Fair Housing

NPR reporter Scott Neuman on California’s extension of Covid-19 moratorium on evictions, quoting Sam Tepperman-Gelfant on concerns remaining among advocates and communities about [...]

Public Advocates staff attorney Ruby Acevedo is interviewed as part of Spanish Telemundo TV coverage of the impact of the crisis on renters. The interview was broadcast on the 11pm newscast aired [...]

Does a New Federal Law Protect You From Eviction?

Capital Radio show Insight with Beth Ruyak takes a look at rent control in Sacramento. During the program, Public Advocates’ Michelle Pariset comments on the effort to pass rent control in [...]

March 1, 2018 – WDET interviewed Liz Ryan Murray, Project Director of CarsonWatch. The conversation focused on revelations that HUD spent $31,000 on a luxury dining table set in the midst [...]

For Immediate Release January 5, 2018 Civil Rights, Housing, and Community Development Organizations Call on HUD to Maintain a Critical Fair Housing Tool and Not to Roll Back the Promise of the [...]

December 7, 2017 – Senior Staff Attorney David Zisser wrote an opinion piece for Shelterforce on the importance of recognzing tenants’ rights as civil rights. “Everyone deserves [...]

Public Advocates attorney Anne Bellows and Faith in Action Bay Area Executive Director Lorena Melgarejo speak out in San Mateo Daily Journal OpEd “Renters’ Rights are Civil [...]

August 28, 2017 – Governor Jerry Brown needs to show that he is serious about solving the housing crisis. Unfortunately, with just days left in the legislative session, Brown has not yet [...]

San Jose’s findings on displacement from its Analysis of Impediments to Fair Housing Choice: Includes and analyzes maps on the risk of displacement produced by UC Berkeley’s Urban Displacement [...]