Appendix F: Additional Survey Data

APPENDIX F: ADDITIONAL SURVEY DATA
This section of the document contains the list of contacts that were given the survey, the
surveys themselves, and tabulations of the narrative responses provided by participants in
the 2011 Urban Los Angeles County Fair Housing Survey. Each table presents answers
provided in the question stated in the table title. Respondent answers have not been
edited.
Table F.1
List of Solicited Organizations
Los Angeles Urban County
2011 Fair Housing Survey
Organization
10 10 Development Corp.
1736 Family Crisis Center
A Community Of Friends
A J Lumsden & Associates
Aba
Abacus Project Management
Abell Helou Homes
Ability First
Abode Communites
Abs Llc/ Mango Tree Village Partners
Access Community Housing Inc
ACORN
Acro Development, Inc.
Advanced Development & Investment
Ae Construction
Affirmed Housing Group
Affordable Housing Services
Aid for AIDS
AIDS Project Los Angeles
AIDS Service Center
Aikenhead Cipes & Supanich
Alcohol And Drug Program Administration
Aleks Istabullu Architects Aia
Alexandria House
Alliance Property Group Inc
Allied Environmental Services
Alpha Construction Co. Inc.
Alpha Property
Alta/Pasa Community Improvement Center
Altapas Llc
Alternative Living For The Aging
Amcal Multi-Housing Inc.
American Communities Llc
American Senior Living
American Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee
Anka Behavioral Health
Anne Douglas Center For Women
Anr Industries Inc
Antelope Valley Hospital
Anthem Development Llc
A-One Construction & Design
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Arroyo Consulting
Asian American Drug Abuse Program, Inc.
Asian Pacific American Dispute Resolution Center
Asian Pacific American Legal Service
Asian Pacific Women'S Center
Asian Youth Center
Association Of Asian Pacific Community Health Organizations
Association Of Multiethnic Americans
Aszkenazy Development
Avant-Garde Inc
Az Home Inc
Azusa Unified School District
Bank Of America Community Development Banking
Beacon Housing
Being Alive Housing
Bergman And Associates
Bet Tzedek Legal Services
Beyond Shelter Housing Development Corp
Bienestar Human Services
Big Brothers Big Sisters Of Greater Los Angeles
Binney, Chase And Van Horne, Inc.
Black Aids Institute
Black Foundation
Boat People Sos - Orange County
Bocarsly Emden Cowan Esmail Parker & Arndt Llp
Brackenhoff Management Group, Inc.
Bridge Housing Corp
Broad Spectrum Cdc
Burns And Bouchard
Business Alliance
C & C Development
C.A.S General Contractor
Cabrillo Economic Development
California Association Of The Deaf
California Community Economic Development
California Community Foundation
California Community Investment
California Community Reinvestment Corportation
Cabrillo Economic Development
California Association Of The Deaf
California Community Economic Development
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Area Commission On Aging
Arnie Berghoff & Associates
California Community Reinvestment Corportation
California Council Of The Blind
California Health Advocates
California Housing Development Corpoirtaiotn
California Housing Foundation
California Housing Partnership Corp
California State Department Of Rehabilitation
Canaan Housing Corp
Capital Development Inc
Carde Ten Architects
Care Housing Services
Carecen
Castaneda & Associates
Center For Community And Family Services, Inc.
Center For Nonprofit Management
Central American Resource Center
Central Valley Coalition For Affordable Hsg
Century Housing Corp
Century Pacific - Michaels Development
Chelsea Homes Inc
Chelsea Investment Corporation
Chicana Service Action Center
Child Support Services
Children And Family Services
Children Today Inc
Chinatown Service Center
Christ Unity Center
Christian Church Homes
Chrysalis
Citi Realty Financial
Citizens For The American Dream
City Bank
City National Bank
City Of Arcadia
City Of Artesia
City Of Azusa
City Of Bell
City Of Bell Gardens
City Of Bellflower
City Of Beverly Hills
City Of Calabasas
City Of Carson
City Of Cerritos
City Of Claremont
City Of Commerce
City Of Commerce
City Of Compton
City Of Covina
City Of Cudahy
City Of Culver City
City Of Diamond Bar
City Of Duarte
City Of El Monte
City Of El Segundo
City Of Glendale
City Of Glendora
City Of Hawaiian Gardens
City Of Hermosa Beach
City Of Huntington Park
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California Community Foundation
California Community Investment
City Of La Canada Flintridge
City Of La Habra
City Of La Habra Heights
City Of La Mirada
City Of La Puente
City Of La Verne
City Of Lakewood
City Of Lawndale
City Of Long Beach
City Of Malibu
City Of Maywood
City Of Monrovia
City Of Montebello
City Of Monterey Park
City Of Norwalk
City Of Paramount
City Of Pasadena
City Of Pico Rivera
City Of Pomona
City Of Rancho Palos Verdes
City Of Rosemead
City Of San Dimas
City Of San Gabriel
City Of San Marino
City Of Santa Clarita
City Of Santa Fe Springs
City Of Santa Monica
City Of Sierra Madre
City Of Signal Hill
City Of South El Monte
City Of South Gate
City Of South Pasadena
City Of Temple City
City Of Vernon
City Of Walnut
City Of West Hollywood
City Of Westlake Village
City Of Whittier
Clare Foundation Inc
Clergy And Laity United For Equality
Clifford Beers Housing Inc
Cloudbreak Development Llc
Coachella Valley Housing Coalition
Coalition For Economic Survival
Coalition For Human Imigrant Rights Of Los Angeles
Coalition La
Coleman Construction Inc
Commercial Services Building Inc
Commission For Women
Commission On Hiv
Commonground-Westside HIV Center
Communities For A Better Environment
Community & Senior Services
Community Actively Living Independent And Free
Community And Senior Services
Community Builders Group
Community Coalition
Community Economic Development Corp
Community Housing Management Services
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City Of Industry
City Of Irwindale
Concerned Citizens Of South Central Los Angeles
Congress Of Racial Equality
Content Development
Converse Consultants
Cooperative Services, Inc.
