Authorities Say Apartment Listing Firms Charge $200 and Offer Little Help
Bay Area resident Joseph Dougherty landed a new job in Los Angeles and needed an apartment fast. A small company out of West Covina called Prime Source Solutions said it had him covered.
For $200, Dougherty said the rental agency promised him a sweet deal: It would act like a broker, giving him lists of apartments for rent and then setting up appointments to view them.
If he didn’t find a home through Prime, Dougherty said the company vowed to refund most of the money. If he did, that amount would go toward his security deposit.
San Francisco Housing Development Corporation (SFHDC)
The mission of SFHDC is to foster financial stability through the development of affordable housing, the facilitation of homeownership and the economic empowerment and revitalization of Bayview Hunters Point and other neighborhoods of Southeast San Francisco.
Justice & Diversity Center of the Bar Association of San Francisco
Our Tenant Advocacy Project offers eviction prevention legal services. The goal is to find a resolution before it reaches a point of eviction or homelessness. This project is currently undergoing some structural changes and is not operational. In the meantime, tenants should use our Lawyer Referral service if they need assistance. Tenants can also check the JDC website for updates on the status of the Tenant Advocacy project.
Hamilton Families
Hamilton Families is San Francisco’s leading service provider to homeless families, with carefully designed programs to prevent homelessness, provide shelter and stability, return families to permanent housing and support the well-being of children experiencing homelessness.
Programs
1) Hamilton Shelter Program
- Safe shelter
- 3 meals a day
- Critical social services
2) Hamilton Transitional Housing (San Francisco & East Bay)
East LA Community Corporation
ELACC develops and coordinates affordable housing projects in Los Angeles, offers support programs for local residents, and advances tenant right protections through community inclusion in workshops and advocacy-related events.
updated 08/19_FC
Faith in the Valley
Through a massive outreach and listening campaign, Faith in the Vally leaders have developed a comprehensive vision for change focused on
- safe and decent housing
- jobs and poverty
- environmental justice
- parks
- police accountability
- gun violence
Address:
1955 Broadway St.
Fresno, CA 93721
Office Hours: 9am-6pm
Fresno Interdenominational Refugee Ministries (FIRM)
FIRM serves the needs of over 6500 refugees in the Fresno area of the California San Joaquin Valley, primarily refugees of Southeast Asian, Slavic, and African origin.
Services include
Tenants Together Joins Section 8 Discrimination Lawsuit
Late yesterday, Tenants Together and Santa Monica residents Sonjia Sheffield and Stephanie Keys were granted the right to join a lawsuit by the City of Santa Monica to protect its Section 8 residents from discrimination. With the help of Western Center on Law & Poverty and Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles, Tenants Together is joining as a plaintiff on the side of Section 8 tenants to have a fair chance to find housing.