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Learn all about "Habitability" requirements for landlords in our new series of informational flyers.<br></br><a href="#learn"><b>Look Under "For Tenants" Here →</b></a></h4></div></div></div></div></div></div> </div> </div> </section> <section data-test="page-section" data-section-theme="" class='page-section layout-engine-section background-width--full-bleed section-height--medium content-width--medium horizontal-alignment--center vertical-alignment--middle ' data-section-id="617c055f0b5e8148cf265b35" data-controller="SectionWrapperController" data-current-styles="{ "imageOverlayOpacity": 0.15, "backgroundWidth": "background-width--full-bleed", "sectionHeight": "section-height--medium", "customSectionHeight": 10, "horizontalAlignment": "horizontal-alignment--center", "verticalAlignment": "vertical-alignment--middle", "contentWidth": "content-width--medium", "customContentWidth": 50, "sectionTheme": "", "sectionAnimation": "none", "backgroundMode": "image" }" data-current-context="{ "video": { "playbackSpeed": 0.5, "filter": 1, "filterStrength": 0, "zoom": 0, "videoSourceProvider": "none" }, "backgroundImageId": null, "backgroundMediaEffect": null, "divider": null, "typeName": "page" }" data-animation="none" > <div class="section-border" > <div class="section-background"> </div> </div> <div class='content-wrapper' style=' ' > <div class="content" > <div class="sqs-layout sqs-grid-12 columns-12" data-type="page-section" id="page-section-617c055f0b5e8148cf265b35"><div class="row sqs-row"><div class="col sqs-col-12 span-12"><div class="sqs-block html-block sqs-block-html" data-block-type="2" data-border-radii="{"topLeft":{"unit":"px","value":0.0},"topRight":{"unit":"px","value":0.0},"bottomLeft":{"unit":"px","value":0.0},"bottomRight":{"unit":"px","value":0.0}}" id="block-a1492e024ed8abadba38"><div class="sqs-block-content"> <div class="sqs-html-content"> <h3 style="text-align:center;white-space:pre-wrap;">Housing & Economic Rights Advocates (HERA)</h3><p style="text-align:center;white-space:pre-wrap;" class="sqsrte-large">HERA is a California statewide, not-for-profit legal service and advocacy organization dedicated to helping Californians — particularly those most vulnerable — build a safe, sound financial future, free of discrimination and economic abuses, in all aspects of household financial concerns. We provide free legal services, consumer workshops, training for professionals and community organizing support, create innovative solutions and engage in policy work locally, statewide and nationally.</p> </div> </div></div><div class="sqs-block button-block sqs-block-button" data-block-type="53" id="block-yui_3_17_2_1_1635521671651_3000"><div class="sqs-block-content"> <div class="sqs-block-button-container sqs-block-button-container--center" data-animation-role="button" data-alignment="center" data-button-size="large" data-button-type="secondary" > <a href="#ourwork" class="sqs-block-button-element--large sqs-button-element--secondary sqs-block-button-element" > How We Help </a> </div> </div></div></div></div></div> </div> </div> </section> <section data-test="page-section" data-section-theme="black" class='page-section layout-engine-section background-width--full-bleed horizontal-alignment--center vertical-alignment--middle has-background black' data-section-id="617c055f0b5e8148cf265b37" data-controller="SectionWrapperController" data-current-styles="{ "backgroundImage": { "id": "617cbb48a9cb2d351f82cd0e", "recordType": 2, "addedOn": 1635564360403, "updatedOn": 1635564455572, "workflowState": 1, "publishOn": 1635564360403, "authorId": "5b3502eba5fcac6c8eb247c8", "systemDataId": "1635564360718-19ZQ5YKTCMS4LPWL33ZA", "systemDataVariants": "1920x1280,100w,300w,500w,750w,1000w,1500w", "systemDataSourceType": "JPG", "filename": "SS7_01.jpg", "mediaFocalPoint": { "x": 0.5, "y": 0.5, "source": 3 }, "colorData": { "topLeftAverage": "f2f3f6", "topRightAverage": "eee9ec", "bottomLeftAverage": "4c3c34", "bottomRightAverage": "96766f", "centerAverage": "eeeff1", "suggestedBgColor": "a19189" }, "urlId": "nmufmf26nh42yrbsk5twik8l9ico56", "title": "", "body": null, "likeCount": 0, "commentCount": 0, "publicCommentCount": 0, "commentState": 2, "unsaved": false, "author": { "id": "5b3502eba5fcac6c8eb247c8", "displayName": "Josh Lewis", "firstName": "Josh", "lastName": "Lewis" }, "assetUrl": "https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/1635564360718-19ZQ5YKTCMS4LPWL33ZA/SS7_01.jpg", "contentType": "image/jpeg", "items": [ ], "pushedServices": { }, "pendingPushedServices": { }, "originalSize": "1920x1280", "recordTypeLabel": "image" }, "imageOverlayOpacity": 0.0, "backgroundWidth": "background-width--full-bleed", "sectionHeight": "section-height--custom", "customSectionHeight": 75, "horizontalAlignment": "horizontal-alignment--center", "verticalAlignment": "vertical-alignment--middle", "contentWidth": "content-width--custom", "customContentWidth": 100, "sectionTheme": "black", "sectionAnimation": "none", "backgroundMode": "image" }" data-current-context="{ "video": { "playbackSpeed": 0.5, "filter": 1, "filterStrength": 0, "zoom": 0, "videoSourceProvider": "none" }, "backgroundImageId": null, "backgroundMediaEffect": null, "divider": null, "typeName": "page" }" data-animation="none" style="min-height: 75vh;" > <div class="section-border" > <div class="section-background"> <img alt="" data-src="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/1635564360718-19ZQ5YKTCMS4LPWL33ZA/SS7_01.jpg" data-image="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/1635564360718-19ZQ5YKTCMS4LPWL33ZA/SS7_01.jpg" data-image-dimensions="1920x1280" data-image-focal-point="0.5,0.5" alt="SS7_01.jpg" data-load="false" elementtiming="nbf-background" src="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/1635564360718-19ZQ5YKTCMS4LPWL33ZA/SS7_01.jpg" width="1920" height="1280" alt="" sizes="(max-width: 799px) 200vw, 100vw" style="display:block;object-position: 50% 50%" srcset="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/1635564360718-19ZQ5YKTCMS4LPWL33ZA/SS7_01.jpg?format=100w 100w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/1635564360718-19ZQ5YKTCMS4LPWL33ZA/SS7_01.jpg?format=300w 300w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/1635564360718-19ZQ5YKTCMS4LPWL33ZA/SS7_01.jpg?format=500w 500w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/1635564360718-19ZQ5YKTCMS4LPWL33ZA/SS7_01.jpg?format=750w 750w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/1635564360718-19ZQ5YKTCMS4LPWL33ZA/SS7_01.jpg?format=1000w 1000w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/1635564360718-19ZQ5YKTCMS4LPWL33ZA/SS7_01.jpg?format=1500w 1500w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/1635564360718-19ZQ5YKTCMS4LPWL33ZA/SS7_01.jpg?format=2500w 2500w" fetchpriority="low" loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-loader="sqs"> <div class="section-background-overlay" style="opacity: 0;"></div> </div> </div> <div class='content-wrapper' style=' padding-top: calc(75vmax / 10); padding-bottom: calc(75vmax / 10); ' > <div class="content" style="width: 100%;" > <div class="sqs-layout sqs-grid-12 columns-12 empty" data-type="page-section" data-updated-on="1732925979331" id="page-section-617c055f0b5e8148cf265b37"></div> </div> </div> </section> <section data-test="page-section" data-section-theme="dark-bold" class='page-section full-bleed-section layout-engine-section background-width--full-bleed section-height--medium content-width--wide horizontal-alignment--center vertical-alignment--middle dark-bold' data-section-id="63e3ef0893b3ba3acd239620" data-controller="SectionWrapperController" data-current-styles="{ "imageOverlayOpacity": 0.15, "backgroundWidth": "background-width--full-bleed", "sectionHeight": "section-height--medium", "customSectionHeight": 1, "horizontalAlignment": "horizontal-alignment--center", "verticalAlignment": "vertical-alignment--middle", "contentWidth": "content-width--wide", "customContentWidth": 50, "sectionTheme": "dark-bold", "sectionAnimation": "none", "backgroundMode": "image" }" data-current-context="{ "video": { "playbackSpeed": 0.5, "filter": 2, "filterStrength": 0, "zoom": 0, "videoSourceProvider": "none" }, "backgroundImageId": null, "backgroundMediaEffect": { "type": "none" }, "divider": null, "typeName": "page" }" data-animation="none" data-fluid-engine-section > <div class="section-border" > <div class="section-background"> </div> </div> <div class='content-wrapper' style=' ' > <div class="content" > <div data-fluid-engine="true"><style> .fe-63e3ef0893b3ba3acd23961f { --grid-gutter: calc(var(--sqs-mobile-site-gutter, 6vw) - 11.0px); --cell-max-width: calc( ( var(--sqs-site-max-width, 1500px) - (11.0px * (8 - 1)) ) / 8 ); display: grid; position: relative; grid-area: 1/1/-1/-1; grid-template-rows: repeat(23,minmax(24px, auto)); grid-template-columns: minmax(var(--grid-gutter), 1fr) repeat(8, minmax(0, var(--cell-max-width))) minmax(var(--grid-gutter), 1fr); row-gap: 11.0px; column-gap: 11.0px; } @media (min-width: 768px) { .background-width--inset .fe-63e3ef0893b3ba3acd23961f { --inset-padding: calc(var(--sqs-site-gutter) * 2); } .fe-63e3ef0893b3ba3acd23961f { --grid-gutter: calc(var(--sqs-site-gutter, 4vw) - 11.0px); --cell-max-width: calc( ( var(--sqs-site-max-width, 1500px) - (11.0px * (24 - 1)) ) / 24 ); --inset-padding: 0vw; --row-height-scaling-factor: 0.0215; --container-width: min(var(--sqs-site-max-width, 1500px), calc(100vw - var(--sqs-site-gutter, 4vw) * 2 - var(--inset-padding) )); grid-template-rows: repeat(24,minmax(calc(var(--container-width) * var(--row-height-scaling-factor)), auto)); grid-template-columns: minmax(var(--grid-gutter), 1fr) repeat(24, minmax(0, var(--cell-max-width))) minmax(var(--grid-gutter), 1fr); } } .fe-block-yui_3_17_2_1_1675882202599_13887 { grid-area: 2/2/4/10; z-index: 2; @media (max-width: 767px) { } } .fe-block-yui_3_17_2_1_1675882202599_13887 .sqs-block { justify-content: flex-start; } .fe-block-yui_3_17_2_1_1675882202599_13887 .sqs-block-alignment-wrapper { align-items: flex-start; } @media (min-width: 768px) { .fe-block-yui_3_17_2_1_1675882202599_13887 { grid-area: 1/5/4/22; z-index: 2; } .fe-block-yui_3_17_2_1_1675882202599_13887 .sqs-block { justify-content: flex-start; } .fe-block-yui_3_17_2_1_1675882202599_13887 .sqs-block-alignment-wrapper { align-items: flex-start; } } .fe-block-6091ff5d3eb83c43708f { grid-area: 4/2/11/10; z-index: 0; @media (max-width: 767px) { } } .fe-block-6091ff5d3eb83c43708f .sqs-block { justify-content: center; } .fe-block-6091ff5d3eb83c43708f .sqs-block-alignment-wrapper { align-items: center; } @media (min-width: 768px) { .fe-block-6091ff5d3eb83c43708f { grid-area: 6/4/23/14; z-index: 0; } .fe-block-6091ff5d3eb83c43708f .sqs-block { justify-content: center; } .fe-block-6091ff5d3eb83c43708f .sqs-block-alignment-wrapper { align-items: center; } } .fe-block-67ac5c0f55747d17a7af { grid-area: 11/2/24/10; z-index: 1; @media (max-width: 767px) { } } .fe-block-67ac5c0f55747d17a7af .sqs-block { justify-content: flex-start; } .fe-block-67ac5c0f55747d17a7af .sqs-block-alignment-wrapper { align-items: flex-start; } @media (min-width: 768px) { .fe-block-67ac5c0f55747d17a7af { grid-area: 6/15/25/23; z-index: 1; } .fe-block-67ac5c0f55747d17a7af .sqs-block { justify-content: flex-start; } .fe-block-67ac5c0f55747d17a7af .sqs-block-alignment-wrapper { align-items: flex-start; } } </style><div class="fluid-engine fe-63e3ef0893b3ba3acd23961f"><div class="fe-block fe-block-yui_3_17_2_1_1675882202599_13887"><div class="sqs-block html-block sqs-block-html" data-blend-mode="NORMAL" data-block-type="2" data-border-radii="{"topLeft":{"unit":"px","value":0.0},"topRight":{"unit":"px","value":0.0},"bottomLeft":{"unit":"px","value":0.0},"bottomRight":{"unit":"px","value":0.0}}" id="block-yui_3_17_2_1_1675882202599_13887"><div class="sqs-block-content"> <div class="sqs-html-content"> <h1 style="text-align:center;white-space:pre-wrap;">Who We Are</h1> </div> </div></div></div><div class="fe-block fe-block-6091ff5d3eb83c43708f"><div class="sqs-block image-block sqs-block-image sqs-stretched" data-aspect-ratio="64.72924579489961" data-block-type="5" id="block-6091ff5d3eb83c43708f"><div class="sqs-block-content"> <div class=" image-block-outer-wrapper layout-caption-below design-layout-fluid image-position-left combination-animation-none individual-animation-none " data-test="image-block-fluid-outer-wrapper" > <div class="fluid-image-animation-wrapper sqs-image sqs-block-alignment-wrapper" data-animation-role="image" > <div class="fluid-image-container sqs-image-content" style="overflow: hidden;-webkit-mask-image: -webkit-radial-gradient(white, black);position: relative;width: 100%;height: 100%;" > <div class="content-fill"> <img data-stretch="true" data-src="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/fc2956b3-4bc3-4353-beae-7b0fca06eacd/Updated+Website+Image.png" data-image="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/fc2956b3-4bc3-4353-beae-7b0fca06eacd/Updated+Website+Image.png" data-image-dimensions="1545x2000" data-image-focal-point="0.5,0.5" alt="" data-load="false" elementtiming="system-image-block" src="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/fc2956b3-4bc3-4353-beae-7b0fca06eacd/Updated+Website+Image.png" width="1545" height="2000" alt="" sizes="100vw" style="display:block;object-fit: cover; object-position: 50% 50%" srcset="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/fc2956b3-4bc3-4353-beae-7b0fca06eacd/Updated+Website+Image.png?format=100w 100w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/fc2956b3-4bc3-4353-beae-7b0fca06eacd/Updated+Website+Image.png?format=300w 300w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/fc2956b3-4bc3-4353-beae-7b0fca06eacd/Updated+Website+Image.png?format=500w 500w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/fc2956b3-4bc3-4353-beae-7b0fca06eacd/Updated+Website+Image.png?format=750w 750w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/fc2956b3-4bc3-4353-beae-7b0fca06eacd/Updated+Website+Image.png?format=1000w 1000w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/fc2956b3-4bc3-4353-beae-7b0fca06eacd/Updated+Website+Image.png?format=1500w 1500w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/fc2956b3-4bc3-4353-beae-7b0fca06eacd/Updated+Website+Image.png?format=2500w 2500w" loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-loader="sqs"> <div class="fluidImageOverlay"></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <style> .sqs-block-image .sqs-block-content { height: 100%; width: 100%; } .fe-block-6091ff5d3eb83c43708f .fluidImageOverlay { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; mix-blend-mode: normal; opacity: 0; } </style> </div></div></div><div class="fe-block fe-block-67ac5c0f55747d17a7af"><div class="sqs-block html-block sqs-block-html" data-blend-mode="NORMAL" data-block-type="2" data-border-radii="{"topLeft":{"unit":"px","value":0.0},"topRight":{"unit":"px","value":0.0},"bottomLeft":{"unit":"px","value":0.0},"bottomRight":{"unit":"px","value":0.0}}" id="block-67ac5c0f55747d17a7af"><div class="sqs-block-content"> <div class="sqs-html-content"> <p class="sqsrte-small" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><span class="sqsrte-text-color--black">Housing and Economic Rights Advocates (HERA) is a California statewide, not‐for‐profit legal services organization based in Oakland, California. HERA provides free legal services to low and moderate income residents to help tenants, homeowners and homeless residents.</span></p><ul data-rte-list="default"><li><p class="sqsrte-small" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><a href="https://crane-bullfrog-pmty.squarespace.com/s/HERA-Brochure_English.pdf" target="_blank"><strong>Click for brochure</strong></a></p></li><li><p class="sqsrte-small" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><a href="https://crane-bullfrog-pmty.squarespace.com/s/HERA-Brochure_Spanish.pdf" target="_blank"><strong>Haga clic para folleto</strong></a></p></li><li><p class="sqsrte-small" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><a href="https://crane-bullfrog-pmty.squarespace.com/s/HERA-Brochure_Chinese.pdf" target="_blank"><strong>点击获取小册子</strong></a></p></li><li><p class="sqsrte-small" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><a href="https://crane-bullfrog-pmty.squarespace.com/s/HERA-Brochure_Tagalog.pdf" target="_blank"><strong>i-click para sa brochure</strong></a></p></li><li><p class="sqsrte-small" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><a href="https://crane-bullfrog-pmty.squarespace.com/s/HERA-Brochure_Punjabi.pdf" target="_blank"><strong>ਬਰੋਸ਼ਰ ਲਈ ਕਲਿੱਕ ਕਰੋ</strong></a></p></li><li><p class="sqsrte-small" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><span class="sqsrte-text-color--black">About HERA Flyer (Eng)</span><strong><br></strong><a href="https://crane-bullfrog-pmty.squarespace.com/s/HERA-Flyer_Final_English.pdf" target="_blank"><strong>Click here to download</strong></a></p></li></ul> </div> </div></div></div></div></div> </div> </div> </section> <section data-test="page-section" data-section-theme="" class='page-section layout-engine-section background-width--full-bleed section-height--medium content-width--medium horizontal-alignment--center vertical-alignment--middle ' data-section-id="61a5498983929d5bc5039685" data-controller="SectionWrapperController" data-current-styles="{ "imageOverlayOpacity": 0.15, "backgroundWidth": "background-width--full-bleed", "sectionHeight": "section-height--medium", "horizontalAlignment": "horizontal-alignment--center", "verticalAlignment": "vertical-alignment--middle", "contentWidth": "content-width--medium", "sectionTheme": "", "sectionAnimation": "none", "backgroundMode": "image" }" data-current-context="{ "video": { "playbackSpeed": 0.5, "filter": 1, "filterStrength": 0, "zoom": 0, "videoSourceProvider": "none" }, "backgroundImageId": null, "backgroundMediaEffect": null, "divider": null, "typeName": "page" }" data-animation="none" > <div class="section-border" > <div class="section-background"> </div> </div> <div class='content-wrapper' style=' ' > <div class="content" > <div class="sqs-layout sqs-grid-12 columns-12" data-type="page-section" id="page-section-61a5498983929d5bc5039685"><div class="row sqs-row"><div class="col sqs-col-12 span-12"><div class="sqs-block code-block sqs-block-code" data-block-type="23" id="block-yui_3_17_2_1_1638287526043_5132"><div class="sqs-block-content"><a name="ourwork"></a></div></div><div class="sqs-block html-block sqs-block-html" data-block-type="2" data-border-radii="{"topLeft":{"unit":"px","value":0.0},"topRight":{"unit":"px","value":0.0},"bottomLeft":{"unit":"px","value":0.0},"bottomRight":{"unit":"px","value":0.0}}" id="block-523b201017440c7bfaca"><div class="sqs-block-content"> <div class="sqs-html-content"> <h2 style="text-align:center;white-space:pre-wrap;">Our Work</h2> </div> </div></div><div class="sqs-block horizontalrule-block sqs-block-horizontalrule" data-block-type="47" id="block-yui_3_17_2_1_1638222153452_14564"><div class="sqs-block-content"><hr /></div></div><div class="row sqs-row"><div class="col sqs-col-6 span-6"><div class="sqs-block html-block sqs-block-html" data-block-type="2" data-border-radii="{"topLeft":{"unit":"px","value":0.0},"topRight":{"unit":"px","value":0.0},"bottomLeft":{"unit":"px","value":0.0},"bottomRight":{"unit":"px","value":0.0}}" id="block-yui_3_17_2_1_1638222153452_14622"><div class="sqs-block-content"> <div class="sqs-html-content"> <ul data-rte-list="default"><li><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><strong>We promote</strong> affordable and fair credit access, asset building and preservation.