Corporation For Better Housing
Corporation For Supportive Housing.
Corridor Economic Development Corp
Council On America Islamic Relations
Covatech Property Investment
Covenant Community Development Corp
Crane Architectural Group
Creative Experience Educational Center, Inc.
Crossroads Housing
CSG Advisors
Csw Funding Llc
CTL Environmental Services
Civil Inc
Daniel B Lopez & Associates
David Paul Rosen And Associates
Day Star Mini-Treats Inc
De Architects Aia
Del Richardson & Associates
Department Of Affirmative Action Compliance
Department Of Children & Family Services
Department Of Community And Senior Services
Department Of Consumer Affairs
Department Of Health Services
Department Of Mental Health
Department Of Parks And Recreation
Department Of Public And Social Services
Department Of Public Works
Department Of Regional Planning
Development Consultants
Disability Rights California
Disabled Resources Center
Disabledperson, Inc.
District Attorney
Dobco International Inc
Dominium Inc
Domus Development Llc
Downtown Womens Center
Dr Lynch Foundation
Dreyfuss Construction
East La Community Corporation
East Los Angeles Community Corp.
East Los Angeles Women'S Center
East San Gabriel Valley Consortium/La Works
Eastern Los Angeles Regional Center
Economic Redevelopment Division
Economic Resources Corp
Ein Sof Communications
El Centro Del Pueblo
El Pueblo Community Development Corporation
El Rescate
Ellias Construction Company, Inc.
Emergency Food And Shelter Program
Enhanced Affordable Development
Enrique Peralta Assoc. Aia
Los Angeles Urban County
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Community Redevelopment Agency Of LA
Community Resource Project
Esperanza Community Housing Corporation
Fair Housing Colailition Of The San Fernando Valley
Fair Housing Council Of The San Fernando Valley
Fair Housing Foundation
Fame Housing Corp
Families For Children
Family Housing
Federal Reserve Bank Of San Francisco (Los Angeles Branch)
Fernando Tataviam Band Of Mission Indians
Filipino American Service Groups, Inc. (Fasgi)
First Private Bank & Trust
Floreat Enterprises Inc
Florence/Firestone Chamber Of Commerce
Food Finders Inc
Forte Resource Inc.
Foundation For Social Resources Inc
Fremer-Savel Architects
Frenkel & Co. Inc.
Friends Outside In Los Angeles County, Inc.
Fsy Architects, Inc.
Gangi Development
Gateway Community Housing Corp
Gateways Hospital And Mental Health Center
Gay & Lesbian Elder Housing
Give The Streets Back
Glendora Housing Investors Lp
Global Green
Global One Development Center
Global Premier Development Inc
Gmp Architects La
Goldfarb & Lipman Llp
Goodwill
Greater LA African American Chamber Of Commerce
Greater Los Angeles Council On Deafness
Grewal Development
Grumpy Old Men
Gse Consulting
Gsl Properties Inc
Gwr Homes
Habitat For Humanity Of Greater Los Angeles
Habitat For Humanity-Orange City
Hacienda La Puente Unified School District
Hampo Engineering Contractors
Hampstead Development Co
Hanover Pacific
Hanrich Enterprises Inc
Harbor Rose Lodge
Health Services
Helpline Youth Counseling
Henry Nunez Real Estate Company
Heritage Housing Partners
Herizon Plus Realty
Hill And Associates
Hill, Devine And Gong
Hillview Mental Health Center, Inc.
Hollywood Community Housing Corporation
Home Ownership Made Easy
Homeboy Industries
Homeless Services
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Enterprise Community Partners
Hope Through Housing
Hope-Net
Hopics-Homeless Outreach Program/Integrated Care System
Horizon Development Consulting Llc
House Of Ruth
Housing Alternatives
Housing Authority Of The City Of Los Angeles
Housing Coalition Educators
Housing Commissioner
Housing Rights Center
Housing Works
Hr & A Advisors Inc
Hub City Construction & Development Inc.
