Local Resource Directory

Inland Counties Legal Services pursues justice and equality for low income people through counsel, advice, advocacy, and community education,treating all with dignity and respect."

Tenant Defenders is a law firm dedicated to representing tenants in disputes with their landlords. We specialize in eviction defense and preventing landlord's abusive practices.

When available, Oakland Housing Authority offers rent subsidies to clients who qualify through a variety of different programs. Potential residents are encouraged to apply for housing that meets the needs of their household when pre-applications are being accepted. Generally, applicants are selected…

With a diverse group of volunteers whom we train in communication and conflict resolution skills, SEEDS mediates disputes between neighbors, friends, families, landlords and tenants, those in business relationships, and court litigants. In addition to that, SEEDS provides conflict resolution counseling…

The Neighborhood Law Corps (NLC) is an award-winning unit in the City Attorney's Office that works with partners in the community to improve quality of life in Oakland. Through lawsuits and other civil actions, the NLC fights for social, environmental…

HERA is a California statewide, not-for-profit legal service and advocacy organization dedicated to helping Californians — particularly those most vulnerable — build a safe, sound financial future, free of discrimination and economic abuses, in all aspects of household financial concerns. We…

A nonprofit agency providing landlords and tenants with confidential counseling for all rental housing questions:  security deposits repairs termination of tenancy evictions privacy right to entry retaliation rent increases The program also provides confidential counseling and investigation of housing discrimination…

Legal Access provides free legal services to low-income people in Alameda County through monthly legal clinics in a range of areas of law. Legal Access offers several programs: 1) Community Legal Assistance Saturday Program (CLASP) First Saturday of the month,…

The Mission of the Chinatown Community Development Center is to build community and enhance the quality of life for San Francisco residents. We are a place-based community development organization serving primarily the Chinatown neighborhood, and also serve other areas including…

Bay Area Legal Aid - Alameda County Regional Office Bay Area Legal Aid provides free civil legal advice, counsel and representation to low-income people living in the Bay Area. The Alameda County Office serves residents of Alameda County. The best…

The Self-Help Legal Access Center provides informational assistance to self-represented litigants in the following types of civil cases: 1) Unlawful Detainer 2) Collection 3) Guardianship and Conservatorship 4) Civil Harassment Restraining Order 5) Name Change 6) Step-Parent Adoption 7) Expungements…

Learn all about security deposits in California, and how to protect this important asset:

For help with an eviction, tenants must be referred to ICLC via Shriver Self Help Centers in the courthouses or Stay Housed LA (www.stayhousedla.org) ICLC provides a wide variety of legal services focused mainly on housing and homelessness to low-income…

Bay Area Legal Aid provides free civil legal advice, counsel and representation to low-income people living in the Bay Area. The Richmond office serves residents of Contra Costa County.

Mission for Creative Real Estate: Our mission is to assist low income single male/female households and low income families in the following housing capacities: Assist with subsidized and affordable housing opportunities, credit repair and homeownership education leading to the purchase…

Public interest law firm specializing in housing, eviction defense, tenant advocacy, employment rights, wage claims. Offering services in Spanish, Russian, French and Tagalog. **This attorney is a member of the Tenant Lawyer Network. Tenants Together is not a lawyer referral…

Our firm started in 1981 and focuses on tenant rights litigation, including wrongful evictions, affirmative habitability, including class actions. We also do some general real estate litigation. **This attorney is a member of the Tenant Lawyer Network of California (TLN).…

This law firm represents tenants in all types of disputes with landlords, property managers, resident managers, and master tenants, in San Francisco, Oakland, Berkeley, Emeryville, Albany, and Alameda. Cases include: eviction defense, rent board cases, harassment, unlawful retaliation, tenancy buyouts,…

  We are a general civil litigation firm with special expertise in all aspects of housing law.   **This attorney is a member of the Tenant Lawyer Network of California (TLN). The TLN is a professional association of dues-paying tenant…