Chancela Al-Mansour

Executive Director of the Housing Rights Center in Southern California

Chancela Al-Mansour on KCRW

The City of LA will open the Section 8 housing voucher waitlist next month.

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Eviction -- it used to be a rare occurrence, a last resort for the worst tenants. Now it’s more common than many people may realize.

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