Hudson Housing Capital
Human Resources
Icon Builders
Immanuel Family Resources Center
Inclusive Homes Inc
Independent Housing Partners-La
Inglewood Neighborhood Housing Services
Inglewood Redevelopment Agency
Inland Valley Hope Partners
Inner City Law Center
Inquilinos Unidos - United Tenants
Integrated Capital Llc
Integrated Marketing Systems
Integrated Minority Aids Network Inc. (Imani
Interstate Housing Resources Inc
Irvine Housing Opportunities (Iho)
Islamic Center Of Southern California
Jamaica Cultural Alliance
Jamboree Housing Corp
Jammin Foundation
Japanese American Citizens League
Japanese American Cultural And Community Center
Japanese American National Museum
Jenesse Center, Inc.
Jewish Federation Council
Jews For Judisiam
John Cotton Architects
John Sholomof
John Silber Architects
Joint Efforts
Joseph Coriaty
Junior Blind Of America
Jv Builders
Jw Commercial
Jwch Institute
Kdf Communities
Ken Kurose Architect
Kennard Design Group
Keyser Marston Associates
Killfer Flammang Architects
Korean Churches For Community Development
Korean Resource Center
Korean Youth And Community Center
Kwang Cook And Associates
L.A. Voice Pico
La Alliance For A New Economy
La Causa Inc
Los Angeles Urban County
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Homes For Life Foundation
La County Department Of Regional Planning
La Posada Foundation
La Press Club
La Voice Pico
Lamp Community
Lancaster Pollard
Landmark Development
Lanterman Regional Center
Los Angeles Neighborhood Housing Services
Las Palmas Housing
Latigo Properties Inc
Latin American Cinemateca Of Los Angeles
Laurel Place West Hollywood Inc
Law Offices Of Ada R. Cordero-Sacks
Lawyers / Commonwealth Title Company
Leela Enterprises
Legal Aid Foundation
Lennar Homes
Levine Management Group, Inc.
Lifesteps Inc
Light House Community Outreach
Linc Housing
Linc Housing Corp.
Little Tokyo Service Center.
Long Term Care Hsg Corp 501©(3)
LA/Orange County Building And Construction Trades Council
Los Angeles Alliance For A New Economy (Laane)
Los Angeles Business Council
Los Angeles Coalition To End Hunger And Homelessness
Los Angeles Community Action Network
Los Angeles Count Economic Development Corporation
Los Angeles County Commission For Women
Los Angeles County Employees Retirment Association
Los Angeles County Federation Of Labor
Los Angeles County Housing Resource Center
Los Angeles Family Housing Corporation
Los Angeles Gay And Lesbien Center
Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority
Los Angeles House Of Ruth
Los Angeles Housing Department
Los Angeles Housing Law Project
Los Angeles Housing Partnership Inc.
Los Angeles Mission
Los Angeles Neighborhood Housing Services
Los Angeles Youth Network
Los Angelese Commission On Assaults Against Women
Los Robles Development
Low Income Housing
Low Income Investment Fund
Lunns Hope Corporation
Lutheran Social Services Of Southern California
Macfarlane Costa Housing Partners
Maddox & Associates
Many Mansions
Maple Dell Mclelland Architects
Marketing Support Services
Maximus
Mayans Development Inc
Mbg Consultants & Associates
Mccoy Plaza Lp
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La City Housing Dept-Major Projects Div
La Family Housing
Mental Health Advocacy Center
Mercy Housing California
Meta Housing Corporation
Metro Management Holdings
Metropolitan Water District Of Southern California
Military And Veterans Affairs
Mini 12 Step House Inc
Missin In Action
Modative Inc
Modtech
Montebello Housing Development Corp.
Montebello Unified School District
Mothers Of East Los Angeles
Mrc Developments
Multicultural Allicance For Urban Change
Multipurpose Senior Services Program
Multiracial Americans Of Southern California
Museum Of Tolerance
Muslim Public Affairs Council
Nabahood Community Development
Naleo
Nancy Lewis Associates
National Affordable Housing Trust
National Alliance For The Mentally Ill
National Asian Pacific Americans Against Substance Abuse
National Association For The Advancement Of Colored People
National Association Of Women Business Owners-La
National Community Renaissance.
National Council For Jew Women Los Angeles
National Farm Workers Service Center
National Hispanic Media Coalition
National Mental Health Association Of Greater La
Nationwide Investors Group
Neighborhood Housing Services -Inland Empire
Neighborhood Legal Services
New Capital Llc
New Directions, Inc.
New Economics For Women
New Horizons Caregivers Group
New Image Emergency Shelter For The Homeless Inc
New Urban Vision
Newport Partners Llc
North Los Angeles County Regional Center
Office Of The Assessor
Oldtimers Foundation
Oldtimers Housing Development Corp.
