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Clinics consist of a 30 minute presentation detailing current trends in the housing market followed by one-on-one counseling. During the counseling sessions counselors will help to identify the next steps that need to be taken to save your home. Any questions can be emailed to Angelica Rubio, Director of Community Wealth, arubio@elacc.org
Foreclosure Prevention Clinics are held every Wednesday from 2-5pm. Please call 323.692.2646 to register. Registration is essential since clinics are limited to 15 families.
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East LA Community Corporation (ELACC) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit community development corporation based in East Los Angeles . Since 1996 ELACC has been dedicated to harnessing housing and other community development resources for the benefit of low-income residents of Boyle Heights and Unincorporated East Los Angeles .
To advocate for economic and social justice in Boyle Heights and Unincorporated East Los Angeles by building, affordable housing, grassroots leadership, self-sufficiency and access to economic development opportunities for low and moderate income families. To strengthen existing community infrastructure in underserved communities by developing and preserving neighborhood assets.
The Story of Lidia Hernandez
Lidia Hernandez remembers when she arrived in Boyle Heights thirty years ago. The neighborhood seemed nice to her "a little piece of Mexico." She raised her three children in here, supporting them with the wages she earned cutting hair in her living room, a job she does to this day. She loves her job not only because it gives her a creative outlet, but because she is privy to all the neighborhood gossip and this allows her to help people. For example, if somebody needs a mechanic, she will recommend a trustworthy one, or if Lidia finds out about a job opening, she shares this information with her friends and neighbors.
This job also gave her the flexibility to baby-sit her grandkids and give them and all of the neighborhood kids rides to school and soccer practice.
A few years ago Lidia noticed that her neighbors started moving away, pushed out by land speculation that drove up the cost of rent. She was saddened by the loss of old friends and customers, but she was devastated the day her own daughter told her she was moving to Texas in order to afford her own apartment.
Now, the grandchildren that Lidia used to baby-sit everyday, visit her only once a year. She is so heartbroken even driving the neighborhood kids around made her unbearably sad for her grand kids so she stopped, even though other mothers had come to rely on her.
ELACC actively supports the current Boyle Heights residents as they work to preserve the neighborhood as an affordable haven for low-income residents while also working for a healthier living environment and access to services like affordable housing, healthy food, and living-wage jobs.
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