Combatting Illegal Rent Hikes for Section 8 Rental Subsidies

In 2019, NLSLA secured a groundbreaking settlement requiring the Los Angeles City Housing Authority to increase voucher amounts for renters when it approves landlord rent hikes. More than 45,000 families who depend on Section 8 rental subsidies are now protected from sudden, illegal rent hikes that threatened to push them into homelessness. NLSLA has created a roadmap detailing the legal arguments and providing strategies for legal services groups on working with their local housing authorities to implement a similar solution.