The Housing Rights Center (HRC) will be hosting a FREE Housing Rights Workshop at the Garvey Community Center 9108 Garvey Ave., Rosemead, CA 91770 on May 27, 2008, from 6:00pm-8:00pm. HRC will discuss the fair housing laws, protected classes, unlawful housing discrimination practices and landlord-tenant rights and responsibilities.

        Title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 1968, known as the “Fair Housing Act,” providesprotection from discrimination in all housing related transactions based on race, color,religion, sex, national origin, familial status and disability. Furthermore, in California the Fair Employment and Housing Act provides additional protections against housing discrimination based on marital status, ancestry, sexual orientation, and source of income.

        The California Unruh Civil Rights Act also protects from housing discrimination based on age and protects the right to freedom from violence and intimidation in housing. The Housing Rights Workshop will inform and educate Rosemead residents on the fair housing laws, and what is discriminatory under the fair housing laws. Other topics shall include tenant – landlord rights and responsibilities, rent increases, evictions,
notices and more. The Workshop will also provide the opportunity to present the Housing Rights Center, its program and services to the community.

        For more information, or to RSVP for this FREE workshop, please call Karina Arabolaza at (800) 477-5977 extension 26. 

        The Housing Rights Center (HRC), is a private, non-profit, civil rights organization dedicated to actively supporting and promoting freedom of residence through education, and advocacy, to the end that all persons have the right to secure 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 characteristic protected by law. For additional information, please contact Karina A. Arabolaza, Director of Outreach & Education, (213) 387-8400 extension 26.

        Housing Rights Center. Working for Justice and Equality in Housing 520 S. Virgil Ave., Suite 400 Los Angeles, CA 90020 213-387-8400