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The fact that a lawyer had to be interviewed to provide a perspective on the difficulties faced by fire victims with mortgage forbearance says it all.
Mortgage law doesn’t help all fire victims
Mortgage law doesn’t help all fire victims
enewspaper.latimes.com
December 15, 2025 at 1:24 PM
The fact that a lawyer had to be interviewed to provide a perspective on the difficulties faced by fire victims with mortgage forbearance says it all.
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💰Over 1.6 million people in Los Angeles are carrying $70.7 billion in student debt—and many are on the brink of default. This week, LAFLA joined local organizations and community members to confront the crisis and explore solutions for families to stay financially stable.
December 13, 2025 at 4:01 PM
💰Over 1.6 million people in Los Angeles are carrying $70.7 billion in student debt—and many are on the brink of default. This week, LAFLA joined local organizations and community members to confront the crisis and explore solutions for families to stay financially stable.
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Bet Tzedek was mentioned in this Pasadena Now article for assisting victims of the wildfires. Read the article here: pasadenanow.com/main/altaden...
Altadena Fire Victims Targeted: DA, Supervisor to Announce Contractor Felony Charges – Pasadena Now
Daily Newsmagazine and City Guide to Pasadena, California featuring local news, breaking news, events, weather, sports news, schools news, shopping, restaurants and more from Pasadena Now
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December 12, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Bet Tzedek was mentioned in this Pasadena Now article for assisting victims of the wildfires. Read the article here: pasadenanow.com/main/altaden...
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As costs for home insurance, maintenance, and property taxes skyrocket, Social Security benefits remain largely stagnant.
Now, older homeowners relying on Social Security, like 77-year-old retired nurse Peggy Locke, are struggling to keep the homes they've lived in for decades.
Now, older homeowners relying on Social Security, like 77-year-old retired nurse Peggy Locke, are struggling to keep the homes they've lived in for decades.
Older adults on fixed incomes are finding homeownership in Colorado financially harder than ever
The average annual cost of owning and maintaining a house in Colorado is $25,766. And that doesn't include the mortgage payment.
coloradosun.com
December 11, 2025 at 9:24 PM
As costs for home insurance, maintenance, and property taxes skyrocket, Social Security benefits remain largely stagnant.
Now, older homeowners relying on Social Security, like 77-year-old retired nurse Peggy Locke, are struggling to keep the homes they've lived in for decades.
Now, older homeowners relying on Social Security, like 77-year-old retired nurse Peggy Locke, are struggling to keep the homes they've lived in for decades.
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Three years after becoming the first in the nation to eliminate Medicaid asset tests, California is reinstating a $130,000 asset limit. Current Medi-Cal enrollees will be required to verify their assets when they renew coverage in 2026.
Here’s what else advocates need to know:
Here’s what else advocates need to know:
Reinstatement of the Medi-Cal Asset Limit: What Advocates Need to Know - Justice in Aging
California is reinstating its Medi-Cal asset limit starting in January 2026. This guide answers FAQs about who will be affected, what assets count, and how to handle "spending down" assets.
justiceinaging.org
December 9, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Three years after becoming the first in the nation to eliminate Medicaid asset tests, California is reinstating a $130,000 asset limit. Current Medi-Cal enrollees will be required to verify their assets when they renew coverage in 2026.
Here’s what else advocates need to know:
Here’s what else advocates need to know:
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TOMORROW: Get the latest on overpayment policies, in-kind support rules, and other important updates that will affect Americans on SSI.
Register for our free webinar👇
Register for our free webinar👇
Webinar: Overpayments, In-Kind Support, and Operational Impacts - How Current SSA Policies Could Affect Your Clients
Register for Justice in Aging's 1-hour webinar on Dec 10, 2025, to learn about policy updates on Social Securityoverpayments, in-kind support, and more.
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December 9, 2025 at 9:05 PM
TOMORROW: Get the latest on overpayment policies, in-kind support rules, and other important updates that will affect Americans on SSI.
Register for our free webinar👇
Register for our free webinar👇
As deadlines loom, fire survivors need stronger mortgage protections.
The recent @laist.com article below sheds light on the challenges homeowners face nearly a year after the Eaton and Palisades fires.
#HousingJustice #DisasterRelief #MortgageForbearance #LegalAid
The recent @laist.com article below sheds light on the challenges homeowners face nearly a year after the Eaton and Palisades fires.
