- Justice for Tenants, Homeowners and Unhoused Individuals
Justice for Tenants, Homeowners and Unhoused Individuals
Bet Tzedek advocates for families and individuals to ensure access to stable, habitable, and affordable housing. By providing education, representation, and pathways to legal resources, we help tenants and homeowners remain housed, assist those who are experiencing homelessness, and uphold the belief that housing is a universal right.
Program Services
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Eviction Defense Program
Bet Tzedek supports tenants struggling with rent increases, evictions, and landlord harassments by providing them with legal representation when they cannot afford to pay for an attorney. We engage in this work as part of Stay Housed L.A., a partnership between Los Angeles County, the City of Los Angeles, and local community and legal service providers that works to keep people in their homes.
- If you are a West Hollywood tenant call (323) 549-5841 or email wehousingdefense@bettzedek.org
- If you are a Culver City tenant call (323) 549-5891 or email culvercityhousing@bettzedek.org
- If you are a Beverly Hills tenant call (323) 549-5861 or email beverlyhillsprograms@bettzedek.org
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Preventing and Ending Homelessness Project (PEHP)
Bet Tzedek provides legal services and advocacy to families and individuals who experience homelessness or are at risk of becoming homeless. This includes: defending unlawful evictions, accessing public benefits, expunging criminal records, and more. Since 2018, we have served as a member of PEHP, a consortium of the region’s top public interest law firms providing legal aid to unhoused individuals and those facing housing insecurity.
- If you are a West Hollywood tenant call (323) 549-5841 or email wehousingdefense@bettzedek.org
- If you are a Culver City tenant call (323) 549-5891 or email culvercityhousing@bettzedek.org
- If you are a Beverly Hills tenant call (323) 549-5861 or email beverlyhillsprograms@bettzedek.org
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Home Ownership Protection
Bet Tzedek provides education and legal support to help low-income homeowners understand their rights and protect themselves from losing their homes to fraud and foreclosures.
- Call us at (323) 648-4715
- Send us an email at pace@bettzedek.org
- Fill out an intake form
- Learn more in resources
- Access a legal clinic
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Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE)
Bet Tzedek provides legal assistance to homeowners who have experienced fraud, misrepresentation, increased property tax assessments, and more, related to PACE, a financing program that offers loans for green energy home improvements that are repaid through annual property tax assessments.
- Call us at (323) 648-4715
- Send us an email at pace@bettzedek.org
- Fill out an intake form
- Learn more in resources
- Access a legal clinic
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Home Foreclosure Clinic
Bet Tzedek, in partnership with Neighborhood Housing Services of Los Angeles, provides legal advice, legal information, housing counseling, and referrals to homeowners who are behind on their mortgage or at risk of foreclosure. Our clinic is located in Antelope Valley but can be accessed remotely by Zoom. If you are a homeowner anywhere in Los Angeles County, please apply to see if you are eligible for a free and confidential clinic appointment with a housing counselor and legal services attorney.
- Call us at (323) 648-4715
- Send us an email at pace@bettzedek.org
- Fill out an intake form
- Learn more in resources
- Access a legal clinic
Our Impact
3,500
Tenants facing evictions have been helped by Bet Tzedek during the ongoing pandemic
16,000
Tenants living in unsafe conditions won a class action lawsuit in 2021 against one of Central Valley’s most notorious landlords thanks to Bet Tzedek
“I really appreciate Bet Tzedek and the pro bono attorneys who they referred me to. I was very stressed out, completely lost, and without their help me and my 2-year old daughter would have lost our apartment because the landlord wanted to illegally raise the rent during the pandemic."
- Elena