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Need more information? Here is a list of additional resources for tenants in Santa Monica or other California cities:
- SMRR Hotline for Santa Monica Tenants
- Tenant Information by Subject – Santa Monica Rent Control Board
- City of Santa Monica
- Affordable Housing info from City of Santa Monica: Affordable Housing in Santa Monica
- Santa Monica Rent Control Board Homepage
- Santa Monica City Attorney (Tenant Harassment, Relocation Assistance & other tenant issues)
- Santa Monica Office of Legal Aid Foundation LA, 800-399-4529 https://lafla.org/get-help/
- Bet Tzedek Legal Services, 323-939-0506 (email: [email protected]) www.bettzedek.org
- Mental Health Advocacy Services, Inc., 213-389-2077 http://mhas-la.org/connect/
- California Department of Consumer Affairs California Tenants Book (This guide to residential tenants’ and landlords’ rights and responsibilities is very good and is online at the above link.)
- California Department of Consumer Affairs home page
- Eviction Defense Network – Los Angeles (EDN is a network of trial lawyers, advocates and tenants dedicated to defending the right to affordable housing and ensuring access to justice in housing matters to tenants in Los Angeles County. EDN is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that provides legal assistance and representation to tenants facing eviction.)
- Los Angeles Rent Stabilization
- Coalition for Economic Survival (The Coalition for Economic Survival is a multi-racial, multi-culture grass-roots community-based organization that has been dedicated to organizing low and moderate income people to win economic and social justice throughout the greater Los Angeles area since 1973.)
- Tenant Foreclosure Hotline (Sponsored by Tenants Together
Complete an online intake form and get a callback from a hotline counselor,
or call 888-495-8020.) - Tenants Together
- Lincoln Place Tenants Association (A nonprofit organization made up of current and former tenants of the Lincoln Place Apartments in Venice, California)
- City of West Hollywood
- Berkeley Rent Stabilization Board
- San Francisco Rent Board
- Tenants Union of Washington State
- Nolo Press ((Nolo Press is a publisher of self-help legal books. In addition to information about their books, their website contains useful information for tenants.)
- Western Center on Law and Poverty
- New Jersey Tenants Organization
- National Housing Institute
