About
Our Mission
The Housing Rights Center (HRC) is the nation's largest non-profit civil rights organization dedicated to securing and promoting Fair Housing. HRC was founded in 1968, the same year that Congress passed the Fair Housing Act (FHA). Our mission is to actively support and promote freedom of residence through education, advocacy, and litigation, to the end that all persons have the opportunity to secure the housing they desire and can afford, without regard to their race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, familial status, marital status, disability, ancestry, age, source of income or other characteristics protected by law.
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Our free services include: landlord tenant counseling, outreach and education, and discrimination investigation.
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Hours: 8:30 AM - 5:00 PM, M-F
Email:
Phone: 1-800-477-5977
TTY: 1-213-201-0867
FAX: 1-213-381-8555
Our Service Area:
​HRC serves all of Los Angeles County, including the City of Los Angeles, as well as Ventura County.
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LA County includes cities and areas like:
Agoura Hills, Alhambra, Altadena, Arcadia, Artesia, Avalon, Azusa, Baldwin Hills, Baldwin Park, Bell, Bell Gardens, Beverly Hills, Bradbury, Burbank, Calabasas, Carson, Castaic, Cerritos, Claremont, Commerce, Covina, Cudahy, Culver City, Diamond Bar, Duarte, East Los Angeles, El Monte, El Segundo, Glendale, Glendora, Hawaiian Gardens, Hawthorne, Hermosa Beach, Inglewood, Irwindale, La Cañada-Flintridge, La Habra Heights, La Mirada, La Puente, La Verne, Lawndale, Lennox, Lomita, Malibu, Manhattan Beach, Marina del Rey, Maywood, Monrovia, Montebello, Monterey Park, Pasadena, Pico Rivera, Pomona, Rancho Palos Verdes, Redondo Beach, Rolling Hills, Rolling Hills Estates, Rosemead, San Dimas, San Fernando, San Gabriel, San Marino, Santa Fe Springs, Sierra Madre, Signal Hill, South El Monte, South Pasadena, Stevenson Ranch, Temple City, Torrance, Walnut, West Covina, West Hollywood, Westlake Village, Whittier, and other Unincorporated Los Angeles County.
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San Gabriel Valley: Alhambra, Altadena, Arcadia, Azusa, Baldwin Park, Bradbury, Covina, Duarte, East LA, El Monte, Glendale, Glendora, Irwindale, Monrovia, Montebello, Monterey Park, Pasadena, Pico Rivera, Rosemead, San Gabriel, San Marino, Sierra Madre, South El Monte, South Pasadena, Temple City, West Covina, Whittier
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City of Los Angeles (Click to see all service areas)
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Ventura County includes the cities of:
Camarillo, Fillmore, Moorpark, Ojai, Oxnard, Port Hueneme, Santa Paula, San Buenaventura, Simi Valley, Thousand Oaks, and Unincorporated Ventura County
Board of Directors
Board Officers
Aaron M. May, President
Halpern May Ybarra Gelberg LLP
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Alexander Robinson, Vice President
Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP
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Robert K. Johnson, Treasurer
Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP
Dennis Perez, Secretary
Hochman, Salkin, Rettig, Toscher & Perez, P.C.
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Board Members
Sofia Aguilar
NBC/Universal
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Aaron Bloom
TroyGould PC
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Audrey M. Harris
Yoga Instructor
Robert Kitson
Myers Law Group​
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Grant Michaelson
ABC Entertainment
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Alisa Schlesinger
Writer’s Guild of America, West
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Kenneth Trujillo-Jamison
Willenken LLP
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Advisory Board
Marjie Mautner, Founding Member
Staff
Executive
Chancela Al-Mansour, Executive Director
Javier Beltran, Deputy Director
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Administration
Danny A. Batalla, Accountant
Laurel Steven, Office Manager
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Programs
Ken M. Kaplan, Programs Manager
Marlene Sanchez, LA County Rental Assistance Programs Manager
Litigation
Scott Chang, Director of Litigation​
Vickie Scarborough-Willis, Legal Assistant
Andreina Kniss, Paralegal
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Media, Outreach and Education
Elana Eden, Director
​Susan Lin, Senior Outreach Coordinator
Iqra Farooq, Outreach Coordinator
Ricardo Barajas, Outreach Coordinator
Clara Ortiz, Outreach Coordinator
Crystal Letona, Outreach Coordinator
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Housing Counseling
William Izmiryan, Director
Zero R. Prefect, Senior Housing Counselor​
Gloria Bertoldo, Senior Housing Counselor
Victoria Arzate, Housing Counselor​
Mahala Baker, Housing Counselor​
Leonor Ortega, Housing Counselor
​Alejandra Sandoval, Housing Counselor
Mariapaz Boddien, Housing Counselor
Stephanie Sanchez, Housing Counselor
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Investigations
Leona Rollins, Director​
Carolina Berrios, Case Analyst​
Lilian Calderon, Senior Case Analyst​
Srinitha Dasari, Case Analyst
Artemus Parker, Case Analyst​
Bradley Thomas, Case Analyst​
Aaron Vargas-Portillo, Case Analyst
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Fair Housing Initiative Program (FHIP)
Ken Ward, Project Director
Monica Maldonado, Test Coordinator