</p></li><li><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><strong>We fight</strong> abusive mortgage servicing, problems with homeowner associations, foreclosure, escrow and other homeowner problems.</p></li><li><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><strong>We fight</strong> predatory lending of all kinds.</p></li><li><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><strong>We fight</strong> discrimination in financial services and consumer transactions.</p></li></ul> </div> </div></div></div><div class="col sqs-col-6 span-6"><div class="sqs-block html-block sqs-block-html" data-block-type="2" data-border-radii="{"topLeft":{"unit":"px","value":0.0},"topRight":{"unit":"px","value":0.0},"bottomLeft":{"unit":"px","value":0.0},"bottomRight":{"unit":"px","value":0.0}}" id="block-yui_3_17_2_1_1638222153452_15152"><div class="sqs-block-content"> <div class="sqs-html-content"> <ul data-rte-list="default"><li><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><strong>We provide</strong> financial counseling to individuals and community education workshops.</p></li></ul><ul data-rte-list="default"><li><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><strong>We train</strong> service providers and other professionals.</p></li></ul><ul data-rte-list="default"><li><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><strong>We translate</strong> our clients' experiences and needs into policy work.</p></li><li><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><strong>We collaborate</strong> with many different partners across the state and country.</p></li><li><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><strong>We create</strong> positive solutions for vulnerable residents.</p></li></ul> </div> </div></div><div class="sqs-block code-block sqs-block-code" data-block-type="23" 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width: 100%; " > <div class="list-item-media-inner" data-aspect-ratio="4:3" data-animation-role="image" > <img alt="" data-src="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/1638221940272-AQ2AXMOV7HUC9T6O9GSM/1.jpg" data-image="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/1638221940272-AQ2AXMOV7HUC9T6O9GSM/1.jpg" data-image-dimensions="1500x701" data-image-focal-point="0.5,0.5" alt="1.jpg" data-load="false" elementtiming="nbf-list-simple" src="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/1638221940272-AQ2AXMOV7HUC9T6O9GSM/1.jpg" width="1500" height="701" alt="" sizes="(max-width: 575px) calc((100vw - 0px) / 1 * 1.6048502139800285), (max-width: 767px) calc((100vw - 60px) / 2 * 1.6048502139800285), (max-width: 1099px) calc((100vw - 120px) / 3 * 1.6048502139800285), (max-width: 1199px) calc((100vw - 120px) / 3 * 1.6048502139800285), calc((100vw - 120px) / 3 * 1.6048502139800285)" class="list-image" style="display:block;object-position: 50% 50%;" srcset="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/1638221940272-AQ2AXMOV7HUC9T6O9GSM/1.jpg?format=100w 100w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/1638221940272-AQ2AXMOV7HUC9T6O9GSM/1.jpg?format=300w 300w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/1638221940272-AQ2AXMOV7HUC9T6O9GSM/1.jpg?format=500w 500w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/1638221940272-AQ2AXMOV7HUC9T6O9GSM/1.jpg?format=750w 750w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/1638221940272-AQ2AXMOV7HUC9T6O9GSM/1.jpg?format=1000w 1000w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/1638221940272-AQ2AXMOV7HUC9T6O9GSM/1.jpg?format=1500w 1500w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/1638221940272-AQ2AXMOV7HUC9T6O9GSM/1.jpg?format=2500w 2500w" loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-loader="sqs"></div> </div> <div class="list-item-content"> <div class="list-item-content__text-wrapper"> <h2 class="list-item-content__title" style="max-width: 75%;" >Reentry</h2> <div class="list-item-content__description " style=" margin-top: 4%; max-width: 75%; " > <p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">We help people going through reentry — and their family members — build or rebuild their credit, and we teach you how to address lingering debt problems so that you get a fresh financial start.</p> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class=" list-item " style=" " data-is-card-enabled="false" > <div class="list-item-media" style=" margin-bottom: 8%; width: 100%; " > <div class="list-item-media-inner" data-aspect-ratio="4:3" data-animation-role="image" > <img alt="" data-src="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/1638221954188-BVABGEAXL9P6MJ28BCLE/2.jpg" data-image="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/1638221954188-BVABGEAXL9P6MJ28BCLE/2.jpg" data-image-dimensions="630x421" data-image-focal-point="0.5,0.5" alt="2.jpg" data-load="false" elementtiming="nbf-list-simple" src="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/1638221954188-BVABGEAXL9P6MJ28BCLE/2.jpg" width="630" height="421" alt="" sizes="(max-width: 575px) calc((100vw - 0px) / 1 * 1.1223277909738718), (max-width: 767px) calc((100vw - 60px) / 2 * 1.1223277909738718), (max-width: 1099px) calc((100vw - 120px) / 3 * 1.1223277909738718), (max-width: 1199px) calc((100vw - 120px) / 3 * 1.1223277909738718), calc((100vw - 120px) / 3 * 1.1223277909738718)" class="list-image" style="display:block;object-position: 50% 50%;" srcset="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/1638221954188-BVABGEAXL9P6MJ28BCLE/2.jpg?format=100w 100w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/1638221954188-BVABGEAXL9P6MJ28BCLE/2.jpg?format=300w 300w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/1638221954188-BVABGEAXL9P6MJ28BCLE/2.jpg?format=500w 500w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/1638221954188-BVABGEAXL9P6MJ28BCLE/2.jpg?format=750w 750w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/1638221954188-BVABGEAXL9P6MJ28BCLE/2.jpg?format=1000w 1000w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/1638221954188-BVABGEAXL9P6MJ28BCLE/2.jpg?format=1500w 1500w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/1638221954188-BVABGEAXL9P6MJ28BCLE/2.jpg?format=2500w 2500w" loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-loader="sqs"></div> </div> <div class="list-item-content"> <div class="list-item-content__text-wrapper"> <h2 class="list-item-content__title" style="max-width: 75%;" >Students, College and Debt</h2> <div class="list-item-content__description " style=" margin-top: 4%; max-width: 75%; " > <p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">HERA helps you figure out the cost of college, legitimate providers, and how to pay for college. We help you manage student loan debt, whether from college or a for-profit school, and we fight predatory lending practices and scams.</p> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class=" list-item " style=" " data-is-card-enabled="false" > <div class="list-item-media" style=" margin-bottom: 8%; width: 100%; " > <div class="list-item-media-inner" data-aspect-ratio="4:3" data-animation-role="image" > <img alt="" data-src="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/1638221968713-UJR9NB5B2V4E09FMC922/3.jpg" data-image="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/1638221968713-UJR9NB5B2V4E09FMC922/3.jpg" data-image-dimensions="630x421" data-image-focal-point="0.5,0.5" alt="3.jpg" data-load="false" elementtiming="nbf-list-simple" src="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/1638221968713-UJR9NB5B2V4E09FMC922/3.jpg" width="630" height="421" alt="" sizes="(max-width: 575px) calc((100vw - 0px) / 1 * 1.1223277909738718), (max-width: 767px) calc((100vw - 60px) / 2 * 1.1223277909738718), (max-width: 1099px) calc((100vw - 120px) / 3 * 1.1223277909738718), (max-width: 1199px) calc((100vw - 120px) / 3 * 1.1223277909738718), calc((100vw - 120px) / 3 * 1.1223277909738718)" class="list-image" style="display:block;object-position: 50% 50%;" srcset="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/1638221968713-UJR9NB5B2V4E09FMC922/3.jpg?format=100w 100w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/1638221968713-UJR9NB5B2V4E09FMC922/3.jpg?format=300w 300w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/1638221968713-UJR9NB5B2V4E09FMC922/3.jpg?format=500w 500w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/1638221968713-UJR9NB5B2V4E09FMC922/3.jpg?format=750w 750w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/1638221968713-UJR9NB5B2V4E09FMC922/3.jpg?format=1000w 1000w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/1638221968713-UJR9NB5B2V4E09FMC922/3.jpg?format=1500w 1500w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/1638221968713-UJR9NB5B2V4E09FMC922/3.jpg?format=2500w 2500w" loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-loader="sqs"></div> </div> <div class="list-item-content"> <div class="list-item-content__text-wrapper"> <h2 class="list-item-content__title" style="max-width: 75%;" >Debt Collection Problems</h2> <div class="list-item-content__description " style=" margin-top: 4%; max-width: 75%; " > <p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">We will coach you through the process of how to handle various kinds of debt. On all debts, you have a right to be treated properly by whoever is trying to collect. HERA teaches you your rights and protects you along the way.</p> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class=" list-item " style=" " data-is-card-enabled="false" > <div class="list-item-media" style=" margin-bottom: 8%; width: 100%; " > <div class="list-item-media-inner" data-aspect-ratio="4:3" data-animation-role="image" > <img alt="" data-src="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/1638221989159-U0OTLBFEGCY1A0PGI8RU/4.jpg" data-image="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/1638221989159-U0OTLBFEGCY1A0PGI8RU/4.jpg" data-image-dimensions="630x421" data-image-focal-point="0.5,0.5" alt="4.jpg" data-load="false" elementtiming="nbf-list-simple" src="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/1638221989159-U0OTLBFEGCY1A0PGI8RU/4.jpg" width="630" height="421" alt="" sizes="(max-width: 575px) calc((100vw - 0px) / 1 * 1.1223277909738718), (max-width: 767px) calc((100vw - 60px) / 2 * 1.1223277909738718), (max-width: 1099px) calc((100vw - 120px) / 3 * 1.1223277909738718), (max-width: 1199px) calc((100vw - 120px) / 3 * 1.1223277909738718), calc((100vw - 120px) / 3 * 1.1223277909738718)" class="list-image" style="display:block;object-position: 50% 50%;" srcset="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/1638221989159-U0OTLBFEGCY1A0PGI8RU/4.jpg?format=100w 100w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/1638221989159-U0OTLBFEGCY1A0PGI8RU/4.jpg?format=300w 300w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/1638221989159-U0OTLBFEGCY1A0PGI8RU/4.jpg?format=500w 500w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/1638221989159-U0OTLBFEGCY1A0PGI8RU/4.jpg?format=750w 750w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/1638221989159-U0OTLBFEGCY1A0PGI8RU/4.jpg?format=1000w 1000w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/1638221989159-U0OTLBFEGCY1A0PGI8RU/4.jpg?format=1500w 1500w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/1638221989159-U0OTLBFEGCY1A0PGI8RU/4.jpg?format=2500w 2500w" loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-loader="sqs"></div> </div> <div class="list-item-content"> <div class="list-item-content__text-wrapper"> <h2 class="list-item-content__title" style="max-width: 75%;" >Seniors</h2> <div class="list-item-content__description " style=" margin-top: 4%; max-width: 75%; " > <p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">HERA helps seniors figure out how to hang onto their home and age in the community where they want to be. We also help seniors figure out how to manage all of their debts and other financial concerns.</p> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class=" list-item " style=" " data-is-card-enabled="false" > <div class="list-item-media" style=" margin-bottom: 8%; width: 100%; " > <div class="list-item-media-inner" data-aspect-ratio="4:3" data-animation-role="image" > <img alt="" data-src="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/1638222010479-NLTG6F2CAK0N2FNVXPSD/buildingcredit1.jpg" data-image="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/1638222010479-NLTG6F2CAK0N2FNVXPSD/buildingcredit1.jpg" data-image-dimensions="630x421" data-image-focal-point="0.5,0.5" alt="buildingcredit1.jpg" data-load="false" elementtiming="nbf-list-simple" src="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/1638222010479-NLTG6F2CAK0N2FNVXPSD/buildingcredit1.jpg" width="630" height="421" alt="" sizes="(max-width: 575px) calc((100vw - 0px) / 1 * 1.1223277909738718), (max-width: 767px) calc((100vw - 60px) / 2 * 1.1223277909738718), (max-width: 1099px) calc((100vw - 120px) / 3 * 1.1223277909738718), (max-width: 1199px) calc((100vw - 120px) / 3 * 1.1223277909738718), calc((100vw - 120px) / 3 * 1.1223277909738718)" class="list-image" style="display:block;object-position: 50% 50%;" srcset="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/1638222010479-NLTG6F2CAK0N2FNVXPSD/buildingcredit1.jpg?format=100w 100w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/1638222010479-NLTG6F2CAK0N2FNVXPSD/buildingcredit1.jpg?format=300w 300w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/1638222010479-NLTG6F2CAK0N2FNVXPSD/buildingcredit1.jpg?format=500w 500w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/1638222010479-NLTG6F2CAK0N2FNVXPSD/buildingcredit1.jpg?format=750w 750w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/1638222010479-NLTG6F2CAK0N2FNVXPSD/buildingcredit1.jpg?format=1000w 1000w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/1638222010479-NLTG6F2CAK0N2FNVXPSD/buildingcredit1.jpg?format=1500w 1500w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/1638222010479-NLTG6F2CAK0N2FNVXPSD/buildingcredit1.jpg?format=2500w 2500w" loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-loader="sqs"></div> </div> <div class="list-item-content"> <div class="list-item-content__text-wrapper"> <h2 class="list-item-content__title" style="max-width: 75%;" >Building Credit Safely</h2> <div class="list-item-content__description " style=" margin-top: 4%; max-width: 75%; " > <p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Everyone needs to understand how credit works and how it affects their lives. It is also important to figure out how to build or improve your credit, and how to manage it afterward. HERA helps you with that.</p> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class=" list-item " style=" " data-is-card-enabled="false" > <div class="list-item-media" style=" margin-bottom: 8%; width: 100%; " > <div class="list-item-media-inner" data-aspect-ratio="4:3" data-animation-role="image" > <img alt="" data-src="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/1638222025045-VZED4RW8DXBXTJNX4BS4/veterans1.jpg" data-image="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/1638222025045-VZED4RW8DXBXTJNX4BS4/veterans1.jpg" data-image-dimensions="630x421" data-image-focal-point="0.5,0.5" alt="veterans1.jpg" data-load="false" elementtiming="nbf-list-simple" src="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/1638222025045-VZED4RW8DXBXTJNX4BS4/veterans1.jpg" width="630" height="421" alt="" sizes="(max-width: 575px) calc((100vw - 0px) / 1 * 1.1223277909738718), (max-width: 767px) calc((100vw - 60px) / 2 * 1.1223277909738718), (max-width: 1099px) calc((100vw - 120px) / 3 * 1.1223277909738718), (max-width: 1199px) calc((100vw - 120px) / 3 * 1.1223277909738718), calc((100vw - 120px) / 3 * 1.1223277909738718)" class="list-image" style="display:block;object-position: 50% 50%;" srcset="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/1638222025045-VZED4RW8DXBXTJNX4BS4/veterans1.jpg?format=100w 100w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/1638222025045-VZED4RW8DXBXTJNX4BS4/veterans1.jpg?format=300w 300w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/1638222025045-VZED4RW8DXBXTJNX4BS4/veterans1.jpg?format=500w 500w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/1638222025045-VZED4RW8DXBXTJNX4BS4/veterans1.jpg?format=750w 750w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/1638222025045-VZED4RW8DXBXTJNX4BS4/veterans1.jpg?format=1000w 1000w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/1638222025045-VZED4RW8DXBXTJNX4BS4/veterans1.jpg?format=1500w 1500w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/1638222025045-VZED4RW8DXBXTJNX4BS4/veterans1.jpg?format=2500w 2500w" loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-loader="sqs"></div> </div> <div class="list-item-content"> <div class="list-item-content__text-wrapper"> <h2 class="list-item-content__title" style="max-width: 75%;" >Veterans and Servicemembers</h2> <div class="list-item-content__description " style=" margin-top: 4%; max-width: 75%; " > <p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Veterans and servicemembers are targeted for financial scams and expensive credit. Veterans can also face additional burdens financially and need particular help addressing debt and credit concerns. HERA helps veterans and servicemembers and their families handle both.