How Landlords and Community Members Can Keep Folks Housed

More than 150,000 Californians slept in shelters, cars or on the street in 2019. This reflected a 17% increase from 2018. Close to 59,000 people were homeless in L.A. County, 61% of which represent the city of L.A. Rising rents have displaced lower-income Californians and created a shortage of 1.4 million affordable housing units. While $1 billion in this year’s state budget has been allocated to help build shelters and long-term housing, eviction counseling and other homeless prevention strategies are needed. On this Changemakers LA episode, we discuss how landlords and community members can mitigate displacement and keep residents housed. We are proud to have Social Justice Learning Institute and Mercy Housing join us to discuss what they’ve done to support residents stay in their homes. Our guests joining us for this episode are: • Dr. D’Artagnan Scorza, Founder and Executive Director of the Social Justice Learning Institute • Jacquie Hoffman, Regional Vice President of Property Operations for Mercy Housing • Jonathan Wolf, Director of Resident Services for Southern California for Mercy Housing In this episode, you will learn: • What it took to get rent control in Inglewood • What tenant protections currently exist • How landlords can support in the effort to keep folks from being displaced Resource: Eviction Prevention Program (EPP) Learn more about our work at

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How Landlords and Community Members Can Keep Folks Housed is an episode from Changemakers LA by LISC LA.

This episode is 00:25:54 long.

This episode was published on Jan 10, 2020.

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