I am a wheel chair user on a fixed income who cannot find nor afford to move to affordable handicapped accessible housing in my neighborhood - the westside.
The renters rebate has been the one source of small help in my continually rising rental cost.
i am 86 yrs old, disabled. my son, 58 yrs. old, lives here and is my caregiver.
Our combined annual income is under $20,000/yr. Our family assists us with rental payments.
We have been registered with the San Diego Housing Assn. for 4 yrs. for Section 8 housing.
have no complaints with landlord. have lived here for 21 yrs.
We are just another four more people that are renters facing foreclosure. The owner has two (possibly three)notices of default@the Sacramento County Recorder's Office posted 8/5/08. The owner has made poor decisions resulting in short-falls, two pending foreclosures. He wasn't collecting rent from tenants with hard-luck histories, empathizing himself into a hard-luck situation of his own. He procrastinated many months before resorting to legal action to evict dead-beat tenants. One tenant stayed at a downtown residence for nearly two years, not paying rent.
The Housing Rights Center (HRC) offers an array of services:
1) Housing Discrimination Complaint Investigation
2) Landlord-Tenant Counseling (in-person or through hotline)
The best way for tenants to contact us is to schedule a consultation through our website or send us an email.
We are a student run organization that primarily focuses on tenant education and legal counseling.
Isla Vista Tenants Union challenges and transforms unjust housing conditions and housing policies through empowerment-based education, leadership development, and grassroots community organizing.
HIP Housing’s mission is to invest in human potential by improving the housing and lives of people in our community.
Programs:
1) Home Sharing Program
2) Self Sufficiency Program
I experienced discrimination in housing because of my family size and my daughter's and my own disability. I also had problems with mold in my apartment that the landlord didn't want to take care of. Tenant Organizing is important because people need to know what their rights are and to learn how to keep their housing. Through my circumstances I learned how to fight back and educate my neighbors to defend their rights and go to the right agencies before they lose their housing.
This past Fall I was looking for a place in San Francisco with a couple friends of mine. We were looking for something affordable, but all had steady jobs and so were fairly flexible in how much we could pay. Plus we were looking for a place with two or three bedrooms knowing we were going to have to most-likely bring in other housemates besides the three of us.
I am a financial aid student attending UCLA full time and believe me it is tough to save enough money to pay rent every month...not to mention I must also save enough money to pay for food, utilities, books, gasoline, etc. etc BUT on top of trying to save money I must also go to school full time, and work part time which makes it difficult to earn enough when rent is due. In Los Angeles, more specifically Westwood, rent is not cheap. For a two bedroom/two bath apartment prices range from $2300 and up.