</p> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class=" list-item " style=" " data-is-card-enabled="false" > <div class="list-item-media" style=" margin-bottom: 8%; width: 100%; " > <div class="list-item-media-inner" data-aspect-ratio="4:3" data-animation-role="image" > <img alt="" data-src="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/1638222044962-MR8GVA50PL0G5Y8JCC13/immigrants1.jpg" data-image="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/1638222044962-MR8GVA50PL0G5Y8JCC13/immigrants1.jpg" data-image-dimensions="630x421" data-image-focal-point="0.5,0.5" alt="immigrants1.jpg" data-load="false" elementtiming="nbf-list-simple" src="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/1638222044962-MR8GVA50PL0G5Y8JCC13/immigrants1.jpg" width="630" height="421" alt="" sizes="(max-width: 575px) calc((100vw - 0px) / 1 * 1.1223277909738718), (max-width: 767px) calc((100vw - 60px) / 2 * 1.1223277909738718), (max-width: 1099px) calc((100vw - 120px) / 3 * 1.1223277909738718), (max-width: 1199px) calc((100vw - 120px) / 3 * 1.1223277909738718), calc((100vw - 120px) / 3 * 1.1223277909738718)" class="list-image" style="display:block;object-position: 50% 50%;" srcset="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/1638222044962-MR8GVA50PL0G5Y8JCC13/immigrants1.jpg?format=100w 100w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/1638222044962-MR8GVA50PL0G5Y8JCC13/immigrants1.jpg?format=300w 300w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/1638222044962-MR8GVA50PL0G5Y8JCC13/immigrants1.jpg?format=500w 500w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/1638222044962-MR8GVA50PL0G5Y8JCC13/immigrants1.jpg?format=750w 750w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/1638222044962-MR8GVA50PL0G5Y8JCC13/immigrants1.jpg?format=1000w 1000w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/1638222044962-MR8GVA50PL0G5Y8JCC13/immigrants1.jpg?format=1500w 1500w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/1638222044962-MR8GVA50PL0G5Y8JCC13/immigrants1.jpg?format=2500w 2500w" loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-loader="sqs"></div> </div> <div class="list-item-content"> <div class="list-item-content__text-wrapper"> <h2 class="list-item-content__title" style="max-width: 75%;" >Immigrants</h2> <div class="list-item-content__description " style=" margin-top: 4%; max-width: 75%; " > <p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">HERA helps immigrants understand and navigate our complex financial services systems. We also help immigrants build credit, address collections concerns and abusive practices that target them.</p> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class=" list-item " style=" " data-is-card-enabled="false" > <div class="list-item-media" style=" margin-bottom: 8%; width: 100%; " > <div class="list-item-media-inner" data-aspect-ratio="4:3" data-animation-role="image" > <img alt="" data-src="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/1638222066145-1BO73HNFJ5ATUNC04LT3/HOA.jpg" data-image="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/1638222066145-1BO73HNFJ5ATUNC04LT3/HOA.jpg" data-image-dimensions="630x421" data-image-focal-point="0.5,0.5" alt="HOA.jpg" data-load="false" elementtiming="nbf-list-simple" src="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/1638222066145-1BO73HNFJ5ATUNC04LT3/HOA.jpg" width="630" height="421" alt="" sizes="(max-width: 575px) calc((100vw - 0px) / 1 * 1.1223277909738718), (max-width: 767px) calc((100vw - 60px) / 2 * 1.1223277909738718), (max-width: 1099px) calc((100vw - 120px) / 3 * 1.1223277909738718), (max-width: 1199px) calc((100vw - 120px) / 3 * 1.1223277909738718), calc((100vw - 120px) / 3 * 1.1223277909738718)" class="list-image" style="display:block;object-position: 50% 50%;" srcset="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/1638222066145-1BO73HNFJ5ATUNC04LT3/HOA.jpg?format=100w 100w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/1638222066145-1BO73HNFJ5ATUNC04LT3/HOA.jpg?format=300w 300w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/1638222066145-1BO73HNFJ5ATUNC04LT3/HOA.jpg?format=500w 500w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/1638222066145-1BO73HNFJ5ATUNC04LT3/HOA.jpg?format=750w 750w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/1638222066145-1BO73HNFJ5ATUNC04LT3/HOA.jpg?format=1000w 1000w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/1638222066145-1BO73HNFJ5ATUNC04LT3/HOA.jpg?format=1500w 1500w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/1638222066145-1BO73HNFJ5ATUNC04LT3/HOA.jpg?format=2500w 2500w" loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-loader="sqs"></div> </div> <div class="list-item-content"> <div class="list-item-content__text-wrapper"> <h2 class="list-item-content__title" style="max-width: 75%;" >Homeownership Preservation</h2> <div class="list-item-content__description " style=" margin-top: 4%; max-width: 75%; " > <p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">HERA helps homeowners understand their legal rights and how to hang onto their home. That includes helping owners with a condo or townhome. Homeowner Associations ("HOAs") and debt collectors for the HOA often erroneously handle homeowner accounts. This can lead to excessive costs and/or wrongful foreclosure on homeowners, particularly older adults or people with disabilities.</p> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class=" list-item " style=" " data-is-card-enabled="false" > <div class="list-item-media" style=" margin-bottom: 8%; width: 100%; " > <div class="list-item-media-inner" data-aspect-ratio="4:3" data-animation-role="image" > <img alt="" data-src="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/1638222083667-4CTY7UDR21OHSBQ3HVT6/gentleman.jpg" data-image="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/1638222083667-4CTY7UDR21OHSBQ3HVT6/gentleman.jpg" data-image-dimensions="630x421" data-image-focal-point="0.5,0.5" alt="gentleman.jpg" data-load="false" elementtiming="nbf-list-simple" src="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/1638222083667-4CTY7UDR21OHSBQ3HVT6/gentleman.jpg" width="630" height="421" alt="" sizes="(max-width: 575px) calc((100vw - 0px) / 1 * 1.1223277909738718), (max-width: 767px) calc((100vw - 60px) / 2 * 1.1223277909738718), (max-width: 1099px) calc((100vw - 120px) / 3 * 1.1223277909738718), (max-width: 1199px) calc((100vw - 120px) / 3 * 1.1223277909738718), calc((100vw - 120px) / 3 * 1.1223277909738718)" class="list-image" style="display:block;object-position: 50% 50%;" srcset="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/1638222083667-4CTY7UDR21OHSBQ3HVT6/gentleman.jpg?format=100w 100w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/1638222083667-4CTY7UDR21OHSBQ3HVT6/gentleman.jpg?format=300w 300w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/1638222083667-4CTY7UDR21OHSBQ3HVT6/gentleman.jpg?format=500w 500w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/1638222083667-4CTY7UDR21OHSBQ3HVT6/gentleman.jpg?format=750w 750w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/1638222083667-4CTY7UDR21OHSBQ3HVT6/gentleman.jpg?format=1000w 1000w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/1638222083667-4CTY7UDR21OHSBQ3HVT6/gentleman.jpg?format=1500w 1500w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/1638222083667-4CTY7UDR21OHSBQ3HVT6/gentleman.jpg?format=2500w 2500w" loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-loader="sqs"></div> </div> <div class="list-item-content"> <div class="list-item-content__text-wrapper"> <h2 class="list-item-content__title" style="max-width: 75%;" >People of Color</h2> <div class="list-item-content__description " style=" margin-top: 4%; max-width: 75%; " > <p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">People of color are targeted for abusive consumer scams and products. We help you understand your rights and address the problems you are having.</p> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class=" list-item " style=" " data-is-card-enabled="false" > <div class="list-item-media" style=" margin-bottom: 8%; width: 100%; " > <div class="list-item-media-inner" data-aspect-ratio="4:3" data-animation-role="image" > <img alt="" data-src="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/1638222098997-VOX1LRX4OV2H696C8S4A/LGBTQ.jpg" data-image="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/1638222098997-VOX1LRX4OV2H696C8S4A/LGBTQ.jpg" data-image-dimensions="630x421" data-image-focal-point="0.5,0.5" alt="LGBTQ.jpg" data-load="false" elementtiming="nbf-list-simple" src="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/1638222098997-VOX1LRX4OV2H696C8S4A/LGBTQ.jpg" width="630" height="421" alt="" sizes="(max-width: 575px) calc((100vw - 0px) / 1 * 1.1223277909738718), (max-width: 767px) calc((100vw - 60px) / 2 * 1.1223277909738718), (max-width: 1099px) calc((100vw - 120px) / 3 * 1.1223277909738718), (max-width: 1199px) calc((100vw - 120px) / 3 * 1.1223277909738718), calc((100vw - 120px) / 3 * 1.1223277909738718)" class="list-image" style="display:block;object-position: 50% 50%;" srcset="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/1638222098997-VOX1LRX4OV2H696C8S4A/LGBTQ.jpg?format=100w 100w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/1638222098997-VOX1LRX4OV2H696C8S4A/LGBTQ.jpg?format=300w 300w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/1638222098997-VOX1LRX4OV2H696C8S4A/LGBTQ.jpg?format=500w 500w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/1638222098997-VOX1LRX4OV2H696C8S4A/LGBTQ.jpg?format=750w 750w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/1638222098997-VOX1LRX4OV2H696C8S4A/LGBTQ.jpg?format=1000w 1000w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/1638222098997-VOX1LRX4OV2H696C8S4A/LGBTQ.jpg?format=1500w 1500w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/1638222098997-VOX1LRX4OV2H696C8S4A/LGBTQ.jpg?format=2500w 2500w" loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-loader="sqs"></div> </div> <div class="list-item-content"> <div class="list-item-content__text-wrapper"> <h2 class="list-item-content__title" style="max-width: 75%;" >LGBTQ</h2> <div class="list-item-content__description " style=" margin-top: 4%; max-width: 75%; " > <p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">LBGTQ residents are frequently denied fair acess to credit and consumer services. HERA helps you understand and fight for your rights.</p> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class=" list-item " style=" " data-is-card-enabled="false" > <div class="list-item-media" style=" margin-bottom: 8%; width: 100%; " > <div class="list-item-media-inner" data-aspect-ratio="4:3" data-animation-role="image" > <img alt="" data-src="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/1638222137408-BI9PZFDWOH3054LWPGQC/estate.jpg" data-image="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/1638222137408-BI9PZFDWOH3054LWPGQC/estate.jpg" data-image-dimensions="630x421" data-image-focal-point="0.5,0.5" alt="estate.jpg" data-load="false" elementtiming="nbf-list-simple" src="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/1638222137408-BI9PZFDWOH3054LWPGQC/estate.jpg" width="630" height="421" alt="" sizes="(max-width: 575px) calc((100vw - 0px) / 1 * 1.1223277909738718), (max-width: 767px) calc((100vw - 60px) / 2 * 1.1223277909738718), (max-width: 1099px) calc((100vw - 120px) / 3 * 1.1223277909738718), (max-width: 1199px) calc((100vw - 120px) / 3 * 1.1223277909738718), calc((100vw - 120px) / 3 * 1.1223277909738718)" class="list-image" style="display:block;object-position: 50% 50%;" srcset="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/1638222137408-BI9PZFDWOH3054LWPGQC/estate.jpg?format=100w 100w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/1638222137408-BI9PZFDWOH3054LWPGQC/estate.jpg?format=300w 300w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/1638222137408-BI9PZFDWOH3054LWPGQC/estate.jpg?format=500w 500w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/1638222137408-BI9PZFDWOH3054LWPGQC/estate.jpg?format=750w 750w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/1638222137408-BI9PZFDWOH3054LWPGQC/estate.jpg?format=1000w 1000w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/1638222137408-BI9PZFDWOH3054LWPGQC/estate.jpg?format=1500w 1500w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/1638222137408-BI9PZFDWOH3054LWPGQC/estate.jpg?format=2500w 2500w" loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-loader="sqs"></div> </div> <div class="list-item-content"> <div class="list-item-content__text-wrapper"> <h2 class="list-item-content__title" style="max-width: 75%;" >Estate Planning</h2> <div class="list-item-content__description " style=" margin-top: 4%; max-width: 75%; " > <p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">There is a racial and gender wealth gap in our country. HERA provides full service estate planning services on a sliding scale to help you keep what you have and protect yourself and family.</p> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class=" list-item " style=" " data-is-card-enabled="false" > <div class="list-item-media" style=" margin-bottom: 8%; width: 100%; " > <div class="list-item-media-inner" data-aspect-ratio="4:3" data-animation-role="image" > <img alt="" data-src="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/1638222121826-485F1ETHEPCWNVVV4TQ8/medical_debt.jpg" data-image="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/1638222121826-485F1ETHEPCWNVVV4TQ8/medical_debt.jpg" data-image-dimensions="630x421" data-image-focal-point="0.5,0.5" alt="medical_debt.jpg" data-load="false" elementtiming="nbf-list-simple" src="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/1638222121826-485F1ETHEPCWNVVV4TQ8/medical_debt.jpg" width="630" height="421" alt="" sizes="(max-width: 575px) calc((100vw - 0px) / 1 * 1.1223277909738718), (max-width: 767px) calc((100vw - 60px) / 2 * 1.1223277909738718), (max-width: 1099px) calc((100vw - 120px) / 3 * 1.1223277909738718), (max-width: 1199px) calc((100vw - 120px) / 3 * 1.1223277909738718), calc((100vw - 120px) / 3 * 1.1223277909738718)" class="list-image" style="display:block;object-position: 50% 50%;" srcset="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/1638222121826-485F1ETHEPCWNVVV4TQ8/medical_debt.jpg?format=100w 100w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/1638222121826-485F1ETHEPCWNVVV4TQ8/medical_debt.jpg?format=300w 300w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/1638222121826-485F1ETHEPCWNVVV4TQ8/medical_debt.jpg?format=500w 500w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/1638222121826-485F1ETHEPCWNVVV4TQ8/medical_debt.jpg?format=750w 750w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/1638222121826-485F1ETHEPCWNVVV4TQ8/medical_debt.jpg?format=1000w 1000w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/1638222121826-485F1ETHEPCWNVVV4TQ8/medical_debt.jpg?format=1500w 1500w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/1638222121826-485F1ETHEPCWNVVV4TQ8/medical_debt.jpg?format=2500w 2500w" loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-loader="sqs"></div> </div> <div class="list-item-content"> <div class="list-item-content__text-wrapper"> <h2 class="list-item-content__title" style="max-width: 75%;" >Medical Debt</h2> <div class="list-item-content__description " style=" margin-top: 4%; max-width: 75%; " > <p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">California residents who are uninsured or who face high medical costs have a right to free or discounted care for services received at hospitals. If you have high medical bills or medical bills in collection, HERA can help you understand your legal rights and how to address these problems. </p> </div> </div> </div> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </section> <section data-test="page-section" data-section-theme="" class='page-section layout-engine-section background-width--full-bleed section-height--medium horizontal-alignment--center vertical-alignment--middle ' data-section-id="61afbdb6156fe0749f243779" data-controller="SectionWrapperController" data-current-styles="{ "imageOverlayOpacity": 0.15, "backgroundWidth": "background-width--full-bleed", "sectionHeight": "section-height--medium", "customSectionHeight": 10, "horizontalAlignment": "horizontal-alignment--center", "verticalAlignment": "vertical-alignment--middle", "contentWidth": "content-width--custom", "customContentWidth": 85, "backgroundColor": "", "sectionTheme": "", "sectionAnimation": "none", "backgroundMode": "image" }" data-current-context="{ "video": { "playbackSpeed": 0.5, "filter": 1, "filterStrength": 0, "zoom": 0, "videoSourceProvider": "none" }, "backgroundImageId": null, "backgroundMediaEffect": null, "divider": null, "typeName": "page" }" data-animation="none" > <div class="section-border" > <div class="section-background"> </div> </div> <div class='content-wrapper' style=' ' > <div class="content" style="width: 85%;" > <div class="sqs-layout sqs-grid-12 columns-12" data-type="page-section" id="page-section-61afbdb6156fe0749f243779"><div class="row sqs-row"><div class="col sqs-col-12 span-12"><div class="sqs-block html-block sqs-block-html" data-block-type="2" data-border-radii="{"topLeft":{"unit":"px","value":0.0},"topRight":{"unit":"px","value":0.0},"bottomLeft":{"unit":"px","value":0.0},"bottomRight":{"unit":"px","value":0.0}}" id="block-yui_3_17_2_1_1638911468766_10846"><div class="sqs-block-content"> <div class="sqs-html-content"> <h2 style="text-align:center;white-space:pre-wrap;">Get In Touch</h2><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">California Rural Legal Assistance (CRLA) and HERA are currently engaged in a collaborative homeless prevention effort throughout Santa Cruz, Monterey, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara and Ventura counties. If you are a tenant in need of help, please contact HERA at 510 271-8443, ext. 300, or <a href="mailto:inquiries@heraca.org" target="_blank">inquiries@heraca.org</a>, OR, contact CRLA at  1-800-337-0690.   CRLA is also leading a five-county mass record clearing campaign.  If you are interested in clearing your criminal record, please contact CRLA at (805) 902-CRLA or email <a href="mailto:reentry@crla.org" target="_blank">reentry@crla.org</a>.