Legal Aid Foundation of Santa Barbara
The Legal Aid Foundation of Santa Barbara provides free legal assistance to low-income people and senior citizens at our Legal Aid offices in the following areas of law
The Legal Aid Foundation of Santa Barbara provides free legal assistance to low-income people and senior citizens at our Legal Aid offices in the following areas of law
Our Housing Program provides free legal advice and representation on housing-related matters to low-income individuals in Santa Clara County.
We can assist with:
• Defending eviction lawsuits
• Housing discrimination issues like reasonable accommodation requests for individuals with disabilities
• Enforcing the San Jose Tenant Protection Ordinance
• Legal Outreach and Support for renter organizing/campaigns
• Help with Housing Authority hearings
San Diego Volunteer Lawyer Program (SDVLP), Inc. provides free civil legal services to disadvantaged families, seniors, persons with disabilities, persons infected with HIV or AIDS, and domestic violence survivors in San Diego County. SDVLP offers the North County Unlawful Detainer Clinic, which provides legal information to litigants in unlawful detainer cases. Clinics operate weekly and are provided on a walk-in basis.
North County Unlawful Detainer Clinic:
Vista Courthouse
Main Building, South Entrance
325 South Melrose Drive
Vista, CA 92081
The Legal Aid Society of San Diego, Inc. (LASSD) is a nonprofit law firm that provides free legal services to lower income San Diego residents.
Housing
Eviction Clinic for San Diego County Courts
Elder Law & Advocacy programs include:
1) Senior Citizens Legal Services – legal services for persons ages 60 and over;
The Legal Aid Society advocates educating, organizing, and empowering tenants to exercise their human right to affordable and safe housing, with an emphasis on foreclosure prevention.
U.D.(Eviction) Answers Clinic*
*call to confirm eligibility
updated 07/19_FC
Through volunteers and staff, PLC provides free civil legal services, including counseling, individual representation, community education, and strategic litigation and advocacy to challenge societal injustices.
PLC works to preserve and create affordable housing in Orange County, prevent homelessness, and assist tenants who are being unfairly evicted or who are subjected to sub-standard living conditions. PLC can assist with:
Locations
The Self-Help Center provides information and explains options to self-represented litigants. The Self-Help Center does not represent parties or give legal advice.
The Self-Help Center can help you with:
The Self-Help Center cannot help you with:
They are walk-in clinics that offer self-representing individuals legal information, assistance in preparing legal forms, and guidance on a variety of civil matters, including evictions, divorces and paternity actions, and civil harassment. Referrals to private attorneys or legal services programs are provided as needed. They also host workshops in several areas:
1) Eviction (unlawful detainer) answers
2) Eviction (unlawful detainer) trial prep
3) Family law (divorce and paternity)
4) Record expungement