#HousingJustice #DisasterRelief #MortgageForbearance #LegalAid
As deadlines loom, fire survivors call for more mortgage help
A state law extended mortgage forbearance for up to a year, but survivors say there’s far more to do.
bit.ly
December 10, 2025 at 3:40 AM
As deadlines loom, fire survivors need stronger mortgage protections.
The recent @laist.com article below sheds light on the challenges homeowners face nearly a year after the Eaton and Palisades fires.
#HousingJustice #DisasterRelief #MortgageForbearance #LegalAid
The recent @laist.com article below sheds light on the challenges homeowners face nearly a year after the Eaton and Palisades fires.
#HousingJustice #DisasterRelief #MortgageForbearance #LegalAid
The Jewish Federation of LA has launched an updated Jewish Community Resource Guide, a comprehensive tool designed to make vital social services more accessible. From financial assistance to housing and employment resources, the guide ensures people know where to turn in times of need.
December 10, 2025 at 3:09 AM
The Jewish Federation of LA has launched an updated Jewish Community Resource Guide, a comprehensive tool designed to make vital social services more accessible. From financial assistance to housing and employment resources, the guide ensures people know where to turn in times of need.
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Through our work with Stay Housed LA, Bet Tzedek helps vulnerable tenants — and anyone facing discrimination — fight unlawful evictions, understand their rights, and stay safely housed.
No one should be left without a home during the holidays.
Get help: www.stayhousedla.org
No one should be left without a home during the holidays.
Get help: www.stayhousedla.org
December 9, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Through our work with Stay Housed LA, Bet Tzedek helps vulnerable tenants — and anyone facing discrimination — fight unlawful evictions, understand their rights, and stay safely housed.
No one should be left without a home during the holidays.
Get help: www.stayhousedla.org
No one should be left without a home during the holidays.
Get help: www.stayhousedla.org
From LA County Dept. of Economic Opportunity:
Turn your shopping into meaningful community support through the Shop Local LA County Gift Card Program. This program designed is to support local small businesses recovering from the recent Eaton and Palisades wildfires.
Turn your shopping into meaningful community support through the Shop Local LA County Gift Card Program. This program designed is to support local small businesses recovering from the recent Eaton and Palisades wildfires.
SHOP LOCAL LA COUNTY
shoplocal.la
December 9, 2025 at 12:19 PM
From LA County Dept. of Economic Opportunity:
Turn your shopping into meaningful community support through the Shop Local LA County Gift Card Program. This program designed is to support local small businesses recovering from the recent Eaton and Palisades wildfires.
Turn your shopping into meaningful community support through the Shop Local LA County Gift Card Program. This program designed is to support local small businesses recovering from the recent Eaton and Palisades wildfires.
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New Medicaid work requirements, set to take effect at the end of 2026, introduce complex rules and paperwork that could cause millions of eligible Americans to lose their health care.
Our new toolkit offers guidance to help states prevent wrongful Medicaid terminations:
Our new toolkit offers guidance to help states prevent wrongful Medicaid terminations:
Mitigating the Harms of Medicaid Work Requirements for Older Adults: Tools for State Advocates - Justice in Aging
States can help people keep their Medicaid coverage by reducing paperwork and allowing them to self-report health conditions and caregiving responsibilities as exemptions from work requirements.
justiceinaging.org
December 9, 2025 at 1:19 AM
New Medicaid work requirements, set to take effect at the end of 2026, introduce complex rules and paperwork that could cause millions of eligible Americans to lose their health care.
Our new toolkit offers guidance to help states prevent wrongful Medicaid terminations:
Our new toolkit offers guidance to help states prevent wrongful Medicaid terminations:
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🚨Media Alert!🚨 Aimee Williams, Bet Tzedek's Associate Vice President of Housing, was featured in the @laist.com article, "As deadlines loom, fire survivors call for more mortgage help." Read here: laist.com/news/housing...
As deadlines loom, fire survivors call for more mortgage help
A state law extended mortgage forbearance for up to a year, but survivors say there’s far more to do.
laist.com
December 8, 2025 at 11:10 PM
🚨Media Alert!🚨 Aimee Williams, Bet Tzedek's Associate Vice President of Housing, was featured in the @laist.com article, "As deadlines loom, fire survivors call for more mortgage help." Read here: laist.com/news/housing...
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These cuts would include closing transitional housing programs, slashing community outreach staff, reducing legal and employment services, and closing Safe Parking sites for people living in their vehicles, among other measures.