</p> </div> </div></div><div class="sqs-block spacer-block sqs-block-spacer sized vsize-1" data-block-type="21" id="block-yui_3_17_2_1_1639438170328_5192"><div class="sqs-block-content"> </div></div></div></div><div class="row sqs-row"><div class="col sqs-col-6 span-6"><div class="sqs-block html-block sqs-block-html" data-block-type="2" data-border-radii="{"topLeft":{"unit":"px","value":0.0},"topRight":{"unit":"px","value":0.0},"bottomLeft":{"unit":"px","value":0.0},"bottomRight":{"unit":"px","value":0.0}}" id="block-59d541e4f74eea05c8f6"><div class="sqs-block-content"> <div class="sqs-html-content"> <h4 style="text-align:center;white-space:pre-wrap;">Send Us an Email</h4><p style="text-align:center;white-space:pre-wrap;" class="sqsrte-small"><strong>We Probably Speak Your Language</strong></p> </div> </div></div><div class="sqs-block accordion-block sqs-block-accordion" data-block-type="69" data-border-radii="{"topLeft":{"unit":"px","value":0.0},"topRight":{"unit":"px","value":0.0},"bottomLeft":{"unit":"px","value":0.0},"bottomRight":{"unit":"px","value":0.0}}" id="block-2a2ebe367f5098951c82"><div class="sqs-block-content"> <ul class="accordion-items-container" data-should-allow-multiple-open-items="true" data-is-divider-enabled="true" data-is-first-divider-visible="true" data-is-last-divider-visible="true" data-is-expanded-first-item="" data-accordion-title-alignment="left" data-accordion-description-alignment="left" data-accordion-description-placement="right" data-accordion-icon-placement="left" > <li class="accordion-item"> <div class="accordion-divider accordion-divider--top" aria-hidden="true" style=" height: 1px; opacity: 1; " ></div> <p class=" accordion-item__title-wrapper " role="heading" aria-level="3" > <button class="accordion-item__click-target" aria-expanded="false" style=" padding-top: 15px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; " > <span class="accordion-item__title" style=" padding-left: 14px; " > Need help? — We Speak English </span> <div class="accordion-icon-container" data-is-open="false" aria-hidden="true" style=" height: 14px; width: 14px; " > <div class="plus"> <div class="plus__horizontal-line" style="height: 3px" ></div> <div class="plus__vertical-line" style="height: 3px" ></div> </div> </div> </button> </p> <div class="accordion-item__dropdown" role="region"> <div class=" accordion-item__description sqsrte-small " style=" padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; min-width: 85%; max-width: 300px; " > <p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Please call us or send us an email describing your situation.</p> </div> </div> <div class="accordion-divider" aria-hidden="true" style=" height: 1px; opacity: 1; " ></div> </li> <li class="accordion-item"> <p class=" accordion-item__title-wrapper " role="heading" aria-level="3" > <button class="accordion-item__click-target" aria-expanded="false" style=" padding-top: 15px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; " > <span class="accordion-item__title" style=" padding-left: 14px; " > ¿Necesita Ayuda? — Hablamos Español </span> <div class="accordion-icon-container" data-is-open="false" aria-hidden="true" style=" height: 14px; width: 14px; " > <div class="plus"> <div class="plus__horizontal-line" style="height: 3px" ></div> <div class="plus__vertical-line" style="height: 3px" ></div> </div> </div> </button> </p> <div class="accordion-item__dropdown" role="region"> <div class=" accordion-item__description sqsrte-small " style=" padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; min-width: 85%; max-width: 300px; " > <p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">En HERA, hablamos su idioma. Llámenos o envíenos un correo electrónico que describa su problema.</p> </div> </div> <div class="accordion-divider" aria-hidden="true" style=" height: 1px; opacity: 1; " ></div> </li> <li class="accordion-item"> <p class=" accordion-item__title-wrapper " role="heading" aria-level="3" > <button class="accordion-item__click-target" aria-expanded="false" style=" padding-top: 15px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; " > <span class="accordion-item__title" style=" padding-left: 14px; " > 您需要帮助用中文? </span> <div class="accordion-icon-container" data-is-open="false" aria-hidden="true" style=" height: 14px; width: 14px; " > <div class="plus"> <div class="plus__horizontal-line" style="height: 3px" ></div> <div class="plus__vertical-line" style="height: 3px" ></div> </div> </div> </button> </p> <div class="accordion-item__dropdown" role="region"> <div class=" accordion-item__description sqsrte-small " style=" padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; min-width: 85%; max-width: 300px; " > <p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">请告诉我们您所遇到的问题</p> </div> </div> <div class="accordion-divider" aria-hidden="true" style=" height: 1px; opacity: 1; " ></div> </li> <li class="accordion-item"> <p class=" accordion-item__title-wrapper " role="heading" aria-level="3" > <button class="accordion-item__click-target" aria-expanded="false" style=" padding-top: 15px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; " > <span class="accordion-item__title" style=" padding-left: 14px; " > Kailangan ba ninyo ng tulong sa Filipino? </span> <div class="accordion-icon-container" data-is-open="false" aria-hidden="true" style=" height: 14px; width: 14px; " > <div class="plus"> <div class="plus__horizontal-line" style="height: 3px" ></div> <div class="plus__vertical-line" style="height: 3px" ></div> </div> </div> </button> </p> <div class="accordion-item__dropdown" role="region"> <div class=" accordion-item__description sqsrte-small " style=" padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; min-width: 85%; max-width: 300px; " > <p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Sa HERA, hablamos su idioma. Llámenos correo electrónico o envienos isang describa na su problema.</p> </div> </div> <div class="accordion-divider" aria-hidden="true" style=" height: 1px; opacity: 1; " ></div> </li> <li class="accordion-item"> <p class=" accordion-item__title-wrapper " role="heading" aria-level="3" > <button class="accordion-item__click-target" aria-expanded="false" style=" padding-top: 15px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; " > <span class="accordion-item__title" style=" padding-left: 14px; " > Сделайте вы нужна помощь в русском? </span> <div class="accordion-icon-container" data-is-open="false" aria-hidden="true" style=" height: 14px; width: 14px; " > <div class="plus"> <div class="plus__horizontal-line" style="height: 3px" ></div> <div class="plus__vertical-line" style="height: 3px" ></div> </div> </div> </button> </p> <div class="accordion-item__dropdown" role="region"> <div class=" accordion-item__description sqsrte-small " style=" padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; min-width: 85%; max-width: 300px; " > <p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Пожалуйста, позвоните нам или отправьте нам электронное письмо с описанием Вашей ситуации.</p> </div> </div> <div class="accordion-divider" aria-hidden="true" style=" height: 1px; opacity: 1; " ></div> </li> <li class="accordion-item"> <p class=" accordion-item__title-wrapper " role="heading" aria-level="3" > <button class="accordion-item__click-target" aria-expanded="false" style=" padding-top: 15px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; " > <span class="accordion-item__title" style=" padding-left: 14px; " > آیا شما نیاز به کمک در فارسی؟ </span> <div class="accordion-icon-container" data-is-open="false" aria-hidden="true" style=" height: 14px; width: 14px; " > <div class="plus"> <div class="plus__horizontal-line" style="height: 3px" ></div> <div class="plus__vertical-line" style="height: 3px" ></div> </div> </div> </button> </p> <div class="accordion-item__dropdown" role="region"> <div class=" accordion-item__description sqsrte-small " style=" padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; min-width: 85%; max-width: 300px; " > <p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">لطفا به ما بگویید که مشکل شما با داشتن</p> </div> </div> <div class="accordion-divider" aria-hidden="true" style=" height: 1px; opacity: 1; " ></div> </li> </ul> </div></div><div class="sqs-block button-block sqs-block-button" data-block-type="53" id="block-yui_3_17_2_1_1638994845365_8173"><div class="sqs-block-content"> <div class="sqs-block-button-container sqs-block-button-container--center" data-animation-role="button" data-alignment="center" data-button-size="medium" data-button-type="primary" > <a href="#contact" class="sqs-block-button-element--medium sqs-button-element--primary sqs-block-button-element" > Contact Us </a> </div> </div></div></div><div class="col sqs-col-6 span-6"><div class="sqs-block html-block sqs-block-html" data-block-type="2" data-border-radii="{"topLeft":{"unit":"px","value":0.0},"topRight":{"unit":"px","value":0.0},"bottomLeft":{"unit":"px","value":0.0},"bottomRight":{"unit":"px","value":0.0}}" id="block-yui_3_17_2_1_1638906270164_14916"><div class="sqs-block-content"> <div class="sqs-html-content"> <h4 style="text-align:center;white-space:pre-wrap;">Workshops</h4><p style="text-align:center;white-space:pre-wrap;" class="sqsrte-small"><a href="https://calendar.google.com/calendar/embed?ctz=America%2FLos_Angeles&src=8vt3fd3r7anfcj3afu66sqtr1k%40group.calendar.google.com" target="_blank"><strong>Upcoming Dates and Topics</strong></a></p><p class="sqsrte-small" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">HERA offers workshops to provide legal information to the public on a wide variety of topics, including debt collection and credit, and how to keep your home and avoid foreclosure. Topics will rotate over time. Check to see which workshops are bilingual and in which languages.</p> </div> </div></div><div class="sqs-block code-block sqs-block-code" data-block-type="23" id="block-yui_3_17_2_1_1638995019291_27619"><div class="sqs-block-content"><div style="text-align: center; width: 100%;"><iframe title="vimeo-player" src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/141757924?h=7a8dda7cb9" width="500" height="300" style="max-width: 450px;" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> <p style="font-size: 16px">Please <a href="#contact">reach out to us</a> about contracting for workshops or call 510-271-8443 ext. 300.</p></div></div></div></div></div><div class="row sqs-row"><div class="col sqs-col-12 span-12"></div></div></div> </div> </div> </section> <section data-test="page-section" data-section-theme="light" class='page-section layout-engine-section background-width--full-bleed section-height--medium content-width--wide horizontal-alignment--center vertical-alignment--top light' data-section-id="61b22dfd205014265ea5933a" data-controller="SectionWrapperController" data-current-styles="{ "imageOverlayOpacity": 0.15, "backgroundWidth": "background-width--full-bleed", "sectionHeight": "section-height--medium", "horizontalAlignment": "horizontal-alignment--center", "verticalAlignment": "vertical-alignment--top", "contentWidth": "content-width--wide", "sectionTheme": "light", "sectionAnimation": "none", "backgroundMode": "image" }" data-current-context="{ "video": { "playbackSpeed": 0.5, "filter": 1, "filterStrength": 0, "zoom": 0, "videoSourceProvider": "none" }, "backgroundImageId": null, "backgroundMediaEffect": { "type": "none" }, "divider": null, "typeName": "page" }" data-animation="none" > <div class="section-border" > <div class="section-background"> </div> </div> <div class='content-wrapper' style=' ' > <div class="content" > <div class="sqs-layout sqs-grid-12 columns-12" data-type="page-section" id="page-section-61b22dfd205014265ea5933a"><div class="row sqs-row"><div class="col sqs-col-12 span-12"><div class="sqs-block code-block sqs-block-code" data-block-type="23" id="block-yui_3_17_2_1_1675792707306_15689"><div class="sqs-block-content"><a name="learn"> </a></div></div><div class="sqs-block html-block sqs-block-html" data-block-type="2" data-border-radii="{"topLeft":{"unit":"px","value":0.0},"topRight":{"unit":"px","value":0.0},"bottomLeft":{"unit":"px","value":0.0},"bottomRight":{"unit":"px","value":0.0}}" id="block-30c7139f2918969bbf1c"><div class="sqs-block-content"> <div class="sqs-html-content"> <h2 style="text-align:center;white-space:pre-wrap;">You Should Know This</h2><p style="text-align:center;white-space:pre-wrap;" class="">Resources. Information. All the news you need.</p> </div> </div></div><div class="sqs-block spacer-block sqs-block-spacer sized vsize-1" data-block-type="21" id="block-066a879b103df9ab7c54"><div class="sqs-block-content"> </div></div><div class="row sqs-row"><div class="col sqs-col-6 span-6"><div class="sqs-block accordion-block sqs-block-accordion" data-block-type="69" data-border-radii="{"topLeft":{"unit":"px","value":0.0},"topRight":{"unit":"px","value":0.0},"bottomLeft":{"unit":"px","value":0.0},"bottomRight":{"unit":"px","value":0.0}}" id="block-yui_3_17_2_1_1639066990651_12310"><div class="sqs-block-content"> <ul class="accordion-items-container" data-should-allow-multiple-open-items="" data-is-divider-enabled="true" data-is-first-divider-visible="true" data-is-last-divider-visible="true" data-is-expanded-first-item="" data-accordion-title-alignment="left" data-accordion-description-alignment="left" data-accordion-description-placement="left" data-accordion-icon-placement="right" > <li class="accordion-item"> <div class="accordion-divider accordion-divider--top" aria-hidden="true" style=" height: 1px; opacity: 1; " ></div> <p class=" accordion-item__title-wrapper " role="heading" aria-level="3" > <button class="accordion-item__click-target" aria-expanded="false" style=" padding-top: 15px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; " > <span class="accordion-item__title" style=" padding-right: 14px; " > Domestic Violence </span> <div class="accordion-icon-container" data-is-open="false" aria-hidden="true" style=" height: 14px; width: 14px; " > <div class="plus"> <div class="plus__horizontal-line" style="height: 1px" ></div> <div class="plus__vertical-line" style="height: 1px" ></div> </div> </div> </button> </p> <div class="accordion-item__dropdown" role="region"> <div class=" accordion-item__description sqsrte-small " style=" padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 30px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; min-width: 70%; max-width: 300px; " > <p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Are you a tenant who has been a victim of domestic violence, sexual assault, or stalking?</p><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><strong>California Law can help you!</strong></p><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Learn More About…</p><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">• <a href="/s/UPDATED_California-Civil-Code-Section-19415_Brochure-1.pdf" target="_blank">Your right to change locks</a><br>• <a href="/s/UPDATED_California-Civil-Code-Section-19467_Brochure.pdf" target="_blank">Legally break your lease</a><br>• <a href="/s/UPDATED_CC-19467_Rent-and-Utilities-Brochure.pdf" target="_blank">Rent and Utilities liability</a><br>• <a href="/s/UPDATED_Right-Not-to-be-Denied-Rental-Housing-Due-to-DV-1.pdf" target="_blank">Right not to be denied rental <br> housing</a><br>• <a href="/s/UPDATED_Right-Not-to-Be-Evicted.pdf" target="_blank">Right not to be evicted</a><br>• <a href="/s/UPDATED_Survivors-Rights-Regarding-Financial-Abuse-1.pdf" target="_blank">Survivors rights regarding <br> financial abuse</a></p> </div> </div> <div class="accordion-divider" aria-hidden="true" style=" height: 1px; opacity: 1; " ></div> </li> <li class="accordion-item"> <p class=" accordion-item__title-wrapper " role="heading" aria-level="3" > <button class="accordion-item__click-target" aria-expanded="false" style=" padding-top: 15px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; " > <span class="accordion-item__title" style=" padding-right: 14px; " > How to Finance Higher Education </span> <div class="accordion-icon-container" data-is-open="false" aria-hidden="true" style=" height: 14px; width: 14px; " > <div class="plus"> <div class="plus__horizontal-line" style="height: 1px" ></div> <div class="plus__vertical-line" style="height: 1px" ></div> </div> </div> </button> </p> <div class="accordion-item__dropdown" role="region"> <div class=" accordion-item__description sqsrte-small " style=" padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 30px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; min-width: 70%; max-width: 300px; " > <p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Our informative brochures are easy to read and help you better understand your rights as a student. Information is available in English, Spanish, Chinese, Tagalog, Vietnamese, and Korean.</p><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><a href="/students" target="_blank"><strong>Learn More >></strong></a></p> </div> </div> <div class="accordion-divider" aria-hidden="true" style=" height: 1px; opacity: 1; " ></div> </li> <li class="accordion-item"> <p class=" accordion-item__title-wrapper " role="heading" aria-level="3" > <button class="accordion-item__click-target" aria-expanded="false" style=" padding-top: 15px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; " > <span class="accordion-item__title" style=" padding-right: 14px; " > TENANTS: Know Your Housing Rights During Covid-19 </span> <div class="accordion-icon-container" data-is-open="false" aria-hidden="true" style=" height: 14px; width: 14px; " > <div class="plus"> <div class="plus__horizontal-line" style="height: 1px" ></div> <div class="plus__vertical-line" style="height: 1px" ></div> </div> </div> </button> </p> <div class="accordion-item__dropdown" role="region"> <div class=" accordion-item__description sqsrte-small " style=" padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 30px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; min-width: 70%; max-width: 300px; " > <p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><em>Oakland City Attorney's Housing Justice Initiative</em><br><br>Oakland’s Tenant Protection Ordinance is one law that protects your right to be free from harassment by your landlord.