Los Angeles Municipal Code

Sec. 22.618.3. House LA Programs.

Section 22.618.4 of this Code: (i) Short-Term Rental and Income Support for Vulnerable Tenants. a. Short-Term Emergency Assistance. Five percent (5%) of the House LA Fund – Programs shall be annually allocated to provide short-term emergency funding to tenant households at risk of becoming homeless. Funds will stabilize low-income tenants at risk of losing their housing due to one-time economic shocks, and may cover the entirety of rent payments for a short-term period of up to 6 months. Priority eligibility shall be established for Lower Income Households. b. Income Support for Rent- Burdened At-Risk Seniors and Persons with Disabilities. Ten percent (10%) of the House LA Fund – Programs shall annually be allocated to provide income assistance designed to assist households in avoiding displacement from their homes to rent- burdened, Acutely Low Income, Extremely Low Income, and Very Low Income Households including seniors (aged 65 years and above) and/or persons with disabilities at-risk of becoming homeless. (ii) Tenant Rights Education, Tenant Council, Navigation Services and Eviction Prevention. a. Eviction Defense/Prevention. Ten percent (10%) of the House LA Fund – Programs shall annually be allocated to provide funding for a right-to-counsel program to provide housing-related legal services to Lower Income Household tenants threatened with eviction. b. Tenant Outreach and Education. Two percent (2%) of the House LA Fund – Programs shall annually be allocated to provide tenant outreach, education, and navigation services, including but not limited to providing information about tenant rights and the Homelessness Prevention Program. Outreach, education, and navigation services may include mass mailing, targeted marketing, data visualization, and public websites. c. Protections from Tenant Harassment. Three percent (3%) of the House LA Fund – Programs shall annually be allocated to fund nonprofit organizations and City services to monitor and enforce protections against tenant harassment and other tenant rights, and to inform tenants of such protections and support them in exercising their rights. At least thirty percent (30%) of the Protections from Tenant Harassment expenditure shall fund programs led by non-profit organizations. d. Tenant Council.