CCED Platform to Stop Displacement and
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Rent is Too Damn High! |
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- Repeal Costa Hawkins for all of California to expand rent control on buildings built after 1995, condominiums, and single family dwellings. Without its repeal, we cannot extend rent control to new tenants in the municipalities.
- Rent Control for all housing in Los Angeles! We want much stronger rent control policies that prevent further rent increases, and can encompass all buildings.
- Redefine the formula for affordable housing based on the area’s income, not the Median Area Income for Los Angeles City (of $62,400 per household). Affordable Housing rent costs based on the Median Area Income of LA are not affordable for Chinatown, which has a median income of $19,000. We want affordable housing to be affordable for Chinatown’s residents.
We Will Not Be Moved! |
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- Instead of fighting for crumbs, we will organize and support each other to fight for our rights and stay in our homes!
- Stop all evictions, especially of low-income and senior residents!
- No more Cash for Keys and harassment practices from landlords. Cash for Keys refers to landlords offering money to tenants as an incentive for tenants to vacate the building. Harassment from landlords can include threats, pressuring tenants to sign documents against their will, and verbal abuse. Both are illegal by law. Tenants deserve to be treated with respect, and live without harassment or retaliation from landlord.
- Repeal the Ellis Act, which makes eviction legal for landlords who convert housing to businesses!
Everyone Deserves a Healthy and Habitable Home!
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- Landlords must be held accountable to provide habitable homes for their tenants. According to the law, the landlord must pay for fumigation, pest control, pipe repair, and more. Landlords must also relocate the tenants to quality homes during renovation or upgrading of units.
- We want more multilingual inspectors and an accessible Los Angeles Housing Department to serve the diverse needs of our community!
Extend and Expand Senior Housing |
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- Senior housing and affordable housing must be protected from further privatization. Affordable housing covenants require new developments to make a small number of apartments “affordable.” Chinatown has 1071 units in 20 developments protected by covenants, but 8 covenants will expire in 2018. Their covenant status should all be extended.
- Hire multilingual staff at senior housing, especially Cantonese, Vietnamese, Khmer, Spanish, Mandarin and more. Landlords and their management must communicate effectively and respectfully with all tenants regardless of status, ability or country of origin.
We demand 100% Truly Affordable Quality Housing! |
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- No to Elysian Park Loft, College Station and all other market-rate developments! No new developments that lead to higher rent, and displace low-income community.
- All developments must be 100% truly affordable and in good quality. They must serve and benefit low-income residents and families without contributing to our community’s displacement.
- Long-time low-income non-English speaking residents and multi-generational families must get priority to live in truly affordable quality housing in Chinatown.
- No Airbnb, short-term residencies, and high-end hotels. We need long-term sustainable housing options for low-income residents, families, and seniors.
We don’t need gentrification, we need real accessible community resources!
- No more gentrifying businesses, including galleries, cafes and restaurants that have been culturally and financially inaccessible to the low-income immigrant communities of Chinatown.
- Business Improvement District, their security guards and the police must stop all policing and racial profiling in Chinatown. Stop harassing our homeless neighbors, low-income vendors, artists, and musicians immediately.
- Street vendors should be allowed to sell anywhere in Chinatown. Street festivals that require payment from low-income vendors is exclusionary.
- We need good hospitals, public schools, public parks and small businesses like affordable, culturally relevant markets and laundromats that serve, hire, support and sustain non-English speaking low-income immigrant families.
Nothing About Us Without Us! |
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- 94% of Chinatown residents are renters while 94% of immigrants in Chinatown speak a language other than English. We have the right to participate in all community planning and be heard! Planning processes that are inaccessible to low-income non-English speaking residents is discriminatory in effect.
- We demand transparency, accountability, and accessibility in all planning processes within our community.