Take action now! Contact: bos.lacounty.gov/executive-of...
Take action now! Contact: bos.lacounty.gov/executive-of...
December 8, 2025 at 11:11 PM
These cuts would include closing transitional housing programs, slashing community outreach staff, reducing legal and employment services, and closing Safe Parking sites for people living in their vehicles, among other measures.
Take action now! Contact: bos.lacounty.gov/executive-of...
Take action now! Contact: bos.lacounty.gov/executive-of...
Some new @uclalppi.bsky.social data helps shed light on an important truth: the U.S. economy runs because of immigrant labor, not in spite of it.
From the LPPI analysis:
👉 Red and blue states alike depend on Latino immigrant workers—with California and Florida each at ~16% of their labor force.
From the LPPI analysis:
👉 Red and blue states alike depend on Latino immigrant workers—with California and Florida each at ~16% of their labor force.
What the United States Economy Stands to Lose: Latino Immigrant Labor in the Crosshairs
This brief highlights the essential role Latino immigrant workers play in sustaining state economies and shows the economic risks states face if this workforce is reduced.
bit.ly
December 5, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Some new @uclalppi.bsky.social data helps shed light on an important truth: the U.S. economy runs because of immigrant labor, not in spite of it.
From the LPPI analysis:
👉 Red and blue states alike depend on Latino immigrant workers—with California and Florida each at ~16% of their labor force.
From the LPPI analysis:
👉 Red and blue states alike depend on Latino immigrant workers—with California and Florida each at ~16% of their labor force.
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The emotional and financial burdens of caregiving for aging Americans are increasingly falling on untrained family members.
"In our fractured society, it is as close to a universal concern as you can find."
"In our fractured society, it is as close to a universal concern as you can find."
Opinion | The People Holding Everyone Together Are Coming Apart
www.nytimes.com
December 2, 2025 at 11:29 PM
The emotional and financial burdens of caregiving for aging Americans are increasingly falling on untrained family members.
"In our fractured society, it is as close to a universal concern as you can find."
"In our fractured society, it is as close to a universal concern as you can find."
The @naehomelessness.bsky.social + partners filed a case challenging harmful changes to HUD’s Continuum of Care Program—changes that could push 170,000 individuals and families into homelessness. These changes undermine decades of progress and threaten housing programs at the peak of winter.
Local Governments and Nonprofit Groups Challenge Unlawful New Trump-Vance Administration Restrictions That Threaten Proven Solutions to Homelessness
A broad coalition of local governments and nonprofit organizations is taking legal action to stop the Trump-Vance administration from creating unlawful and unreasonable restrictions that seek to shift...
endhomelessness.org
December 2, 2025 at 1:16 PM
The @naehomelessness.bsky.social + partners filed a case challenging harmful changes to HUD’s Continuum of Care Program—changes that could push 170,000 individuals and families into homelessness. These changes undermine decades of progress and threaten housing programs at the peak of winter.
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Last year, our Small Business Team guided 1,450 business owners and worked with local municipalities to pass ordinances protecting multigenerational small businesses from gentrification.
This Small Business Saturday, shop local and support your community!
This Small Business Saturday, shop local and support your community!
November 30, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Last year, our Small Business Team guided 1,450 business owners and worked with local municipalities to pass ordinances protecting multigenerational small businesses from gentrification.
This Small Business Saturday, shop local and support your community!
This Small Business Saturday, shop local and support your community!
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This #GivingTuesday, help pay the immigration filing fees for children seeking safety in the U.S. We want to help as many children as possible, and with fees of up to $2,000 per case, it’s a large but achievable goal. With your gift, we can get there: bettzedek.org/donate-social
December 1, 2025 at 6:43 PM
This #GivingTuesday, help pay the immigration filing fees for children seeking safety in the U.S. We want to help as many children as possible, and with fees of up to $2,000 per case, it’s a large but achievable goal. With your gift, we can get there: bettzedek.org/donate-social
The Ways and Means bill requiring the IRS to show its math when making changes to tax returns was signed into law —a big step toward protecting taxpayer rights and ensuring accountability.
President Trump Signs Ways and Means Bill Protecting Taxpayer Rights, Requiring IRS to Show its Math When Changing Returns - Ways and Means
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Taxpayers with an alleged math error on their tax returns will now get fairer treatment by the Internal...
waysandmeans.house.gov
December 1, 2025 at 5:52 PM
The Ways and Means bill requiring the IRS to show its math when making changes to tax returns was signed into law —a big step toward protecting taxpayer rights and ensuring accountability.
