Legislative victories/defeats
Kathryne
I am living ina low income housing (rental) apartment. My rent is $850 and I am on the waiting list for Section 8 Voucher program which has not been funded for about 10 years. I have been waiting for 6 years and nothing yet. A person has to either die or leave the County. We ar desperate here. I live in a small community next to Encinitas, so I am included in the Encinitas housing. This Section 8 is under Hud, but please do not send me ther, because I have received the same canned message over and over again.
Please help us!! I am desperate enough to be homeless shortly.
Wendy
I moved to Santa Monica in 1974 and have been renting my home ever since. In those 36 years I have lived in 16 different rentals: 10 apartments & 6 houses from Santa Monica to Santa Barbara to Daly City and finally Pacifica, CA.
Vincent
I am inspired by the success of TenantsTogether...
There is another matter we are addressing in Easter Kern; the lack of public Transportation for hundreds of families stranded in the Mojave Desert Region, who can no longer afford the costs of private vehicle fees and insurance.
We propose a city to city solution between Ridgecrest and Victorville; effectively linking several towns and cities in two counties; San Bernardino and Kern counties.
Jacqueline
For the past six yers, the undersigned,
2009 Legislative Updates
Margaret
We have lived in the same rental home for the last 3 years. We have always paid our rent and to the best of out knowledge everything was fine, until there was a trustee sale notice put up on the outside of our house. I called the landlord and he assured me that he was trying to rewrite the loan on the home and he was only behind a couple of payments. This turned out to be untrue. He said he had spoken to a lawyer that was more then happy to take his money and then produce no results.
Alyce
Despite getting 91% opposition to conversion, we are still embroiled in conflict with owner and judge of the superior court.
belinda
I do not think it is fair that we do not get our RENT REBATE, for 2 year straight. A lots of us depends on it to make end meet. THANK YOU.
Balancing Budget Has Its Costs
Zachary Johnson of the Stockton record reports on the local impact of eliminating funds for the renters' rebate.