SAN DIEGO ADVOCATES FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE

In 2025, Affordable Housing Advocates (AHA) Tenants' Rights Project (TRP) provided self-help and referrals to 1,610 callers and closed 57 cases providing the following levels of assistance: Counsel and advise: 28Limited Services: 14 Negotiated settlement with litigation: 2Negotiated settlement without litigation: 4 Court decisions: 7Client withdrew: 2In the above closed cases, the following benefits were achieved for clients (with households with the following number of members).[No # of Households (Household members); Lump Sum Settlement / Ongoing Monthly Benefit / Elimination of Claimed Amounts / Reduction of Future Monthly Claims]-Prevented loss of housing: 18 (42) $0 / $0 / $1,282 / $0 -Negotiated move out with soft landing: 1 (1) $0 / $0 / $0 / $0-Enforced tenant's rights: 34 (76) $0 / $0 / $1,542 / $3,319-Enforced rights to safe and habitable housing: 10 (27) $0 / $0 / $0 / $0Totals 63 (146) $0 / $0 / $2,824/ $3,319Impact LitigationIn addition to the above individual cases, AHA's TRP along with co-counsel, the National Housing Law Project and the Public Interest Law Project, represent Del Island Tenants, an association of existing and displaced tenants, an affordable housing complex in the City of Coronado. We filed suit against the property owners and City to enforce state Affordable Housing Preservation Laws and ensure the continued affordability of this complex until the required 3-year, 12-month and 6 month notices are provided to all affected tenants, public and qualified entities and the time period for each has elapsed.