Los Angeles is experiencing an eviction crisis, one which is forcing working class residents out of their neighborhoods, out of the city, and in many cases onto the street. It is a displacement crisis, a homelessness crisis, an equity crisis, and an affordable housing crisis. The implications of large-scale evictions have created a children’s crisis, a workers’ crisis, an immigrant crisis, and a racial justice crisis.

While the city and county have made progress housing homeless individuals, as soon as we house and shelter our homeless Angelenos, others who are newly homeless replace them.

To see a difference on the street, we need to prevent people from becoming homeless in the first place.

The best way to do that is to stabilize their current housing. And Right to Counsel is the most effective prevention strategy we have to prevent illegal displacement.

Any homelessness measure, anti-displacement mechanism, or racial equity project is incomplete without eviction prevention.