One Economy Corporation
One La-Iaf
Operation Y.E.S. Inc
Optimist Youth Homes And Family Services
Organization Of Black Screenwriters
Organization Of Chinese Americans
Our Community Work
Our Place Housing Solutions
Overland, Pacific & Cutler Inc.
Media Access Office
Media Action Network For Asian Americans
Parents Of Watts
Parsons Brinckerhoff
Partners In Care Foundation
Pat Brown Institute
Path-People Assisting The Homeless
Peace4Kids
Penny Lane Centers
People Assisting The Homeless-Path
People Organized For Westside Renewal (Power)
Perspectives International Film Festival
Phe
Phoenix Realty Group Llc
Pico Union Housing Corporation
Pointer Enterprises
Polis Builders
Polis Consulting Group Inc
Pomona Valley Habitat For Humanity
Praise Unlimited Homelesss Service
Precision
Premier Housing
Preservation Partners / Cornucopia Services
Prime Factors Development Consultant
Probation Department
Progressive Jewish Alliance
Project New Hope
Protection And Advocacy Inc.
Public Allies - Los Angeles
Public Counsel Law Center
Public Defender
Public Financial Management - Pfm
Public Health
Pugh + Scarpa Architects, Inc.
Quantum Community Development Corp
Quatro Design Group
Rafaels Construction
Ralph Mechur Architects
Rci Real Estate Services Llc
Rcv Design
Reap Change Consultants
Recycle Homes
Regency East & Associates
Regional Hispanic Chamber Of Commerce
Residental Communities Inc
Residential Revitalization
Retirement Housing Foundation
Rich Development Consulting Services
Rio Hondo Home
Riverbank Development Co
Roma Planning And Environmental
Roschen Van Cleve Architects
Rtk Architects
Rubinbrown Llp
Ruiz Brothers Construction Co.
Ruiz Brothers Construction Co.
Samuel Dixon Family Health Center, Inc.
San Fernando Community Hospital Dba Mission Community
Hospital
San Fernando Valley Neighborhood Legal Services
San Gabriel Valley Council Of Governments
Pacific Asian Consortium In Employment
Pacific Clinics.
Pacific Development Partners
Los Angeles Urban County
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Pacific Partners Housing Corp
Pacoima Beautiful
Para Los Ninos
Santa Anita Family Service
Santa Clarita Valley Committee On Aging Corp.
Santos Construction
Scope La
Senior Outlook
Sequoia Standard
Serrano Development Corp
Shelter For The Homeless
Shelter Resources Inc
Sheriff'S Dept., Los Angeles County
Shilton, Albert
Sibi Center Adult Day Care Program
Skid Row Housing Trust
Smokefree Apartment House Registry
Sober Living Network
Soledad Local Development
South Asian Helpline And Referral Agency
South Bay Cities
South Central Health And Rehab Program - Sharp
South Coast Communities
South La Economic Alliance
Southeast Asian Community Alliance
Southeast La County Cdc
Southern California Alcohol & Drug Programs Inc
Southern California Association Of Government ( Scag)
Southern California Presbyterian Homes
Southern California Rehabilitation Services
Southern California Senior Resources
Special Services For Groups Ssg
Spectrum Capital Ventures
Squier Properties
Sro Housing Corp
Ssmci
St Vincent'S Cardinal Manning Center
St. Joseph Center
Steelworkers Oldtimers Foundation
Step Up On Second
Strategic Action For A Just Economy (Saje)
Strategic Business Concerns/Nri Llc
Strategic Consulting Initiative - Sci
Substance Abuse Foundation Of Long Beach
Sun Bridge Harborview Rehab Center
Symes Development Inc
T & T Home For Boys
Tamkin Development Corp Tdc
Tarzana Treatment Centers Inc
Telacu Development Llc
Terra Environmental Services
The Bartocilla Group Inc
The Bedford Group.
The Cabral Group
The Catalyst Foundation For Aids Awareness & Care
The Center For The Pacific-Asian Family
The Douglas Company
The Human Services Consortium Of East San Gabriel Valley
The Los Angeles Child Development Center
The Olson Company
The Red Circle Project
Los Angeles Urban County
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San Gabriel Valley Habitat For Humanity
San Gabriel Valley Housing And Homeless
San Gabriel/Pomona Regional Center
The Serra Project
The Solis Group
The Tucker Schoeman Venture
The Weingart Center
The Win Project
Titanium X Development Inc
TKC
Togawa Smith Martin Residential Inc.
Topanga Community Club
Torti Gallas And Partners Inc.
