For more than 45 years, MHAS has helped low-income adults and children fight housing discrimination, obtain access to the rights and benefits to which they are legally entitled, and remove other legal barriers that impact their overall health and wellbeing.
Mental Health Advocacy Services
Area of law
Details
Qulification (if any)
Employment
Barriers to reentry (expungement, employment, housing, and criminal justice debt)
Formerly incarcerated individuals that reside in South LA and are experiencing mental health challenges
Consumer law and credit reparation
Debt collection, credit reporting errors, negative consumer reporting, financial disputes with landlords, businesses, and public agencies
Low-income clients with mental health disabilities
Housing
Housing discrimination, Eviction defense, rental disputes, Eviction defense, rental disputes, Housing issues
Individuals with mental health disabilities, Low-income tenants with mental health disabilities at risk of homelessness, Clients with mental health disabilities. Through Stay Housed LA (visit their website for details)
Government benefits
Supplemental Security Income (SSI) and other Social Security benefits
Individuals with mental health disabilities
Medical-legal partnership
Maternal care (health, housing, income, and family stability), Transition age youth (housing, traffic and parking tickets, public benefits, expungement, and more), Whole person care (housing, public benefits, discrimination, and more)
Low-income mothers with mental health disabilities during and after pregnancy, Transition age youth with mental health disabilities
WHO DO THEY HELP
Adults and children with mental health disabilities
Contact
213-389-2077
Website link
Application link
Address
3255 Wilshire Blvd #902, Los Angeles, CA 90010