Preliminary Injunction Issued in Case Against Alexandria Hotel
Low-income tenants of the century-old Alexandria Hotel in downtown Los Angeles, who have suffered from unlawful displacement, as well as shutoffs of heat, water and elevator service, won a preliminary injunction that requires the City of Los Angeles and the Community Redevelopment Agency to provide relocation assistance to the tenants of the hotel, including those individuals who were evicted over the course of the last year. The ruling also requires Alexandria Housing Partners, defendants named in the lawsuit, to provide habitable living conditions for all tenants, and reasonable accommodations to tenants with disabilities. DRLC co-counsels this matter with the Western Center on Law and Poverty, Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles, and McDermott Will & Emery. Read order Click here to read the Los Angeles Times story on this case.