Trademark Development
Trafford Associates
Treasurer And Tax Collector
Triad Ventures
Turpit And Potter Architects
UCLA American Indian Studies Center
UCLA Chicano Studies Reaserch Center
Union De Vecinos
Union Rescue Mission
Union Station Foundation
Union Station Homeless Services
United American Indian Involvement
United Cerebral Palsy Los Angeles
United Community Social Services
United Housing
United University Church
United Way Of Los Angeles
Urban Alliance
Urban Development & Finance
Urban Futures
Urban Housing Communities
Urban Housing Opportunity
Urban Mosaic Services
Urban Pacific
Urban Studio
Urban Vision Unlimited Llc
Urband Alliance
Us Dept Of Hud
Usa Properties Fund Inc
Usc The Center For Back Cultural And Student Affairs
Valley Interfaith Council
Venice Community Housing Corp
Verde Vistas
Verdugo Mental Health
Vermont Slauson Economic Development Corp
Vermont Village Plaza/Rss Development Inc
Vesta Communities
Vesta Development Group
Villa Esperanza
Vista Partners Inc
Visual Communications
Volunteers Of America, Los Angeles
Volunteers Of East Los Angeles (Vela)
Warmington Residential California
Waset, Inc.
Weingart Center
West Angeles Community Development Corp
West Hollywood Community Housing Corp.
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The Richman Group Development Corp
The Salvation Army
Whittier Boulevard Merchants Association
Willa Horton
Wilmington Community Clinic
Wolf & Company Inc
Women Alive
Women's & Children's Crisis Shelter
Womens Care Cottage
Woodcrete Construction
Los Angeles Urban County
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Western Center On Law And Poverty
Western Community Housing Inc
Westside Center For Independent Living
Works/One Company
Wormack & Williams Development
Writers Guild Of America, West
Yasmin Tong Consulting
Yokota & Associates Inc
YWCA Of Greater Los Angeles
Zk Construction
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NARRATIVE RESPONSES
Table F.2
Are you aware of any questionable practices or barriers to fair housing choice in the rental
housing market
Los Angeles Urban County
2011 Fair Housing Survey
Comments
Affordability, lack of rent control in most cities
All area’s of discrimination is housing.
Bans for applicants including mental health clients for drug-related and criminal activities. Mental Health clients often incur more
serious charges for the same offenses than does the general population. In addition, the offenses are often the result of their mental
illness. Once that is successfully addressed, their potential for crime greatly decreases.
Barriers to unemployed, homeless individuals or anyone with a FICO score that is under 610
Color, Racial, Family
credit, income requiremetns
Deed restricted affordable housing requirements that may violate state rent control laws (specifically in the City of L.A.)
discrimination in selecting tenants
Discrimination of homeless or families in extreme poverty. The rental market is advantageous to the landlords in todays economy,
so they can be selective in who they choose to rent to.
Discrimination of potential renters in any of the protected classes (refusal to rent, harassment of renters, etc.). Refusal to rent to
people with portable Section 8 vouchers. Insufficient stock of reasonably priced rental housing affordable to low-income people.
Few low cost accessible units available when promised by developer
In Alhambra, some landlords only advertise in Chinese. Some rental agencies steer people to other neighborhoods, e.g., while
looking in South Pasadena, I was told “Wouldn’t you be more comfortable in Pasadena.”
In order to not discriminate affordable housing developers feel that they must allocate apartments through lotteries or first-come/firstserve policies, but individuals with functional impairments (mental illness, developmental disabilities, etc.) struggle to succeed in this
system
individual owners and managers
It is relatively easy to discriminate against certain groups by advertising available rentals where only those you would prefer as
tenants might see them. For example, if you are a Russian landlord and you want only Russian tenants you might advertise your
vacancies only in Russian language publications or post them on bulletin boards in Cyrillic. Likewise, if you are a gay male landlord
and want only gay male tenants, you might advertise vacancies only in publications catering to gay men, etc.
Landlord actions, which may not be obvious
Landlords requesting Security Deposit, first month’s rent and last month’s rent for move in.
managers/owners not understanding regulations
Many renters complain about HUD or project based properties. They say management is unfair and does not do repairs. Not sure if
this is discrimination or just poor management.
Not enough affordable larger units (3+ bedrooms)
Of renting to persons with disabilities, and the fact that there is very little accessiable housing for persons in wheelchairs.
Problems between landlords and tenants
Refusal to rent to a onsidered tenant based upon race, religion, national origin, sexual preference, etc.; Deny availability of vacant
units.
Rent hikes
same sex couples treated as a married couple
Section 8
Some landlords are hesitant to lease to individuals that are homeless or mentally ill.
Some landlords may prefer renters of a family vs. Single people. Landlords may not consider renters with disability because the
possible accommodations they have to provide by modifying properties and any potential liability issues they assume they will have.
Standard credit checks and criminal history checks do not take into account an individual’s disability until the appeals process.
The Antelope Valley area is discriminatory to both low income families and those that receive rental subsidies.
The process of landlords and/or rental agencies charging for credit reports – multiple times or not making the information available to
the renter
Too many landlords rely solely on a person’s credit report. As long as someone has no bankruptcy or evictions, they tenant ought to
be allowed to rent.
