- Justice for Tenants, Homeowners & Unhoused Individuals
Justice for Tenants, Homeowners & 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 and elderly homeowners understand their rights and protect themselves from losing their homes to fraud and foreclosures. If you are facing financial difficulty that threatens your homeownership, seek help early – you may have more legal options than you believe.
Common legal problems that homeowners face that Bet Tzedek can assist with include :
- Mortgage stress and foreclosure
- Property tax increases and defaults
- HOA assessments and disputes
- Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) liens
- Solar panel and contractor disputes
- Scams, elder abuse and home title fraud
- 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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Leaving a Legacy: An Estate Planning Program
Launched in 2023, the Leaving the Legacy Program provides a broad range of estate planning tools to eligible residents of Los Angeles County. The project aims to empower individuals today with important estate planning tools and create a better tomorrow for their families by preserving assets and creating an opportunity for intergenerational wealth.
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