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LAEDC Economic Impact Fund: A fires recovery grant for small businesses and community-based organizations impacted by the January 2025 Palisades and Eaton wildfires.
Registration and More Information: laedc.org/economic-imp...
Registration and More Information: laedc.org/economic-imp...
November 20, 2025 at 11:26 PM
LAEDC Economic Impact Fund: A fires recovery grant for small businesses and community-based organizations impacted by the January 2025 Palisades and Eaton wildfires.
Registration and More Information: laedc.org/economic-imp...
Registration and More Information: laedc.org/economic-imp...
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Tuesday, December 2nd, from 10 to 11 a.m. Legacy Business Toolkit Webinar Series: Legal Resources for Small Businesses with Bet Tzedek staff Nadia Segura Narvaez and Ramya Sinha.
Sign up and get more info here: bit.ly/lalegacytool...
Sign up and get more info here: bit.ly/lalegacytool...
November 21, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Tuesday, December 2nd, from 10 to 11 a.m. Legacy Business Toolkit Webinar Series: Legal Resources for Small Businesses with Bet Tzedek staff Nadia Segura Narvaez and Ramya Sinha.
Sign up and get more info here: bit.ly/lalegacytool...
Sign up and get more info here: bit.ly/lalegacytool...
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The Administration is putting another hurdle — high court fees — in front of undocumented, at-risk children moving forward in their citizenship cases. Give them a fighting chance before it’s too late; donate a gift to cover a child’s court fees: bettzedek.org/donate-social
November 26, 2025 at 11:28 PM
The Administration is putting another hurdle — high court fees — in front of undocumented, at-risk children moving forward in their citizenship cases. Give them a fighting chance before it’s too late; donate a gift to cover a child’s court fees: bettzedek.org/donate-social
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Si solicitó ayuda de FEMA y no está de acuerdo con su decisión, tiene derecho a apelar, ¡y podemos ayudarle! Participe en nuestra próximo taller para apelar decisiones de FEMA para obtener instrucciones paso a paso sobre el proceso.
🗓️ Jueves 4 de diciembre | 3:00 – 4:30 PM
📌 www.lafla.org/fires
🗓️ Jueves 4 de diciembre | 3:00 – 4:30 PM
📌 www.lafla.org/fires
November 28, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Si solicitó ayuda de FEMA y no está de acuerdo con su decisión, tiene derecho a apelar, ¡y podemos ayudarle! Participe en nuestra próximo taller para apelar decisiones de FEMA para obtener instrucciones paso a paso sobre el proceso.
🗓️ Jueves 4 de diciembre | 3:00 – 4:30 PM
📌 www.lafla.org/fires
🗓️ Jueves 4 de diciembre | 3:00 – 4:30 PM
📌 www.lafla.org/fires
@bettzedeklegal.bsky.social is proud to support the @wehocity.bsky.social community! Be sure to visit and get the resources you need.
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WeHo Shows Up: Community Open House and Volunteer Fair Returns to Plummer Park - WEHOonline.com
West Hollywood will host its annual Community Provider Open House and Volunteer Fair on November 13 at Plummer Park, connecting residents with local health, housing, and social service programs — and ...
wehoonline.com
November 5, 2025 at 5:47 PM
@bettzedeklegal.bsky.social is proud to support the @wehocity.bsky.social community! Be sure to visit and get the resources you need.
wehoonline.com/146219-2/
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Open enrollment season is here.
Be sure to ask your low-income patients or clients whether they are paying a Part D premium. If they are or don’t know, urge them to review their options with a SHIP counselor.
Be sure to ask your low-income patients or clients whether they are paying a Part D premium. If they are or don’t know, urge them to review their options with a SHIP counselor.
Open Enrollment for 2026 Coverage through Medicare & the Marketplace—Basics for Advocates - Justice in Aging
Learn about the Medicare and Marketplace Open Enrollment Periods (OEPs) for the 2026 plan year and get tips for choosing affordable coverage options for older adults.
justiceinaging.org
October 27, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Open enrollment season is here.
Be sure to ask your low-income patients or clients whether they are paying a Part D premium. If they are or don’t know, urge them to review their options with a SHIP counselor.
Be sure to ask your low-income patients or clients whether they are paying a Part D premium. If they are or don’t know, urge them to review their options with a SHIP counselor.