Wrongful evictions due to gentrification
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Table F.3
Are you aware of any questionable practices or barriers to fair housing choice in the real estate
market
Los Angeles Urban County
2011 Fair Housing Survey
Comments
Against race, religion, and disabilities
anyone with a FICO score lower than 610 and unemployed
Barriers exist with many self employed buyers who overstate deductions and therefore do not qualify for a mortgage. We make
efforts to educate these people on this matter and how to change reporting habits to reflect actual expenditures. Many people in
foreclosure also face major issues trying to rehabilitate their credit for future goals of homeownership. In addition, those looking to
buy using down payment assistance loan in the los angeles area are often outbid by cash investors.
Certain “for sale” home advertisement will specifically say “No FHA” meaning that a person who only qualifies for such a loan is
confronted with a barrier to his/her selection of housing.
Clients are required to sign fair housing documents, but 99% have no idea what they are signing, and quite frankly, don’t care. In
addition, clients are steered by realtors all of the time to particular properties. Many employing brokers really do not look at all of the
offers in the same manner, if they are double ending the home Both listing and finding the buyer, they are more apt to put their client
in the home, rather than a better offer. Some real conflicts of interest here. I see it all of the time.
Cost
Deny availability of homes to sell or show.
High rate of eviction, rental properties onsidered oversight is poor
It is difficult to find loans for Latinos/immigrants.
It us impossible for outsiders to know whether any discriminatory factors are considered during transactions.
Lack of enough time to serve notice to vacate.
Language and education level
Lending
Predatory lending, steering
Prejudicial real estate practices
questionable lending practices
Redlining or reverse redlining, eviction of persons w/ mental disability, failure to construct accessible units.
Refusal to sell to people of any of the protected classes who qualify financially. Attempts to include illegal restrictive covenants in
home/condominium sales contracts. Informal “steering” of clients of certain backgrounds to certain neighborhoods.
See above.
Steering and denial of access
Table F.4
Are you aware of any questionable practices or barriers to fair housing choice in the housing
construction or accessible housing design fields?
Los Angeles Urban County
2011 Fair Housing Survey
Comments
Barriers exist in the physical design of properties and homes without the consideration for users who may have a wide range of
abilities.
Lack of clarity in the rules
Less enforcement of existing laws, less incentives to comply with codes.
No modifications/accommodations for disabled persons in the design or construction of housing.
Not accommodating disabled
Not making property compliant with codes that assist the disabled community.
Only in the sense that appropriate, effective universal design principles integrated in building codes could prevent many unintentional
barriers
Property owners come to us because they want to make their home more accessible. Have encountered many contractors interested
in doing ADA work.
See above. No enforcement of required set asides.
Some new construction do not have affordable housing units.
Some new private housing does not meet ADA/UPAS standards.
The cost of construction
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Table F.5
Are you aware of any questionable practices or barriers to fair housing choice in the lending and
mortgage market
Los Angeles Urban County
2011 Fair Housing Survey
Comments
anyone with a low FICO score under 610 and unemployed and homelessness
Attempts to include illegal restrictive covenants in home/condominium sales contracts. Refusal to lend to otherwise qualified
applicants when the people live in any of the restricted classes. Possible offering of questionable mortgage terms to minority or lowincome people (such as led to the current mortgage crisis) – LA County was not exempt from these practices!! I am not aware of
“redlining” in Los Angeles, but wouldn’t put it past this city. The usual discriminatory practice in LA used to be “restrictive covenants”.
Banks are not coming clean and play games with their coustumers
Discrimination based on race mostly
Discriminatory loan practices, including avoidance of certain areas
FHA approval required for soft second financing and no response from local HOC’s to obtain necessary documents to apply.
First time home buyers
High cost loans and predatory lending to certain race and ethnic groups – Blacks/Latinos.
I’m not sure hte issues I find are fair housing issues, but the confusion in the bankrupotcy arena are mind-boggling and many I know
are affected by it.
Innappropriate loans given to unqualified individuals
Lack of consumer education on homeownership.
Language and education level
Loan application itself is a selective process, which has to be discriminatory
Mortgage turn down rates
no help from banks, they just care about their payments
Predatory Landing
predatory lending
Predatory loans and lending, reverse redlining to target person in minority groups.
Preditory lending
red-lining, etc.
redlining
Refusal to lend based upon race, religion, national origin, sexual preference, etc.; Differential loan terms.
Same answer as #2
same as above
Total implosion of this industry makes everything very difficult to access. Much red tape and delays in process and scrutinizing.
Making reducing home loans impossible, etc.
Table F.6
Are you aware of any questionable practices or barriers to fair housing choice in the home
insurance or appraisal industries?
Los Angeles Urban County
2011 Fair Housing Survey
Comments
Based on income and location
Definitely. Risk is a perceived and so is discrimination.
Individuals who have more that two claims are cancelled and record is kept for a three year period and rates go higher when one has
more than two claims filed.
Not always clear on what they insure after insurance is purchase
red-lining certain areas
Refusal to provide insurance; differential home insurance costs.
