Housing Preservation

Learn About Tenants’ Rights

Apr 12, 2019 Comments Off on Learn About Tenants’ Rights
December 7 @ 10:49 am

Learn About Tenant Rights Friday, April 26, 2019 10 am-12 pm Berkeley Public Library – Tarea Hall Pittman South Branch Meeting Room 1901 Russell St. (at MLK) Berkeley, CA 94703 An attorney from Bay Area Legal Aid will present legal information on the following topics: Rights and responsibilities of tenants…

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BayLegal represents San Francisco teen client fighting eviction from his late grandmother’s apartment

Mar 13, 2019 Comments Off on BayLegal represents San Francisco teen client fighting eviction from his late grandmother’s apartment
December 7 @ 10:49 am

A story in the March 7, 2019 SF Chronicle by Kimberly Veklerov presents the case of Terrance Hall. Mr. Hall, 18 years old and working to complete his senior year in high school, is fighting an attempt by The John Stewart Company to remove him from the public housing unit…

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Fair Housing Law / Hot Topics 2019: A Free Training for Fair Housing Advocates

Feb 25, 2019 Comments Off on Fair Housing Law / Hot Topics 2019: A Free Training for Fair Housing Advocates
December 7 @ 10:49 am

Fair housing advocates! Join BayLegal for this free training on critical fair housing issues: March 12, 2019 9:30am – 3:30pm The California Endowment 2000 Franklin St. Oakland, CA 94612 This Bay Area Legal Aid training will cover 2019 fair housing topics, including a look at the intersection of DFEH regulations…

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BayLegal advocacy prevents 100% rent increase for San Francisco’s most vulnerable tenants

Feb 4, 2019 Comments Off on BayLegal advocacy prevents 100% rent increase for San Francisco’s most vulnerable tenants
December 7 @ 10:49 am

Today Bay Area Legal Aid is celebrating a coordinated and successful group effort by our San Francisco Housing team to stop San Francisco Housing Authority from doubling the minimum rent for the most vulnerable Section 8 holders in the city. SFHA currently faces a nearly $30 million dollar shortfall in…

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Announcing a major new legal resource for homeless youth

Feb 1, 2019 Comments Off on Announcing a major new legal resource for homeless youth
December 7 @ 10:49 am

With the launch of the Homeless Youth Handbook, advocates and California youth who are unhoused, precariously housed, or transitioning out of homelessness have gained a major new set of legal resources. A multi-year, multi-state pro bono initiative by Baker McKenzie in partnership with corporate partners and a broad range of legal…

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Working to Bring Eboni Route Home for the Holidays

Dec 21, 2018 Comments Off on Working to Bring Eboni Route Home for the Holidays
December 7 @ 10:49 am

A story in today’s San Francisco Chronicle by Kimberly Veklerov details the challenges faced by Eboni Route in fighting an improper lockout by the Oakland Housing Authority. Represented by her BayLegal attorneys Rebekah Evenson and Emma Dinkelspiel, Eboni was in court and at her OHA housing site today, hoping the…

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BayLegal Launches Alameda County Tenant’s Rights Line

May 7, 2018 Comments Off on BayLegal Launches Alameda County Tenant’s Rights Line
December 7 @ 10:49 am

Oakland, CA – BayLegal’s housing preservation work opens an exciting new chapter this spring with the launch of our Alameda County Tenant’s Rights Line. Our regional housing preservation practice area helps more than 12,000 people each year stay in their homes and fight housing discrimination, illegal evictions, and foreclosures. Now this work gains…

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Community Brings Lawsuit to Force San Jose to Comply with State Affordable Housing Law

Jul 22, 2016 Comments Off on Community Brings Lawsuit to Force San Jose to Comply with State Affordable Housing Law
December 7 @ 10:49 am

“The City is draining the cultural richness out of San José,” said Cristina Peña Vazquez, staff attorney with Bay Area Legal Aid. “By handing over one of its most powerful affordable housing tools at a time when we are facing a statewide housing crisis, San José is reducing the supply…

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