</p><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><a href="/s/Know-Your-Rights-FlyerEnglish_Housing-Justice-Initiative-and-Rent-Adjustment-Program.pdf" target="_blank"><strong>Brochure >></strong></a></p><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><a href="/s/Press-ReleaseEnglish_Housing-Justice-Initiative.pdf" target="_blank"><strong>Press Release >></strong></a></p> </div> </div> <div class="accordion-divider" aria-hidden="true" style=" height: 1px; opacity: 1; " ></div> </li> <li class="accordion-item"> <p class=" accordion-item__title-wrapper " role="heading" aria-level="3" > <button class="accordion-item__click-target" aria-expanded="false" style=" padding-top: 15px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; " > <span class="accordion-item__title" style=" padding-right: 14px; " > Veterans </span> <div class="accordion-icon-container" data-is-open="false" aria-hidden="true" style=" height: 14px; width: 14px; " > <div class="plus"> <div class="plus__horizontal-line" style="height: 1px" ></div> <div class="plus__vertical-line" style="height: 1px" ></div> </div> </div> </button> </p> <div class="accordion-item__dropdown" role="region"> <div class=" accordion-item__description sqsrte-small " style=" padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 30px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; min-width: 70%; max-width: 300px; " > <p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><em>Are you an organization interested in helping veterans improve their financial wellness?</em><br><br>Help veterans better understand their finances and legal rights by hosting our workshops!<br><br><a href="/veterans" target="_blank"><strong>Learn More >></strong></a><br><br><em>Are you a veteran seeking legal support? Struggling with debt and credit issues or with keeping your home?</em><br><br>Whether you’re homeless, a homeowner, or a tenant, HERA provides one-on-one assistance to veterans as a non-profit organization with a broad economic justice and anti-discrimination mission.</p><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><a href="/veterans" target="_blank"><strong>Learn More >></strong></a></p> </div> </div> <div class="accordion-divider" aria-hidden="true" style=" height: 1px; opacity: 1; " ></div> </li> </ul> </div></div></div><div class="col sqs-col-6 span-6"><div class="sqs-block accordion-block sqs-block-accordion" data-block-type="69" data-border-radii="{"topLeft":{"unit":"px","value":0.0},"topRight":{"unit":"px","value":0.0},"bottomLeft":{"unit":"px","value":0.0},"bottomRight":{"unit":"px","value":0.0}}" id="block-yui_3_17_2_1_1639066990651_14003"><div class="sqs-block-content"> <ul class="accordion-items-container" data-should-allow-multiple-open-items="" data-is-divider-enabled="true" data-is-first-divider-visible="true" data-is-last-divider-visible="true" data-is-expanded-first-item="" data-accordion-title-alignment="left" data-accordion-description-alignment="left" data-accordion-description-placement="left" data-accordion-icon-placement="right" > <li class="accordion-item"> <div class="accordion-divider accordion-divider--top" aria-hidden="true" style=" height: 1px; opacity: 1; " ></div> <p class=" accordion-item__title-wrapper " role="heading" aria-level="3" > <button class="accordion-item__click-target" aria-expanded="false" style=" padding-top: 15px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; " > <span class="accordion-item__title" style=" padding-right: 14px; " > Home Energy Improvement Loans and PACE Loans </span> <div class="accordion-icon-container" data-is-open="false" aria-hidden="true" style=" height: 14px; width: 14px; " > <div class="plus"> <div class="plus__horizontal-line" style="height: 1px" ></div> <div class="plus__vertical-line" style="height: 1px" ></div> </div> </div> </button> </p> <div class="accordion-item__dropdown" role="region"> <div class=" accordion-item__description sqsrte-small " style=" padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 30px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; min-width: 70%; max-width: 300px; " > <p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><a href="/s/PACE_Home-Improvement-Brochure.pdf" target="_blank">English Brochure</a> + <a href="/s/Final-ENGLISH-Home-Improvements-Information-Brochure.pdf" target="_blank">Avoiding Traps With Solar and Other Energy-Efficient Home Improvements</a></p><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><a href="/s/Spanish_PACE_Home-Improvement-Brochure.pdf" target="_blank">Folleto en Español</a> + <a href="/s/Final-SPANISH-Home-Improvements-Information-Brochure.pdf" target="_blank">Evitar las trampas con la energía solar y otros hogares de bajo consumo<br>Mejoras</a></p><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><a href="/s/PACE_Home-Improvement-Brochure-CHINESE-SIMPLIFIED.pdf" target="_blank">中文手册</a> + <a href="/s/Final-CHINESE-Home-Improvements-Information-Brochure.pdf" target="_blank">避免太阳能和其他节能住宅的陷阱改进</a></p><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><a href="/s/PACE_Home-Improvement-Brochure-VIETNAMESE.pdf" target="_blank">Sách giới thiệu tiếng Việt</a></p><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><a href="/s/PACE_Home-Improvement-Brochure-KOREAN.pdf" target="_blank">한국어 브로슈어</a></p><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><a href="/s/PACE_Home-Improvement-Brochure-PUNJABI.pdf" target="_blank">ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਕਿਤਾਬਚਾ</a></p><p class="" data-rte-preserve-empty="true" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"></p> </div> </div> <div class="accordion-divider" aria-hidden="true" style=" height: 1px; opacity: 1; " ></div> </li> <li class="accordion-item"> <p class=" accordion-item__title-wrapper " role="heading" aria-level="3" > <button class="accordion-item__click-target" aria-expanded="false" style=" padding-top: 15px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; " > <span class="accordion-item__title" style=" padding-right: 14px; " > Annual Report </span> <div class="accordion-icon-container" data-is-open="false" aria-hidden="true" style=" height: 14px; width: 14px; " > <div class="plus"> <div class="plus__horizontal-line" style="height: 1px" ></div> <div class="plus__vertical-line" style="height: 1px" ></div> </div> </div> </button> </p> <div class="accordion-item__dropdown" role="region"> <div class=" accordion-item__description sqsrte-small " style=" padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 30px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; min-width: 70%; max-width: 300px; " > <p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><strong>March 2019-March 2021:</strong> Welcoming change, embracing growth, and learning to adapt.</p><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><a href="/s/Updated-Annual-Report-Mar-2019-Mar-2021.pdf" target="_blank"><strong>Read Here >></strong></a></p> </div> </div> <div class="accordion-divider" aria-hidden="true" style=" height: 1px; opacity: 1; " ></div> </li> <li class="accordion-item"> <p class=" accordion-item__title-wrapper " role="heading" aria-level="3" > <button class="accordion-item__click-target" aria-expanded="false" style=" padding-top: 15px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; " > <span class="accordion-item__title" style=" padding-right: 14px; " > Debt & Credit </span> <div class="accordion-icon-container" data-is-open="false" aria-hidden="true" style=" height: 14px; width: 14px; " > <div class="plus"> <div class="plus__horizontal-line" style="height: 1px" ></div> <div class="plus__vertical-line" style="height: 1px" ></div> </div> </div> </button> </p> <div class="accordion-item__dropdown" role="region"> <div class=" accordion-item__description sqsrte-small " style=" padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 30px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; min-width: 70%; max-width: 300px; " > <p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Debt Collection, Managing Debt, Accessing Credit.<br><br><em>We can provide you with financial counseling and help you through some of the tough decisions. In the meantime, here are helpful resources:</em><br><br>Protégese contra el robo de identidad <a href="http://www.univision.com/noticias/estafa-y-fraude/comunidad-hispana-mas-susceptible-al-robo-de-identidad-video" target="_blank"><strong>Link >></strong></a><br><br>What's that chip doing on my credit card? <a href="http://www.consumerfinance.gov/blog/whats-that-chip-doing-on-my-credit-card/" target="_blank"><strong>Link >></strong></a><br><br>Other videos (credit reports, scams, id theft, etc.): <br><a href="http://www.consumer.ftc.gov/media" target="_blank"><strong>Link (English) >></strong></a><br><a href="http://www.consumidor.ftc.gov/recursos" target="_blank"><strong>Link (Spanish) >></strong></a><br><br>Protections Against Credit Discrimination: <br><a href="http://www.consumerfinance.gov/fair-lending/" target="_blank"><strong>Link >></strong></a><br><br>Debt Collection- What Are My Rights? <br><a href="http://www.consumer.ftc.gov/articles/0149-debt-collection" target="_blank"><strong>Link >></strong></a><br><br>Planning for Retirement: <a href="http://www.consumerfinance.gov/blog/consumer-advisory-3-things-to-keep-your-retirement-plan-on-track/" target="_blank"><strong>Link >></strong></a><br><br>How Can I Have A Safer Financial Future As a Servicemember? <br><a href="http://www.consumerfinance.gov/servicemembers/" target="_blank"><strong>Link >></strong></a><br><br>Complain to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau About Your Consumer Issue: <br><a href="http://www.consumerfinance.gov/complaint/" target="_blank"><strong>Link >></strong></a><br><br>Scammed? File a Complaint with the Federal Trade Commission: <br><a href="http://www.consumer.ftc.gov" target="_blank"><strong>Link >></strong></a><br><br>la Oficina para la Protección Financiera del Consumidor). El CFPB: <br><a href="http://www.consumerfinance.gov/es/quienes-somos/" target="_blank"><strong>Link >></strong></a><br><br>la Comisión Federal de Comercio: <br><a href="http://www.consumidor.ftc.gov/quienes-somos" target="_blank"><strong>Link >></strong></a></p> </div> </div> <div class="accordion-divider" aria-hidden="true" style=" height: 1px; opacity: 1; " ></div> </li> <li class="accordion-item"> <p class=" accordion-item__title-wrapper " role="heading" aria-level="3" > <button class="accordion-item__click-target" aria-expanded="false" style=" padding-top: 15px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; " > <span class="accordion-item__title" style=" padding-right: 14px; " > Homeownership, Foreclosure, Mortgages </span> <div class="accordion-icon-container" data-is-open="false" aria-hidden="true" style=" height: 14px; width: 14px; " > <div class="plus"> <div class="plus__horizontal-line" style="height: 1px" ></div> <div class="plus__vertical-line" style="height: 1px" ></div> </div> </div> </button> </p> <div class="accordion-item__dropdown" role="region"> <div class=" accordion-item__description sqsrte-small " style=" padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 30px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; min-width: 70%; max-width: 300px; " > <p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Becoming a homeowner or trying to keep your home or make it more affordable?<br><br><em>We can counsel you on these complex questions. In the meantime, here are helpful resources:</em><br><br>Beware of Solar Panel Door-to-Door Salesperson: <br><a href="https://heranewsblog.wordpress.com/2018/01/29/beware-of-solar-panel-door-to-door-salespersons/" target="_blank"><strong>Link >></strong></a><br><br>Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Helps You With Home Buying Process — What To Expect, What It Should Cost: <br><a href="http://www.consumerfinance.gov/owning-a-home/" target="_blank"><strong>Link >></strong></a><br><br>Home Loans, Home Improvement: <a href="http://www.consumer.ftc.gov/topics/homes-mortgages" target="_blank"><strong>Link >></strong></a><br><br>Avoid Mortgage or Foreclosure Relief Scams: <br><a href="http://www.consumer.ftc.gov/articles/0100-mortgage-relief-scams" target="_blank"><strong>Link >></strong></a><br><br>If You're Having Trouble Paying Your Mortgage: <br><a href="http://www.consumer.ftc.gov/articles/0187-when-paying-mortgage-struggle" target="_blank"><strong>Link >></strong></a><br><br>"What Is a Reverse Mortgage" from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau: <br><a href="http://www.consumerfinance.gov/askcfpb/224/what-is-a-reverse-mortgage.html" target="_blank"><strong>Link >></strong></a><br><br>Reverse Mortgage Guidance from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau: <a href="http://files.consumerfinance.gov/f/201206_cfpb_Reverse_Mortgage_Guidance.pdf" target="_blank"><strong>Link >></strong></a></p> </div> </div> <div class="accordion-divider" aria-hidden="true" style=" height: 1px; opacity: 1; " ></div> </li> <li class="accordion-item"> <p class=" accordion-item__title-wrapper " role="heading" aria-level="3" > <button class="accordion-item__click-target" aria-expanded="false" style=" padding-top: 15px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; " > <span class="accordion-item__title" style=" padding-right: 14px; " > Discrimination, Unfair Treatment, Other </span> <div class="accordion-icon-container" data-is-open="false" aria-hidden="true" style=" height: 14px; width: 14px; " > <div class="plus"> <div class="plus__horizontal-line" style="height: 1px" ></div> <div class="plus__vertical-line" style="height: 1px" ></div> </div> </div> </button> </p> <div class="accordion-item__dropdown" role="region"> <div class=" accordion-item__description sqsrte-small " style=" padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 30px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; min-width: 70%; max-width: 300px; " > <p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><strong>CONOZCA SUS DERECHOS!</strong><br>Qué debe hacer si la policía, agentes de inmigración, o el FBI lo detienen:<br><a href="/s/OnePager-Espanol-v1.pdf" target="_blank"><strong>Versión 1</strong></a> <a href="/s/bustcard-Espanol.pdf" target="_blank"><strong>Versión 2</strong></a><br><br>Guía sobre sus derechos en relación a contacto con oficiales de inmigración o la policía: <a href="/s/Know-Your-Rights-Law-Enforcement-Spanish-seeh.pdf" target="_blank"><strong>Español</strong></a><br><br>Guía de derechos de inmigrantes en los lugares de trabajo: <a href="/s/Know-Your-Rights-for-Workers-Spanish.pdf" target="_blank"><strong>Español</strong></a><br><br><strong>KNOW YOUR RIGHTS!</strong><br>What do to if you're stopped by police, immigration agents, or the FBI:<br><a href="/s/OnePager-English-v1.pdf" target="_blank"><strong>Version 1</strong></a> <a href="/s/bustcard-English.pdf" target="_blank"><strong>Version 2</strong></a><br><br>A Guide to Your Rights When Interacting with Law Enforcement: <a href="/s/Know-Your-Rights-Law-Enforcement.pdf" target="_blank"><strong>English</strong></a><br><br>A Guide to Workplace Rights for Immigrants: <a href="/s/Know-Your-Rights-for-Workers.pdf" target="_blank"><strong>English</strong></a><br><br>A Resource for Students, Parents and Guardians: <a href="/s/Know-Your-Rights-for-Students.pdf" target="_blank"><strong>English</strong></a><br><br>What do to if you're stopped by police, immigration agents, or the FBI: <a href="/s/OnePager-Chinese-v1.pdf" target="_blank"><strong>Chinese Version</strong></a><br><br>Victim of housing, loan servicing or lending discrimination? <a href="http://portal.hud.gov/hudportal/HUD?src=%2Fprogram_offices%2Ffair_housing_equal_opp" target="_blank"><strong>Contact HUD</strong></a>.<br><br>Are You A Victim of Housing Discrimination? Read this.