Steering of policies and redlining by zip code.
With the new MIP changes in FHA loans has limited many buyers as their monthly payment has increased and reduced their
purchasing power by $25,000 on average. In addition it has removed the benefit for many no-cash out refinances since although
their rate would reduce, their payment may increase due to higher monthly MI factor.
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Table F.7
Are you aware of any questionable practices or barriers to fair housing choice in any other private
housing areas?
Los Angeles Urban County
2011 Fair Housing Survey
Comments
HUD need better oversight in blighted areas
It is very important in permanent supportive housing to target the most vulnerable. Consequently, we run up against fair housing
laws because you have to make opporuntities available to everyone.
Local low-density zoning in high-density urban areas
Make difficult to obtain variances for residential group homes, elder care facilities
No housing or services for young people from 18 – 24 very limited..and very limited services
Some housing providers require sobriety in order to be housed.
Table F.8
Are you aware of any questionable practices or barriers to fair housing choice in zoning laws?
Los Angeles Urban County
2011 Fair Housing Survey
Comments
Affects schools. Citys battle over boundary lines as one encroaches/takes over onsidere families. Makes not sense when you live
one mile from a school to travel 10 to another due to boundary
An L.A. city council member recently advocated for zoning laws that would require group homes to be classified as institutions.
City of LA is currently entertaining discussions from community members and advocates about sober living houses and restricting
the location of these group homes. This seems counter intuitive to community integration and likely to impact many rather than
target those homes that are poorly operated.
From what I know there was a requirement for cities to improve zoning, so changes have already been made.
Grouping all high density housing nearby each other could lead to creating of “ghettos”.
Local low-density zoning in high-density urban areas, especially in central Los Angeles
Make difficult to obtain variances for residential group homes, elder care facilities.
Open discrimination- do not have money to bribe and now you are homeless.
Outdated zoning laws.
Requiring extensive reviews of affordable housing projects, thereby jeopardizing the funding sources
Zoning standards that inhibit group homes and affordable housing in general; project approval procedures that inhibit affordable
housing; insufficiently zoned land for multi-family rentals in general.
Table F.9
Are you aware of any questionable practices or barriers to fair housing choice in land use
policies?
Los Angeles Urban County
2011 Fair Housing Survey
Comments
Barriers include the amount of higher density land available to accommodate lower cost housing – a general condition in many
communities.
Grouping all high density housing nearby each other could lead to creating of “ghettos”.
Insufficiently designated land area to accommodate multi-family rental development
Local low-density land use categories in high-density urban areas
Many of the smaller cities seem opposed to licensed residential facilities, even if there will be six or fewer residents.
Outdated land use policies.
Reduced height and density
Relocation law being ignored or circumvented by public agencies
We build affordable housing. NIMBY’s now use CEQA or variances to fight our developments. They have joined neighborhood
councils and use them for their own purposes.
Zoning to concentrate low cost housing to specific areas of community.
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Table F.10
Are you aware of any questionable practices or barriers to fair housing choice in occupancy
standards or health and safety codes?
Los Angeles Urban County
2011 Fair Housing Survey
Comments
Few inspections. Less or incomplete inspections.
Household size standards that go beyond health and safety
Safety codes, while well intentioned, are specifically burdensome on builders of high-density housing
Slum lords taking advantage of immigrants, severe housing issues, faulty electricity, plumbing. Often in rural areas trailers are set up
and rented out
Standards are not enforced strictly in miority communities.
With the lack of Inspectors more buildings go with out inspections so the programs don’t work as well as it should
Table F.11
Are you aware of any questionable practices or barriers to fair housing choice in propery tax
policies?
Los Angeles Urban County
2011 Fair Housing Survey
Comments
County of LA
I have found that escrows have been closing with a tax shortage or collecting the wrong amount and clients come to use with a huge
tax bill they did not anticipate or where never informed of even though they have their taxes impounded.
Language
need to be reassessed based on lower property values
Prop 13
Property taxes used to close (KEEP) communities to upper class.
Table F.12
Are you aware of any questionable practices or barriers to fair housing choice in housing
construction standards?
Los Angeles Urban County
2011 Fair Housing Survey
Comments
Bathroom design
More green standars are need it
See Number 3 above
Table F.13
Are you aware of any questionable practices or barriers to fair housing choice in neighborhood or
community development policies?
Los Angeles Urban County
2011 Fair Housing Survey
Comments
Developers need to provide an EIR and scoping meeting to inform community members what their plan is; however, a lot of the
meetings have a lot of political / planning jargon regular immigrant communities do not understand.
Minority communities do not received the same
onsid of community development opportunities.
Not enough incentive to Landlords like tax break to encourage section 8 and reasonable acomadation.
Policies that discourage the creation on special needs housing in certain areas of the county
See above
See number 3 above
See the above comment regarding affordable housing and neighborhood councils.
Zoning (low-high density zoning)
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Table F.14
Are you aware of any barriers that limit access to government services, such as public housing,
transportation or employment services?
