Affirmative Litigation & Advocacy
Overview
Our Experts
The Homelessness Prevention Law Project’s Affirmative Litigation team fights to vindicate the rights of tenants to live in safe, well-cared-for, secure housing, free of harassment and discrimination. The unit focuses on litigation addressing a range of housing-related injustices, including habitability concerns, illegal lockouts, constructive evictions, discriminatory housing practices, and tenant harassment.
In addition, our team identifies systemic barriers to stable housing and partners closely with community-based organizations, tenant groups, and government agencies to advocate for fair housing practices, rent control, habitability standards, and equitable access to housing subsidies and public benefits. By initiating affirmative litigation and policy advocacy at local, state, and national levels, we seek not only justice for individual tenants but lasting systemic change for our communities.
Litigation
We use a community lawyering approach to partner with community groups and tenants to pursue impact litigation and systems change.
Perez-Funez v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Children’s rightsImmigrants’ Rights
01/24/84
L.T. v. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
Immigrants’ Rights
01/26/26
Powers v. McDonough
Housing JusticeVeterans’ Rights
11/15/22
McKinleyville Union School District v. U.S. Department of Education
Education Equity
10/22/25
Publications
Our staff work with clients and partners to identify patterns of injustice that impact and harm the communities we serve. Through strategic litigation, we effect large-scale change and systems reform while amplifying the power of affected communities and advancing public discourse.
The Latest
Updates and stories spotlighting Public Counsel’s affirmative advocacy for tenants
Public Counsel is part of Stay Housed L.A., an initiative to provide the residents of L.A. County with information and resources to keep people in their homes. To determine if you are eligible for legal assistance, please click the “Get Started” and fill out the form on its website.
IMPORTANT: If you have received an eviction notice (Unlawful Detainer), you must respond within 10 days (Saturday and Sunday do not count toward the 5 days). Please do not allow this deadline to pass!
