Ex-Offender/Re-entry Resources

Resources including Expungements/Record Clearing
https://www.chirpla.org/sites/chirpla.org/files/u536/Reentry%20PDF%20June%202024.pdf

Rental Assistance

Step Fund 
An interest-free loan. Minimum amount $500- to max $2500 For LA County residents 
https://thestepfund.org

ESUSU Rent Relief    
Prevent costly evictions by helping renters experiencing a temporary financial shock   
https://esusurent.com/

JFLA 
An interest-free loan. 
https://jfla.org

Housing Guide (Shared, Emergency, Transitional, Sober Living & DV)
https://www.chirpla.org/page/housing-guides

Affordable Housing

Accessible Housing Registry (City of Los Angeles)
https://lahousing.lacity.org/AAHR

Affordable Housing
https://www.affordablehousing.com/

Housing & Homeless Programs

Project Roomkey/Homelessness COVID Response --- The purpose of Project Roomkey is to provide non-congregate sheltering for people experiencing homelessness, to protect human life, and minimize strain on health care system capacity. https://www.cdss.ca.gov/inforesources/cdss-programs/housing-programs/project-roomkey

CalWORKs Housing Support Program (HSP) - The CalWORKs Housing Support Program (HSP) fosters housing stability for families experiencing and at risk of homelessness. HSP assists CalWORKs families who are experiencing or at-risk of homelessness in obtaining permanent housing and can provide temporary shelter, help with moving costs, short to medium-term rental subsidies, and wraparound case management.  https://www.cdss.ca.gov/inforesources/cdss-programs/housing-programs/calworks-housing-support-program

CalWORKs Homeless Assistance (HA) - The CalWORKs Homeless Assistance (HA) Program aims to help CalWORKs families meet the costs of securing or maintaining permanent housing or emergency shelter. The CalWORKs HA program serves eligible CalWORKs recipients, or apparently eligible CalWORKs applicants, who are homeless or at risk of homelessness. CalWORKs HA can provide payments for temporary shelter once every 12 months with exceptions, as  well as payments to secure or maintain housing, including a security deposit and last month’s rent, or up to two months of rent arrearages. https://www.cdss.ca.gov/inforesources/cdss-programs/housing-programs/calworks-homeless-assistance

Bringing Families Home Program (BFH)  -  The Bringing Families Home (BFH) program helps reduce the number of families in the child welfare system experiencing or at risk of homelessness, increase family reunification, and prevent foster care placements. BFH serves families so they can achieve housing stability and successfully reunify. https://www.cdss.ca.gov/inforesources/cdss-programs/housing-programs/bringing-families-home-program

Housing and Disability Advocacy Program (HDAP)  -   The Housing and Disability Advocacy Program (HDAP) assists homeless and disabled individuals apply for disability benefit programs, while also providing housing support. HDAP requires that participating counties offer outreach, case management, benefits advocacy, and housing supports to all program participants.  https://www.cdss.ca.gov/inforesources/cdss-programs/housing-programs/housing-and-disability-advocacy-program

Home Safe Program -  The Home Safe Program supports the safety and housing stability of individuals involved in Adult Protective Services (APS) who are experiencing, or at imminent risk of experiencing, homelessness due to elder or dependent adult abuse, neglect, self-neglect, or financial exploitation by providing housing-related assistance using evidence-based practices for homeless assistance and prevention. https://www.cdss.ca.gov/inforesources/cdss-programs/housing-programs/home-safe-program

Housing (Rights & Resource Centers)

LA Housing Rights Center: Project Place Listings
https://www.housingrightscenter.org/rental-listing

LA County Housing Resource Center
https://housing.lacounty.gov/

Rent Control Enforcement 

City of LA Housing Dept 
866-557-7368

Santa Monica
310-458-8751

West Hollywood
323-848-6450

Inglewood
310-412-5301

Unincorporated LA County
833-223-7368

Beverly Hills
310-285-1031

Housing (non-Eviction)

Housing Conditions and Code Enforcement

LA County Health Department
888-700-9995 

City of LA Housing Department (LAHD)
866-557-7368

City of LA Bldg & Safety 
213-473-3231

Long Beach Code Enforcement 
562-570-2633

Other City Code Enforcement
Call 411 for your city’s Code Enforcement Department
 

Housing (Discrimination)

Fair Housing Foundation 
800-466-3247

Fair Housing San Fernando 
818-373-1185

The Civil Rights Department (CRD)
800-884-1684

LAHD Language Assistance
213-808-8808

Housing Rights Center
800-477-5977