Los Angeles Urban County
2011 Fair Housing Survey
Comments
Antelope Valley poor transportation bus lines, homeless families in transition toward sustainability no housing available
Everthing is Internet now, which makes it difficult to obtain info.
HACoLA regs for the Section 8 and Public Housing programs discriminate against people with disabilities by barring individuals who
are probation, parole, have prior criminal convictions, or have been evicted from HUD-subsidized housing in the past. Many
individuals with disabilities fall into the categories listed above.
HUD housing and other publicly funded facilities fail to make
onsidered on
for people w/ mental disabilities regularly.
Limied housing funds for low icome seniors
Many times, the only way to access services is by the internet. There are many residents in the County who still do no have regualar
access to the internet such as the elderly or low-income households.
Please tell me how a potential renter could call me on my $2300 a month rental and ask if I accept Section 8?
on Section 8 possibly afford $2300 a month, what a sham.
How could someone
Public housing is not available to people who work
Public housing waiting list is too long
The lack of affordable housing in Los Angeles County is a barrier to fair housing.
There doesn’t seem to be one place that people can find out where the low income housing units are.
Underfunding of department
Wait-list, non-enforcement to accept section 8, struggles between section 8 and those that receive section 8.
Waiting lists; compliance regulations; General Relief payment amounts
well...funding!
Table F.15
Are you aware of any fair housing compliance issues with any public housing authority?
Los Angeles Urban County
2011 Fair Housing Survey
Comments
HUD/HACLA & HACOLA fail to make onsidered on for people with disabilities especially mental disabilities.
Rentals
Resistence to grant reasonable onsidered on.
See #7
Some Housing Authority employees move quickly for some assisted persons and others seem to be non-responsible and move very
slowly. Practice appears not fair to all. Should move at the same rate. This is mainly on the Housing Choice Voucher (Sectin 8
Voucher) and the portability or the new vouchers.
The programs don’t work
Table F.16
Are you aware of any fair housing compliance issues with any other government-assisted
housing entities in Los Angeles County?
Los Angeles Urban County
2011 Fair Housing Survey
Comments
(My company is based in Orange County)
Denial of services at temporary housing shelters.
Not enough enforcement personnel
Section 8 fraud by consumers
See #6
We don’t know them.
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Table F.17
Are there any other public administrative actions or regulation that act as barriers to fair housing
choice?
Los Angeles Urban County
2011 Fair Housing Survey
Comments
limited section 8 vouchers
reagarding renting to disabled/families regarding having tenants-moved.
See above as they apply to multiple jurisdictions
The program closed, we cannot keep you. No answers on letters.
Waiting list is to long for public housing
Table F.18
What geographic areas with fair housing problems and what types of issues do these area have?
Los Angeles Urban County
2011 Fair Housing Survey
Comments
All areas
All over.
Antelope Valley
Central Los Angeles and its vicinity has many neighborhoods zoned for low-density residential development, often in the middle of
high-density areas, simply to protect high income, single-family residential homeowners.
Concentration levels of minorities by design
expensive areas such as the west side of the city of close to the beach
LA City and County
Lincoln Heights, City Terrace, East Los Angeles
Of course there are geographic areas that have more fair housing problems than other. This is to vague.
Some people complain.
The Antelope Valley area
The areas that have a high concentration of certain races.
The unincorporated areas of Los Angeles county
Table F.19
How should fair housing laws be changed?
Los Angeles Urban County
2011 Fair Housing Survey
Comments
818-470-7915 Socal-Remodeling Council – Gus Lopez
Less restrictive
Monitoring is a big factor since the laws in place are good on paper but not always followed or monitored.
More enforcement
more flexible
Present laws need proper enforcement
They should be reflective of the problems people are facing relating to unemployment, homelessness, and FICO scores too low.
There is discrimination in these areas.
Yes, but there needs to be more education on how to achieve the intent of the law and not just technical compliance.
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Table F.20
Do you have any additional concerns regarding fair housing?
Los Angeles Urban County
2011 Fair Housing Survey
Comments
Fair Housing needs to be revamped to reflect all the problems relating to unemployment, homelessness and FICO scores being too
low. There is limited housing available for this group.
Force rental companies to give complaint phone number in every rental property listed
I am concerned with confusing the issue with affordable housing. It should not be onsidered discriminating not to lend to someone
who can not repay a loan or pay rent.
I would like to see training beyond basic training on fair housing. Many of us understand the basics of the law, but could use more
advanced training on how the achieve the intent of the law.
Need better information on how to deal with entitled tenants
Not enough enforcement of present laws.
Rent is too high.
Some tenants take advantage of their protected class to cause harm to their neighbors or property. This is specifically about
religion.
The County of Los Angeles has not improved the level of services for fair housing in over 2 decades.
There is not enough affordable housing in Los Angeles to appropriately house our homeless population. Its interesting to complete
a survey for a resource that only barely exists.
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