<br><a href="http://portal.hud.gov/hudportal/documents/huddoc?id=DOC_12147.pdf" target="_blank"><strong>Arabic</strong></a> | <a href="http://www.hud.gov/offices/adm/hudclips/forms/files/903.1cam.pdf" target="_blank"><strong>Cambodian</strong></a> | <a href="http://portal.hud.gov/hudportal/documents/huddoc?id=DOC_12149.pdf" target="_blank"><strong>Chinese</strong></a> | <a href="http://portal.hud.gov/hudportal/documents/huddoc?id=DOC_12150.pdf" target="_blank"><strong>English</strong></a> | <a href="http://portal.hud.gov/hudportal/documents/huddoc?id=DOC_12151.pdf" target="_blank"><strong>Korean</strong></a> | <a href="http://portal.hud.gov/hudportal/documents/huddoc?id=DOC_12152.pdf" target="_blank"><strong>Russian</strong></a> | <a href="http://portal.hud.gov/hudportal/documents/huddoc?id=DOC_12153.pdf" target="_blank"><strong>Spanish</strong></a> | <a href="http://portal.hud.gov/hudportal/documents/huddoc?id=DOC_12154.pdf" target="_blank"><strong>Vietnamese</strong></a></p> </div> </div> <div class="accordion-divider" aria-hidden="true" style=" height: 1px; 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padding-bottom:136.7847442626953%; overflow: hidden;-webkit-mask-image: -webkit-radial-gradient(white, black);border-top-left-radius: 20px;border-top-right-radius: 20px;border-bottom-left-radius: 20px;border-bottom-right-radius: 20px; " > <img data-stretch="false" data-src="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/1638282799346-IFNJFXHSTFNH3SD68HWR/profile-ajmani.jpg" data-image="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/1638282799346-IFNJFXHSTFNH3SD68HWR/profile-ajmani.jpg" data-image-dimensions="367x502" data-image-focal-point="0.5,0.5" alt="" data-load="false" elementtiming="system-image-block" src="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/1638282799346-IFNJFXHSTFNH3SD68HWR/profile-ajmani.jpg" width="367" height="502" alt="" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, (max-width: 767px) 25vw, 25vw" style="display:block;object-fit: cover; width: 100%; height: 100%; object-position: 50% 50%" onload="this.classList.add("loaded")" srcset="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/1638282799346-IFNJFXHSTFNH3SD68HWR/profile-ajmani.jpg?format=100w 100w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/1638282799346-IFNJFXHSTFNH3SD68HWR/profile-ajmani.jpg?format=300w 300w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/1638282799346-IFNJFXHSTFNH3SD68HWR/profile-ajmani.jpg?format=500w 500w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/1638282799346-IFNJFXHSTFNH3SD68HWR/profile-ajmani.jpg?format=750w 750w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/1638282799346-IFNJFXHSTFNH3SD68HWR/profile-ajmani.jpg?format=1000w 1000w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/1638282799346-IFNJFXHSTFNH3SD68HWR/profile-ajmani.jpg?format=1500w 1500w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/1638282799346-IFNJFXHSTFNH3SD68HWR/profile-ajmani.jpg?format=2500w 2500w" loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-loader="sqs"> </div> </div> <figcaption class="image-caption-wrapper"> <div class="image-caption"><p style="text-align:center;white-space:pre-wrap;" class="">Nisha Ajmani</p></div> </figcaption> </figure> </div> </div></div></div><div class="col sqs-col-6 span-6"><div class="row sqs-row"><div class="col sqs-col-3 span-3"><div class="sqs-block image-block sqs-block-image" data-aspect-ratio="136.30769230769232" data-block-type="5" id="block-c5e8ad9722a31ef81608"><div class="sqs-block-content"> <div class=" image-block-outer-wrapper layout-caption-overlay-hover design-layout-inline combination-animation-site-default individual-animation-site-default individual-text-animation-site-default " data-test="image-block-inline-outer-wrapper" > <figure class=" sqs-block-image-figure intrinsic " style="max-width:367px;" > <div class="image-block-wrapper" data-animation-role="image" > <div class="sqs-image-shape-container-element has-aspect-ratio " style=" position: relative; padding-bottom:136.3076934814453%; overflow: hidden;-webkit-mask-image: -webkit-radial-gradient(white, black);border-top-left-radius: 20px;border-top-right-radius: 20px;border-bottom-left-radius: 20px;border-bottom-right-radius: 20px; " > <img data-stretch="false" data-src="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/1638282839952-567NOC09HIKW7RHUBNX8/profile-alper.jpg" data-image="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/1638282839952-567NOC09HIKW7RHUBNX8/profile-alper.jpg" data-image-dimensions="367x497" data-image-focal-point="0.5,0.5" alt="" data-load="false" elementtiming="system-image-block" src="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/1638282839952-567NOC09HIKW7RHUBNX8/profile-alper.jpg" width="367" height="497" alt="" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, (max-width: 767px) 25vw, 25vw" style="display:block;object-fit: cover; width: 100%; height: 100%; object-position: 50% 50%" onload="this.classList.add("loaded")" srcset="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/1638282839952-567NOC09HIKW7RHUBNX8/profile-alper.jpg?format=100w 100w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/1638282839952-567NOC09HIKW7RHUBNX8/profile-alper.jpg?format=300w 300w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/1638282839952-567NOC09HIKW7RHUBNX8/profile-alper.jpg?format=500w 500w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/1638282839952-567NOC09HIKW7RHUBNX8/profile-alper.jpg?format=750w 750w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/1638282839952-567NOC09HIKW7RHUBNX8/profile-alper.jpg?format=1000w 1000w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/1638282839952-567NOC09HIKW7RHUBNX8/profile-alper.jpg?format=1500w 1500w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/1638282839952-567NOC09HIKW7RHUBNX8/profile-alper.jpg?format=2500w 2500w" loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-loader="sqs"> </div> </div> <figcaption class="image-caption-wrapper"> <div class="image-caption"><p style="text-align:center;white-space:pre-wrap;" class="">Daniel Alper</p></div> </figcaption> </figure> </div> </div></div></div><div class="col sqs-col-3 span-3"><div class="sqs-block image-block sqs-block-image" data-aspect-ratio="136" data-block-type="5" id="block-yui_3_17_2_1_1638282577969_16035"><div class="sqs-block-content"> <div class=" image-block-outer-wrapper layout-caption-overlay-hover design-layout-inline combination-animation-site-default individual-animation-site-default individual-text-animation-site-default " data-test="image-block-inline-outer-wrapper" > <figure class=" sqs-block-image-figure intrinsic " style="max-width:1537px;" > <div class="image-block-wrapper" data-animation-role="image" > <div class="sqs-image-shape-container-element has-aspect-ratio " style=" position: relative; padding-bottom:136%; overflow: hidden;-webkit-mask-image: -webkit-radial-gradient(white, black);border-top-left-radius: 20px;border-top-right-radius: 20px;border-bottom-left-radius: 20px;border-bottom-right-radius: 20px; " > <img data-stretch="false" data-src="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/1638283021311-3UT4S70TLDCKZ1AE42V3/Aren+Ash+HERA+photo.JPG" data-image="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/1638283021311-3UT4S70TLDCKZ1AE42V3/Aren+Ash+HERA+photo.JPG" data-image-dimensions="1537x2049" data-image-focal-point="0.5,0.5" alt="" data-load="false" elementtiming="system-image-block" src="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/1638283021311-3UT4S70TLDCKZ1AE42V3/Aren+Ash+HERA+photo.JPG" width="1537" height="2049" alt="" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, (max-width: 767px) 25vw, 25vw" style="display:block;object-fit: cover; width: 100%; height: 100%; object-position: 50% 50%" onload="this.classList.add("loaded")" srcset="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/1638283021311-3UT4S70TLDCKZ1AE42V3/Aren+Ash+HERA+photo.JPG?format=100w 100w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/1638283021311-3UT4S70TLDCKZ1AE42V3/Aren+Ash+HERA+photo.JPG?format=300w 300w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/1638283021311-3UT4S70TLDCKZ1AE42V3/Aren+Ash+HERA+photo.JPG?format=500w 500w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/1638283021311-3UT4S70TLDCKZ1AE42V3/Aren+Ash+HERA+photo.JPG?format=750w 750w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/1638283021311-3UT4S70TLDCKZ1AE42V3/Aren+Ash+HERA+photo.JPG?format=1000w 1000w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/1638283021311-3UT4S70TLDCKZ1AE42V3/Aren+Ash+HERA+photo.JPG?format=1500w 1500w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/1638283021311-3UT4S70TLDCKZ1AE42V3/Aren+Ash+HERA+photo.JPG?format=2500w 2500w" loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-loader="sqs"> </div> </div> <figcaption class="image-caption-wrapper"> <div class="image-caption"><p style="text-align:center;white-space:pre-wrap;" class="">Aren Ash</p></div> </figcaption> </figure> </div> </div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="sqs-block accordion-block sqs-block-accordion" data-block-type="69" data-border-radii="{"topLeft":{"unit":"px","value":0.0},"topRight":{"unit":"px","value":0.0},"bottomLeft":{"unit":"px","value":0.0},"bottomRight":{"unit":"px","value":0.0}}" id="block-bbaa78b936eec8b36442"><div class="sqs-block-content"> <ul class="accordion-items-container" data-should-allow-multiple-open-items="" data-is-divider-enabled="true" data-is-first-divider-visible="true" data-is-last-divider-visible="true" data-is-expanded-first-item="" data-accordion-title-alignment="left" data-accordion-description-alignment="left" data-accordion-description-placement="right" data-accordion-icon-placement="right" > <li class="accordion-item"> <div class="accordion-divider accordion-divider--top" aria-hidden="true" style=" height: 1px; opacity: 1; " ></div> <h4 class=" accordion-item__title-wrapper " role="heading" aria-level="3" > <button class="accordion-item__click-target" aria-expanded="false" style=" padding-top: 8px; padding-bottom: 8px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; " > <span class="accordion-item__title" style=" padding-right: 40px; " > Maeve Elise Brown </span> <div class="accordion-icon-container" data-is-open="false" aria-hidden="true" style=" height: 40px; width: 40px; " > <div class="plus"> <div class="plus__horizontal-line" style="height: 5px" ></div> <div class="plus__vertical-line" style="height: 5px" ></div> </div> </div> </button> </h4> <div class="accordion-item__dropdown" role="region"> <div class=" accordion-item__description sqsrte-small " style=" padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 30px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; min-width: 65%; max-width: 300px; " > <p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><em>Executive Director</em></p><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Maeve Elise Brown, Executive Director and a founder of Housing and Economic Rights Advocates (HERA), manages operations, supervises staff and participates in the organization's substantive work.<br><br>A graduate of UCLA Law School, Ms. Brown's experience as a public interest attorney include litigation and administrative advocacy on behalf of tenants and homeowners, public benefits advocacy, community organizing, fair housing advocacy, community workshops, and trainings and technical assistance for professionals. Ms. Brown has organized and opened a community development credit union, designed and taught a course on mortgage lending and homeownership at UC Berkeley School of Law and served for five years on the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's Consumer Advisory Board, functioning as Chair in her final year. She has published various articles on affordable housing issues, authored a chapter in the American Bar Association's Legal Guide to Affordable Housing Development (first edition and updated), is bilingual in Spanish and French and conversant in Japanese, Farsi, Italian and German.</p> </div> </div> <div class="accordion-divider" aria-hidden="true" style=" height: 1px; opacity: 1; " ></div> </li> <li class="accordion-item"> <h4 class=" accordion-item__title-wrapper " role="heading" aria-level="3" > <button class="accordion-item__click-target" aria-expanded="false" style=" padding-top: 8px; padding-bottom: 8px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; " > <span class="accordion-item__title" style=" padding-right: 40px; " > Nisha Ajmani </span> <div class="accordion-icon-container" data-is-open="false" aria-hidden="true" style=" height: 40px; width: 40px; " > <div class="plus"> <div class="plus__horizontal-line" style="height: 5px" ></div> <div class="plus__vertical-line" style="height: 5px" ></div> </div> </div> </button> </h4> <div class="accordion-item__dropdown" role="region"> <div class=" accordion-item__description sqsrte-small " style=" padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 30px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; min-width: 65%; max-width: 300px; " > <p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><em>Staff Attorney</em></p><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Nisha Ajmani is a staff attorney at HERA. She focuses her work on tenant advocacy, including helping tenants resolve issues related to credit reporting, debt collection, housing discrimination, habitability, and landlord disputes.<br><br>Prior to joining HERA, Nisha was a Housing Staff Attorney at Family Violence Law Center, in Oakland, where she advocated on behalf of domestic violence survivors who were dealing with housing legal issues. Her work there included in-court representation of survivors in obtaining restraining and move-out orders and defending against evictions. Nisha has also spent a substantial portion of her legal career advocating on behalf of system-involved youth.<br><br>Nisha was a summer legal intern at HERA in 2011 and a post-graduate attorney fellow at HERA in 2013. Nisha earned her J.D. in 2012 from the University of Oregon School of Law, where she was a Managing Editor on the Oregon Law Review. Nisha was born and raised in the Bay Area and earned her B.A. from Bowdoin College in 2006. She enjoys painting in her free time.</p> </div> </div> <div class="accordion-divider" aria-hidden="true" style=" height: 1px; opacity: 1; " ></div> </li> <li class="accordion-item"> <h4 class=" accordion-item__title-wrapper " role="heading" aria-level="3" > <button class="accordion-item__click-target" aria-expanded="false" style=" padding-top: 8px; padding-bottom: 8px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; " > <span class="accordion-item__title" style=" padding-right: 40px; " > Daniel Alper </span> <div class="accordion-icon-container" data-is-open="false" aria-hidden="true" style=" height: 40px; width: 40px; " > <div class="plus"> <div class="plus__horizontal-line" style="height: 5px" ></div> <div class="plus__vertical-line" style="height: 5px" ></div> </div> </div> </button> </h4> <div class="accordion-item__dropdown" role="region"> <div class=" accordion-item__description sqsrte-small " style=" padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 30px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; min-width: 65%; max-width: 300px; " > <p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><em>Staff Attorney</em></p><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Daniel Alper is a staff attorney at HERA, focused primarily on issues around predatory lending and foreclosure prevention. He provides direct services to clients and also engages in impact litigation. </p><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Prior to working at HERA, Daniel was a law clerk at the Alameda County Public Defender’s office and judicial extern in the Northern District of California. Daniel earned his JD from Golden Gate University School of Law, where he participated in the Environmental Justice Clinic and served as an editor on the Environmental Law Journal. </p><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Daniel currently teaches Legal Methods and Legal Analysis as an adjunct professor in the Academic Achievement program at GGU School of Law.</p> </div> </div> <div class="accordion-divider" aria-hidden="true" style=" height: 1px; opacity: 1; " ></div> </li> <li class="accordion-item"> <h4 class=" accordion-item__title-wrapper " role="heading" aria-level="3" > <button class="accordion-item__click-target" aria-expanded="false" style=" padding-top: 8px; padding-bottom: 8px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; " > <span class="accordion-item__title" style=" padding-right: 40px; " > Aren Ash </span> <div class="accordion-icon-container" data-is-open="false" aria-hidden="true" style=" height: 40px; width: 40px; " > <div class="plus"> <div class="plus__horizontal-line" style="height: 5px" ></div> <div class="plus__vertical-line" style="height: 5px" ></div> </div> </div> </button> </h4> <div class="accordion-item__dropdown" role="region"> <div class=" accordion-item__description sqsrte-small " style=" padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 30px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; min-width: 65%; max-width: 300px; " > <p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><em>Staff Attorney</em></p><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><strong>Aren Ash</strong> is a Staff Attorney at HERA in Oakland, CA, concentrating on tenant advocacy, issues related to landlord disputes, housing discrimination, habitability, debt collection, and credit reporting.<br><br>Prior to joining HERA, Aren worked in private practice and as a law clerk at the San Francisco Public Defender’s office. He earned his JD from Golden Gate University School of Law, where he was an Associate Editor of Law Review and co-founder of Students for Sensible Drug Policy. In his spare time, Aren enjoys cooking, hiking, and playing basketball.</p> </div> </div> <div class="accordion-divider" aria-hidden="true" style=" height: 1px; opacity: 1; " ></div> </li> </ul> </div></div></div></div></div> </div> </div> </section> <section data-test="page-section" data-section-theme="" class='page-section layout-engine-section background-width--full-bleed section-height--small content-width--wide horizontal-alignment--center vertical-alignment--middle ' data-section-id="61a6389bcb3aea5591fbcc1c" data-controller="SectionWrapperController" data-current-styles="{ "imageOverlayOpacity": 0.15, "backgroundWidth": "background-width--full-bleed", "sectionHeight": "section-height--small", "customSectionHeight": 10, "horizontalAlignment": "horizontal-alignment--center", "verticalAlignment": "vertical-alignment--middle", "contentWidth": "content-width--wide", "customContentWidth": 50, "backgroundColor": "", "sectionTheme": "", "sectionAnimation": "none", "backgroundMode": "image" }" data-current-context="{ "video": { "playbackSpeed": 0.5, "filter": 1, "filterStrength": 0, "zoom": 0, "videoSourceProvider": "none" }, "backgroundImageId": null, "backgroundMediaEffect": null, "divider": null, "typeName": "page" }" data-animation="none" > <div class="section-border" > <div class="section-background"> </div> </div> <div class='content-wrapper' style=' ' > <div class="content" > <div class="sqs-layout sqs-grid-12 columns-12" data-type="page-section" id="page-section-61a6389bcb3aea5591fbcc1c"><div class="row sqs-row"><div class="col sqs-col-12 span-12"><div class="row sqs-row"><div class="col sqs-col-3 span-3"><div class="sqs-block image-block sqs-block-image" data-aspect-ratio="136.6153846153846" data-block-type="5" id="block-yui_3_17_2_1_1657666351277_58383"><div class="sqs-block-content"> <div class=" image-block-outer-wrapper layout-caption-overlay-hover design-layout-inline combination-animation-site-default individual-animation-site-default individual-text-animation-site-default " data-test="image-block-inline-outer-wrapper" > <figure class=" sqs-block-image-figure intrinsic " style="max-width:3000px;" > <div class="image-block-wrapper" data-animation-role="image" > <div class="sqs-image-shape-container-element has-aspect-ratio " style=" position: relative; 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padding-bottom:137.15846252441406%; overflow: hidden;-webkit-mask-image: -webkit-radial-gradient(white, black);border-top-left-radius: 20px;border-top-right-radius: 20px;border-bottom-left-radius: 20px;border-bottom-right-radius: 20px; " > <img data-stretch="false" data-src="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/1638285507590-0FIU6MP05DJ1S7Y70B0C/profile-bowen2.jpg" data-image="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/1638285507590-0FIU6MP05DJ1S7Y70B0C/profile-bowen2.jpg" data-image-dimensions="366x502" data-image-focal-point="0.5,0.5" alt="" data-load="false" elementtiming="system-image-block" src="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/1638285507590-0FIU6MP05DJ1S7Y70B0C/profile-bowen2.jpg" width="366" height="502" alt="" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, (max-width: 767px) 25vw, 25vw" style="display:block;object-fit: cover; width: 100%; height: 100%; object-position: 50% 50%" onload="this.classList.add("loaded")" srcset="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/1638285507590-0FIU6MP05DJ1S7Y70B0C/profile-bowen2.jpg?format=100w 100w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/1638285507590-0FIU6MP05DJ1S7Y70B0C/profile-bowen2.jpg?format=300w 300w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/1638285507590-0FIU6MP05DJ1S7Y70B0C/profile-bowen2.jpg?format=500w 500w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/1638285507590-0FIU6MP05DJ1S7Y70B0C/profile-bowen2.jpg?format=750w 750w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/1638285507590-0FIU6MP05DJ1S7Y70B0C/profile-bowen2.jpg?format=1000w 1000w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/1638285507590-0FIU6MP05DJ1S7Y70B0C/profile-bowen2.jpg?format=1500w 1500w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/1638285507590-0FIU6MP05DJ1S7Y70B0C/profile-bowen2.jpg?format=2500w 2500w" loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-loader="sqs"> </div> </div> <figcaption class="image-caption-wrapper"> <div class="image-caption"><p style="text-align:center;white-space:pre-wrap;" class="">Kendra Bowen</p></div> </figcaption> </figure> </div> </div></div></div><div class="col sqs-col-3 span-3"><div class="sqs-block image-block sqs-block-image" data-aspect-ratio="136.92307692307693" data-block-type="5" id="block-yui_3_17_2_1_1691687123091_39311"><div class="sqs-block-content"> <div class=" image-block-outer-wrapper layout-caption-overlay-hover design-layout-inline combination-animation-site-default individual-animation-site-default individual-text-animation-site-default " data-test="image-block-inline-outer-wrapper" > <figure class=" sqs-block-image-figure intrinsic " style="max-width:490px;" > <div class="image-block-wrapper" data-animation-role="image" > <div class="sqs-image-shape-container-element has-aspect-ratio " style=" position: relative; padding-bottom:136.92308044433594%; overflow: hidden;-webkit-mask-image: -webkit-radial-gradient(white, black);border-top-left-radius: 20px;border-top-right-radius: 20px;border-bottom-left-radius: 20px;border-bottom-right-radius: 20px; " > <img data-stretch="false" data-src="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/e96c329e-56c7-4e81-80ce-cd618aefe544/Kassandra+Caldera" data-image="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/e96c329e-56c7-4e81-80ce-cd618aefe544/Kassandra+Caldera" data-image-dimensions="490x640" data-image-focal-point="0.5,0.5" alt="" data-load="false" elementtiming="system-image-block" src="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/e96c329e-56c7-4e81-80ce-cd618aefe544/Kassandra+Caldera" width="490" height="640" alt="" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, (max-width: 767px) 25vw, 25vw" style="display:block;object-fit: cover; width: 100%; height: 100%; object-position: 50% 50%" onload="this.classList.add("loaded")" srcset="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/e96c329e-56c7-4e81-80ce-cd618aefe544/Kassandra+Caldera?format=100w 100w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/e96c329e-56c7-4e81-80ce-cd618aefe544/Kassandra+Caldera?format=300w 300w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/e96c329e-56c7-4e81-80ce-cd618aefe544/Kassandra+Caldera?format=500w 500w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/e96c329e-56c7-4e81-80ce-cd618aefe544/Kassandra+Caldera?format=750w 750w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/e96c329e-56c7-4e81-80ce-cd618aefe544/Kassandra+Caldera?format=1000w 1000w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/e96c329e-56c7-4e81-80ce-cd618aefe544/Kassandra+Caldera?format=1500w 1500w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/e96c329e-56c7-4e81-80ce-cd618aefe544/Kassandra+Caldera?format=2500w 2500w" loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-loader="sqs"> </div> </div> <figcaption class="image-caption-wrapper"> <div class="image-caption"><p style="text-align:center;white-space:pre-wrap;" class="">Kasandra Calderas</p></div> </figcaption> </figure> </div> </div></div></div><div class="col sqs-col-3 span-3"><div class="sqs-block image-block sqs-block-image" data-aspect-ratio="135.07692307692307" data-block-type="5" id="block-yui_3_17_2_1_1647983832230_44089"><div class="sqs-block-content"> <div class=" image-block-outer-wrapper layout-caption-overlay-hover design-layout-inline combination-animation-site-default individual-animation-site-default individual-text-animation-site-default " data-test="image-block-inline-outer-wrapper" > <figure class=" sqs-block-image-figure intrinsic " style="max-width:3024px;" > <div class="image-block-wrapper" data-animation-role="image" > <div class="sqs-image-shape-container-element has-aspect-ratio " style=" position: relative; padding-bottom:135.07691955566406%; overflow: hidden;-webkit-mask-image: -webkit-radial-gradient(white, black);border-top-left-radius: 20px;border-top-right-radius: 20px;border-bottom-left-radius: 20px;border-bottom-right-radius: 20px; " > <img data-stretch="false" data-src="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/1647984263914-QNZ82COHJ9UV1H3KJ7MS/IMG_0427.JPG" data-image="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/1647984263914-QNZ82COHJ9UV1H3KJ7MS/IMG_0427.JPG" data-image-dimensions="3024x4032" data-image-focal-point="0.500000121165623,0.6190476190476191" alt="Mary E. Day" data-load="false" elementtiming="system-image-block" src="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/1647984263914-QNZ82COHJ9UV1H3KJ7MS/IMG_0427.JPG" width="3024" height="4032" alt="" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, (max-width: 767px) 25vw, 25vw" style="display:block;object-fit: cover; width: 100%; height: 100%; object-position: 50.000012116562296% 61.904761904761905%" onload="this.classList.add("loaded")" srcset="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/1647984263914-QNZ82COHJ9UV1H3KJ7MS/IMG_0427.JPG?format=100w 100w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/1647984263914-QNZ82COHJ9UV1H3KJ7MS/IMG_0427.JPG?format=300w 300w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/1647984263914-QNZ82COHJ9UV1H3KJ7MS/IMG_0427.JPG?format=500w 500w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/1647984263914-QNZ82COHJ9UV1H3KJ7MS/IMG_0427.JPG?format=750w 750w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/1647984263914-QNZ82COHJ9UV1H3KJ7MS/IMG_0427.JPG?format=1000w 1000w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/1647984263914-QNZ82COHJ9UV1H3KJ7MS/IMG_0427.JPG?format=1500w 1500w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/1647984263914-QNZ82COHJ9UV1H3KJ7MS/IMG_0427.JPG?format=2500w 2500w" loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-loader="sqs"> </div> </div> <figcaption class="image-caption-wrapper"> <div class="image-caption"><p style="text-align:center;white-space:pre-wrap;" class="">Mary E. Day</p></div> </figcaption> </figure> </div> </div></div></div></div><div class="sqs-block accordion-block sqs-block-accordion" data-block-type="69" data-border-radii="{"topLeft":{"unit":"px","value":0.0},"topRight":{"unit":"px","value":0.0},"bottomLeft":{"unit":"px","value":0.0},"bottomRight":{"unit":"px","value":0.0}}" id="block-1343ca923f83b54cec4f"><div class="sqs-block-content"> <ul class="accordion-items-container" data-should-allow-multiple-open-items="" data-is-divider-enabled="true" data-is-first-divider-visible="true" data-is-last-divider-visible="true" data-is-expanded-first-item="" data-accordion-title-alignment="left" data-accordion-description-alignment="left" data-accordion-description-placement="right" data-accordion-icon-placement="right" > <li class="accordion-item"> <div class="accordion-divider accordion-divider--top" aria-hidden="true" style=" height: 1px; opacity: 1; " ></div> <h4 class=" accordion-item__title-wrapper " role="heading" aria-level="3" > <button class="accordion-item__click-target" aria-expanded="false" style=" padding-top: 8px; padding-bottom: 8px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; " > <span class="accordion-item__title" style=" padding-right: 40px; " > Natasha Blazer </span> <div class="accordion-icon-container" data-is-open="false" aria-hidden="true" style=" height: 40px; width: 40px; " > <div class="plus"> <div class="plus__horizontal-line" style="height: 5px" ></div> <div class="plus__vertical-line" style="height: 5px" ></div> </div> </div> </button> </h4> <div class="accordion-item__dropdown" role="region"> <div class=" accordion-item__description sqsrte-small " style=" padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 30px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; min-width: 65%; max-width: 300px; " > <p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><em>Public Interest Fellow</em></p><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Natasha Blazer is a Public Interest Fellow at HERA and a graduate of UC Berkeley, School of Law. Natasha works with clients on homeownership issues, including predatory home improvement scams and foreclosure prevention, as well as general credit and debt issues. She also engages in HERA’s state-wide coalition building and policy advocacy efforts. </p><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Prior to joining HERA, Natasha worked as a Domestic Violence Counselor and Immigration Paralegal in Boston, MA and attended Tufts University as an undergraduate. In law school, Natasha primarily worked on consumer justice and civil rights issues, interning with legal services clinics, impact litigation organizations, and plaintiff side firms in the San Francisco Bay Area. She also participated in asylum advocacy and led student groups focused on combating the harms caused by interpersonal violence and economic inequity.</p> </div> </div> <div class="accordion-divider" aria-hidden="true" style=" height: 1px; opacity: 1; " ></div> </li> <li class="accordion-item"> <h4 class=" accordion-item__title-wrapper " role="heading" aria-level="3" > <button class="accordion-item__click-target" aria-expanded="false" style=" padding-top: 8px; padding-bottom: 8px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; " > <span class="accordion-item__title" style=" padding-right: 40px; " > Kendra Bowen </span> <div class="accordion-icon-container" data-is-open="false" aria-hidden="true" style=" height: 40px; width: 40px; " > <div class="plus"> <div class="plus__horizontal-line" style="height: 5px" ></div> <div class="plus__vertical-line" style="height: 5px" ></div> </div> </div> </button> </h4> <div class="accordion-item__dropdown" role="region"> <div class=" accordion-item__description sqsrte-small " style=" padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 30px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; min-width: 65%; max-width: 300px; " > <p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><em>Senior Attorney</em></p><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Kendra Bowen is providing estate planning services to individuals, educational workshops for the public, and training for attorneys. With her Juris Doctor from Hastings College of the Law, Ms. Bowen also brings strong, general litigation and real estate experience.</p> </div> </div> <div class="accordion-divider" aria-hidden="true" style=" height: 1px; opacity: 1; " ></div> </li> <li class="accordion-item"> <h4 class=" accordion-item__title-wrapper " role="heading" aria-level="3" > <button class="accordion-item__click-target" aria-expanded="false" style=" padding-top: 8px; padding-bottom: 8px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; " > <span class="accordion-item__title" style=" padding-right: 40px; " > Kasandra Calderas </span> <div class="accordion-icon-container" data-is-open="false" aria-hidden="true" style=" height: 40px; width: 40px; " > <div class="plus"> <div class="plus__horizontal-line" style="height: 5px" ></div> <div class="plus__vertical-line" style="height: 5px" ></div> </div> </div> </button> </h4> <div class="accordion-item__dropdown" role="region"> <div class=" accordion-item__description sqsrte-small " style=" padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 30px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; min-width: 65%; max-width: 300px; " > <p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><em>Administrative Assistant</em></p><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Kasandra Calderas is an Administrative Assistant at HERA. She was born In Los Angeles but raised in a border town named Heber. With a B.A. in Hospitality Administration and Management from The Art Institute of San Diego, Kasandra's focus is to help and guide Latino communities and other residents in distress using her second language, which is Spanish, as a strength. Before joining HERA, Kasandra worked for Darden Restaurant Inc as an Executive Managing Partner. Supported her team’s career development by teaching and mentoring, leading to their full potential. Developing and implementing organizational goals, procedures, and policies. At HERA, Kasandra focuses on client intake, document management, as well as a broad range of administrative and outreach support. In her free time, she enjoys playing softball, cooking, traveling, and spending time with her family and 2 puppies</p> </div> </div> <div class="accordion-divider" aria-hidden="true" style=" height: 1px; opacity: 1; " ></div> </li> <li class="accordion-item"> <h4 class=" accordion-item__title-wrapper " role="heading" aria-level="3" > <button class="accordion-item__click-target" aria-expanded="false" style=" padding-top: 8px; padding-bottom: 8px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; " > <span class="accordion-item__title" style=" padding-right: 40px; " > Mary E. Day </span> <div class="accordion-icon-container" data-is-open="false" aria-hidden="true" style=" height: 40px; width: 40px; " > <div class="plus"> <div class="plus__horizontal-line" style="height: 5px" ></div> <div class="plus__vertical-line" style="height: 5px" ></div> </div> </div> </button> </h4> <div class="accordion-item__dropdown" role="region"> <div class=" accordion-item__description sqsrte-small " style=" padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 30px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; min-width: 65%; max-width: 300px; " > <p><em>Staff Attorney</em></p><p>Mary E. Day is a Staff Attorney at HERA focusing on foreclosure prevention, student loans, and solar panel and home improvement scams. Prior to joining HERA, Mary represented parents in Alameda County struggling to reunite their families. Working with these families overwhelmed by poverty and systemically racist policies, Mary obtained several appellate rulings protecting families against unfair government practices.</p><p>Previously, Mary was a Public Defender in Florida where she represented juveniles and adults and became the office’s Search and Seizure Expert. Mary earned her J.D. from Stetson University College of Law in Gulfport, Florida. Mary is also an inventor on 5 U.S. patents reflecting the many years prior to the launch of her legal career that Mary spent as a Silicon Valley research engineer.</p> </div> </div> <div class="accordion-divider" aria-hidden="true" style=" height: 1px; opacity: 1; " ></div> </li> </ul> </div></div></div></div></div> </div> </div> </section> <section data-test="page-section" data-section-theme="" class='page-section layout-engine-section background-width--full-bleed section-height--small content-width--wide horizontal-alignment--center vertical-alignment--middle ' data-section-id="61a638bdac7ec229e480f72a" data-controller="SectionWrapperController" data-current-styles="{ "imageOverlayOpacity": 0.15, "backgroundWidth": "background-width--full-bleed", "sectionHeight": "section-height--small", "customSectionHeight": 10, "horizontalAlignment": "horizontal-alignment--center", "verticalAlignment": "vertical-alignment--middle", "contentWidth": "content-width--wide", "customContentWidth": 50, "backgroundColor": "", "sectionTheme": "", "sectionAnimation": "none", "backgroundMode": "image" }" data-current-context="{ "video": { "playbackSpeed": 0.5, "filter": 1, "filterStrength": 0, "zoom": 0, "videoSourceProvider": "none" }, "backgroundImageId": null, "backgroundMediaEffect": null, "divider": null, "typeName": "page" }" data-animation="none" > <div class="section-border" > <div class="section-background"> </div> </div> <div class='content-wrapper' style=' ' > <div class="content" > <div class="sqs-layout sqs-grid-12 columns-12" data-type="page-section" id="page-section-61a638bdac7ec229e480f72a"><div class="row sqs-row"><div class="col sqs-col-3 span-3"><div class="sqs-block image-block sqs-block-image" data-aspect-ratio="134.76923076923077" data-block-type="5" id="block-0ee4072a4d0a241ff954"><div class="sqs-block-content"> <div class=" image-block-outer-wrapper layout-caption-overlay-hover design-layout-inline combination-animation-site-default individual-animation-site-default individual-text-animation-site-default " data-test="image-block-inline-outer-wrapper" > <figure class=" sqs-block-image-figure intrinsic " style="max-width:367px;" > <div class="image-block-wrapper" data-animation-role="image" > <div class="sqs-image-shape-container-element has-aspect-ratio " style=" position: relative; padding-bottom:134.76922607421875%; overflow: hidden;-webkit-mask-image: -webkit-radial-gradient(white, black);border-top-left-radius: 20px;border-top-right-radius: 20px;border-bottom-left-radius: 20px;border-bottom-right-radius: 20px; " > <img data-stretch="false" data-src="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/1638285622659-IC2TXU49YQSYUTRCY2U3/profile-di_giusto.jpg" data-image="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/1638285622659-IC2TXU49YQSYUTRCY2U3/profile-di_giusto.jpg" data-image-dimensions="367x502" data-image-focal-point="0.5,0.5" alt="" data-load="false" elementtiming="system-image-block" src="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/1638285622659-IC2TXU49YQSYUTRCY2U3/profile-di_giusto.jpg" width="367" height="502" alt="" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, (max-width: 767px) 25vw, 25vw" style="display:block;object-fit: cover; width: 100%; height: 100%; object-position: 50% 50%" onload="this.classList.add("loaded")" srcset="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/1638285622659-IC2TXU49YQSYUTRCY2U3/profile-di_giusto.jpg?format=100w 