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Stay Housed L.A.is a partnership between Los Angeles County, the City of Los Angeles and local community and legal service providers. Together, we provide the residents of Los Angeles County, from Lancaster to Long Beach, with information and resources to keep people in their homes.

WORKSHOPS

Register for a workshop to learn more about your rights as a tenant and connect with a tenant advocate or, in some cases, an attorney. There are workshops on different topics and some are based specifically on where you live. Some topics include:

• General tenants rights in the City or County of LA
• Eviction trial preparation for tenants representing themselves in eviction cases
• Tenant harassment
• Small claims court cases

If you need assistance signing up for a workshop, please call 1-888-694-0040. Some of our workshops are in-person, but most are virtual and conducted over Zoom to make sure as many tenants as possible can access this service.

If you require interpretation for a language other than Spanish, please sign up for a workshop that takes place more than a week from now. If you register less than a week before a workshop, we can’t guarantee interpretation.

REGISTER FOR A WORKSHOP

HOW EVICTIONS WORK

1. You are given a written notice explaining what you are being asked to do
2. For most notices you have a chance to fix it. For example, if it is a three day notice to pay rent or quit, you can pay the rent within the three days.
3. If you cannot fix it, you must be served (given) a “Summons” and a “Complaint-Unlawful Detainer”. They are usually served together. This is the eviction lawsuit.
4. If you receive a “NOTICE OF UNLAWFUL DETAINER (EVICTION)” from the court, but you haven’t been served a Summons and Complaint, you should go to the courthouse and ask for a copy of the Summons and Complaint (eviction Lawsuit).
5. You MUST file an answer within FIVE court days. Weekends and court holidays don’t count. If there are no holidays the answer is due the same day the lawsuit was served in the following week. So if you were given the lawsuit on a Tuesday, the answer is due the following Tuesday.

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