100w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/1638285622659-IC2TXU49YQSYUTRCY2U3/profile-di_giusto.jpg?format=300w 300w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/1638285622659-IC2TXU49YQSYUTRCY2U3/profile-di_giusto.jpg?format=500w 500w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/1638285622659-IC2TXU49YQSYUTRCY2U3/profile-di_giusto.jpg?format=750w 750w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/1638285622659-IC2TXU49YQSYUTRCY2U3/profile-di_giusto.jpg?format=1000w 1000w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/1638285622659-IC2TXU49YQSYUTRCY2U3/profile-di_giusto.jpg?format=1500w 1500w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/1638285622659-IC2TXU49YQSYUTRCY2U3/profile-di_giusto.jpg?format=2500w 2500w" loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-loader="sqs"> </div> </div> <figcaption class="image-caption-wrapper"> <div class="image-caption"><p style="text-align:center;white-space:pre-wrap;" class="">Gina Di Giusto</p></div> </figcaption> </figure> </div> </div></div></div><div class="col sqs-col-3 span-3"><div class="sqs-block image-block sqs-block-image" data-aspect-ratio="135.07692307692307" data-block-type="5" id="block-yui_3_17_2_1_1657666351277_49544"><div class="sqs-block-content"> <div class=" image-block-outer-wrapper layout-caption-overlay-hover design-layout-inline combination-animation-site-default individual-animation-site-default individual-text-animation-site-default " data-test="image-block-inline-outer-wrapper" > <figure class=" sqs-block-image-figure intrinsic " style="max-width:3840px;" > <div class="image-block-wrapper" data-animation-role="image" > <div class="sqs-image-shape-container-element has-aspect-ratio " style=" position: relative; padding-bottom:135.07691955566406%; overflow: hidden;-webkit-mask-image: -webkit-radial-gradient(white, black);border-top-left-radius: 20px;border-top-right-radius: 20px;border-bottom-left-radius: 20px;border-bottom-right-radius: 20px; " > <img data-stretch="false" data-src="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/bca43a1b-b917-4fb6-be71-c6aa450b5675/meghan-grim.JPG" data-image="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/bca43a1b-b917-4fb6-be71-c6aa450b5675/meghan-grim.JPG" data-image-dimensions="3840x5760" data-image-focal-point="0.4448458214311873,0.11202896869964352" alt="" data-load="false" elementtiming="system-image-block" src="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/bca43a1b-b917-4fb6-be71-c6aa450b5675/meghan-grim.JPG" width="3840" height="5760" alt="" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, (max-width: 767px) 25vw, 25vw" style="display:block;object-fit: cover; width: 100%; height: 100%; object-position: 44.48458214311873% 11.202896869964352%" onload="this.classList.add("loaded")" srcset="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/bca43a1b-b917-4fb6-be71-c6aa450b5675/meghan-grim.JPG?format=100w 100w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/bca43a1b-b917-4fb6-be71-c6aa450b5675/meghan-grim.JPG?format=300w 300w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/bca43a1b-b917-4fb6-be71-c6aa450b5675/meghan-grim.JPG?format=500w 500w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/bca43a1b-b917-4fb6-be71-c6aa450b5675/meghan-grim.JPG?format=750w 750w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/bca43a1b-b917-4fb6-be71-c6aa450b5675/meghan-grim.JPG?format=1000w 1000w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/bca43a1b-b917-4fb6-be71-c6aa450b5675/meghan-grim.JPG?format=1500w 1500w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/bca43a1b-b917-4fb6-be71-c6aa450b5675/meghan-grim.JPG?format=2500w 2500w" loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-loader="sqs"> </div> </div> <figcaption class="image-caption-wrapper"> <div class="image-caption"><p style="text-align:center;white-space:pre-wrap;" class="">Meghan Grim</p></div> </figcaption> </figure> </div> </div></div></div><div class="col sqs-col-3 span-3"><div class="sqs-block image-block sqs-block-image" data-aspect-ratio="135.07692307692307" data-block-type="5" id="block-yui_3_17_2_1_1691687123091_203294"><div class="sqs-block-content"> <div class=" image-block-outer-wrapper layout-caption-overlay-hover design-layout-inline combination-animation-site-default individual-animation-site-default individual-text-animation-site-default " data-test="image-block-inline-outer-wrapper" > <figure class=" sqs-block-image-figure intrinsic " style="max-width:3024px;" > <div class="image-block-wrapper" data-animation-role="image" > <div class="sqs-image-shape-container-element has-aspect-ratio " style=" position: relative; padding-bottom:135.07691955566406%; overflow: hidden;-webkit-mask-image: -webkit-radial-gradient(white, black);border-top-left-radius: 20px;border-top-right-radius: 20px;border-bottom-left-radius: 20px;border-bottom-right-radius: 20px; " > <img data-stretch="false" data-src="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/3e125339-89e4-4032-8501-8ad4c0f2132f/Siyi+photo.jpg" data-image="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/3e125339-89e4-4032-8501-8ad4c0f2132f/Siyi+photo.jpg" data-image-dimensions="3024x4032" data-image-focal-point="0.5266805673076985,0.96" alt="" data-load="false" elementtiming="system-image-block" src="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/3e125339-89e4-4032-8501-8ad4c0f2132f/Siyi+photo.jpg" width="3024" height="4032" alt="" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, (max-width: 767px) 25vw, 25vw" style="display:block;object-fit: cover; width: 100%; height: 100%; object-position: 52.668056730769855% 96%" onload="this.classList.add("loaded")" srcset="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/3e125339-89e4-4032-8501-8ad4c0f2132f/Siyi+photo.jpg?format=100w 100w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/3e125339-89e4-4032-8501-8ad4c0f2132f/Siyi+photo.jpg?format=300w 300w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/3e125339-89e4-4032-8501-8ad4c0f2132f/Siyi+photo.jpg?format=500w 500w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/3e125339-89e4-4032-8501-8ad4c0f2132f/Siyi+photo.jpg?format=750w 750w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/3e125339-89e4-4032-8501-8ad4c0f2132f/Siyi+photo.jpg?format=1000w 1000w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/3e125339-89e4-4032-8501-8ad4c0f2132f/Siyi+photo.jpg?format=1500w 1500w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/3e125339-89e4-4032-8501-8ad4c0f2132f/Siyi+photo.jpg?format=2500w 2500w" loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-loader="sqs"> </div> </div> <figcaption class="image-caption-wrapper"> <div class="image-caption"><p style="text-align:center;white-space:pre-wrap;" class="">Siyi He</p></div> </figcaption> </figure> </div> </div></div></div><div class="col sqs-col-3 span-3"><div class="sqs-block image-block sqs-block-image" data-aspect-ratio="136.92307692307693" data-block-type="5" id="block-13a5daab747d59201281"><div class="sqs-block-content"> <div class=" image-block-outer-wrapper layout-caption-overlay-hover design-layout-inline combination-animation-site-default individual-animation-site-default individual-text-animation-site-default " data-test="image-block-inline-outer-wrapper" > <figure class=" sqs-block-image-figure intrinsic " style="max-width:367px;" > <div class="image-block-wrapper" data-animation-role="image" > <div class="sqs-image-shape-container-element has-aspect-ratio " style=" position: relative; 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Levy</p></div> </figcaption> </figure> </div> </div></div></div></div><div class="row sqs-row"><div class="col sqs-col-12 span-12"><div class="sqs-block accordion-block sqs-block-accordion" data-block-type="69" data-border-radii="{"topLeft":{"unit":"px","value":0.0},"topRight":{"unit":"px","value":0.0},"bottomLeft":{"unit":"px","value":0.0},"bottomRight":{"unit":"px","value":0.0}}" id="block-ae0ebcc8e29c7b238d55"><div class="sqs-block-content"> <ul class="accordion-items-container" data-should-allow-multiple-open-items="" data-is-divider-enabled="true" data-is-first-divider-visible="true" data-is-last-divider-visible="true" data-is-expanded-first-item="" data-accordion-title-alignment="left" data-accordion-description-alignment="left" data-accordion-description-placement="right" data-accordion-icon-placement="right" > <li class="accordion-item"> <div class="accordion-divider accordion-divider--top" aria-hidden="true" style=" height: 1px; opacity: 1; " ></div> <h4 class=" accordion-item__title-wrapper " role="heading" aria-level="3" > <button class="accordion-item__click-target" aria-expanded="false" style=" padding-top: 8px; padding-bottom: 8px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; " > <span class="accordion-item__title" style=" padding-right: 40px; " > Gina Di Giusto </span> <div class="accordion-icon-container" data-is-open="false" aria-hidden="true" style=" height: 40px; width: 40px; " > <div class="plus"> <div class="plus__horizontal-line" style="height: 5px" ></div> <div class="plus__vertical-line" style="height: 5px" ></div> </div> </div> </button> </h4> <div class="accordion-item__dropdown" role="region"> <div class=" accordion-item__description sqsrte-small " style=" padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 30px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; min-width: 65%; max-width: 300px; " > <p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><em>Senior Attorney</em></p><p class="" data-rte-preserve-empty="true" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"></p><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Gina Di Giusto is a Senior Attorney at HERA and a graduate of Harvard Law School. Prior to joining HERA in 2013, Gina provided advice on landlord-tenant issues at a local legal services program, completed a fellowship at the Superior Court in Alameda County, and spent two years representing residents of publicly subsidized housing before local housing authorities. </p><p class="" data-rte-preserve-empty="true" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"></p><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Gina was selected to the California Super Lawyers "Rising Stars" list in 2016-18 for her work in consumer law; the "Rising Stars" list is selected by peer lawyers and recognizes no more than 2.5 percent of up-and-coming attorneys in each state. At HERA, Gina works on unfair debt collection, wrongful credit reporting, and mortgage and foreclosure-related issues on behalf of Californians in need. Gina also brings significant litigation experience and expertise addressing abuses by homeowners' associations.</p> </div> </div> <div class="accordion-divider" aria-hidden="true" style=" height: 1px; opacity: 1; " ></div> </li> <li class="accordion-item"> <h4 class=" accordion-item__title-wrapper " role="heading" aria-level="3" > <button class="accordion-item__click-target" aria-expanded="false" style=" padding-top: 8px; padding-bottom: 8px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; " > <span class="accordion-item__title" style=" padding-right: 40px; " > Meghan Grim </span> <div class="accordion-icon-container" data-is-open="false" aria-hidden="true" style=" height: 40px; width: 40px; " > <div class="plus"> <div class="plus__horizontal-line" style="height: 5px" ></div> <div class="plus__vertical-line" style="height: 5px" ></div> </div> </div> </button> </h4> <div class="accordion-item__dropdown" role="region"> <div class=" accordion-item__description sqsrte-small " style=" padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 30px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; min-width: 65%; max-width: 300px; " > <p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><em>Staff Attorney</em></p><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Meghan Grim is a staff attorney at HERA and a graduate of USC Gould School of Law, with over ten years of experience in public interest law. She currently focuses on mortgage issues and foreclosure prevention, student loan debt, and fair credit reporting. </p><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Prior to joining HERA, Meghan worked for the County of Los Angeles, representing the Department of Children and Family Services in the juvenile dependency system. Aside from extensive courtroom experience, she brings appellate knowledge, having also worked for the California Court of Appeal Indigent Defense Panel. </p><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">During her time in law school, she clerked for the Los Angeles District Attorney's Office in the Appellate Division, as well as for the Children's Law Center of California. </p> </div> </div> <div class="accordion-divider" aria-hidden="true" style=" height: 1px; opacity: 1; " ></div> </li> <li class="accordion-item"> <h4 class=" accordion-item__title-wrapper " role="heading" aria-level="3" > <button class="accordion-item__click-target" aria-expanded="false" style=" padding-top: 8px; padding-bottom: 8px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; " > <span class="accordion-item__title" style=" padding-right: 40px; " > Siyi He </span> <div class="accordion-icon-container" data-is-open="false" aria-hidden="true" style=" height: 40px; width: 40px; " > <div class="plus"> <div class="plus__horizontal-line" style="height: 5px" ></div> <div class="plus__vertical-line" style="height: 5px" ></div> </div> </div> </button> </h4> <div class="accordion-item__dropdown" role="region"> <div class=" accordion-item__description sqsrte-small " style=" padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 30px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; min-width: 65%; max-width: 300px; " > <p><em>Administrative Assistant</em></p><p>Siyi He is an administrative assistant at HERA. She was born and raised in China and holds a B.A. in French from Guangdong University of Foreign Studies. Prior to joining HERA, she worked as a Marketing Specialist, leveraging her skills in assisting people.</p><p>As a first-generation immigrant, Siyi is passionate about supporting individuals from all races, particularly those who are vulnerable. At HERA, she focuses on estate planning, client intake, and provides administrative support to the staff attorneys. During her free time, Siyi enjoys spending time outdoors, cherishing moments with her friends and family.</p> </div> </div> <div class="accordion-divider" aria-hidden="true" style=" height: 1px; opacity: 1; " ></div> </li> <li class="accordion-item"> <h4 class=" accordion-item__title-wrapper " role="heading" aria-level="3" > <button class="accordion-item__click-target" aria-expanded="false" style=" padding-top: 8px; padding-bottom: 8px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; " > <span class="accordion-item__title" style=" padding-right: 40px; " > Arthur D. Levy </span> <div class="accordion-icon-container" data-is-open="false" aria-hidden="true" style=" height: 40px; width: 40px; " > <div class="plus"> <div class="plus__horizontal-line" style="height: 5px" ></div> <div class="plus__vertical-line" style="height: 5px" ></div> </div> </div> </button> </h4> <div class="accordion-item__dropdown" role="region"> <div class=" accordion-item__description sqsrte-small " style=" padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 30px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; min-width: 65%; max-width: 300px; " > <p><em>Director of Litigation</em></p><p>Arthur D. Levy is HERA's Director of Litigation, with over 35 years of litigation experience focused on class actions representing consumers in major banking, lending and insurance cases.</p><p>Over the course of his career, Mr. Levy has successfully successfully handled complex consumer protection litigation against Bank of America, JPMorgan Chase Bank, Lenox Financial, Mercury Insurance Company, Auto Insurance Specialists, Xerox, and IKON. He's currently co-counseling a long-standing class action against CashCall challenging CashCall's collection and lending practices and exorbitant interest rates and loan terms. His active pro bono practice includes extensive Amicus Curiae (Friend of the Court) briefs on key legal issues for non-profit organizations, including HERA, National Consumer Law Center, Consumers Union, Consumers for Auto Reliability and Safety, and the California Reinvestment Coalition. A tireless advocate, he has provided pro bono legal representation to a variety of historic preservation organizations as well.</p> </div> </div> <div class="accordion-divider" aria-hidden="true" style=" height: 1px; opacity: 1; " ></div> </li> </ul> </div></div></div></div></div> </div> </div> </section> <section data-test="page-section" data-section-theme="" class='page-section layout-engine-section background-width--full-bleed section-height--small content-width--wide horizontal-alignment--center vertical-alignment--middle ' data-section-id="61b10fa3b2f4645c1acb5427" data-controller="SectionWrapperController" data-current-styles="{ "imageOverlayOpacity": 0.15, "backgroundWidth": "background-width--full-bleed", "sectionHeight": "section-height--small", "customSectionHeight": 10, "horizontalAlignment": "horizontal-alignment--center", "verticalAlignment": "vertical-alignment--middle", "contentWidth": "content-width--wide", "customContentWidth": 50, "backgroundColor": "", "sectionTheme": "", "sectionAnimation": "none", "backgroundMode": "image" }" data-current-context="{ "video": { "playbackSpeed": 0.5, "filter": 1, "filterStrength": 0, "zoom": 0, "videoSourceProvider": "none" }, "backgroundImageId": null, "backgroundMediaEffect": null, "divider": null, "typeName": "page" }" data-animation="none" > <div class="section-border" > <div class="section-background"> </div> </div> <div class='content-wrapper' style=' ' > <div class="content" > <div class="sqs-layout sqs-grid-12 columns-12" data-type="page-section" id="page-section-61b10fa3b2f4645c1acb5427"><div class="row sqs-row"><div class="col sqs-col-12 span-12"><div class="row sqs-row"><div class="col sqs-col-3 span-3"><div class="sqs-block image-block sqs-block-image" data-aspect-ratio="135.69230769230768" data-block-type="5" id="block-yui_3_17_2_1_1658265768565_39771"><div class="sqs-block-content"> <div class=" image-block-outer-wrapper layout-caption-overlay-hover design-layout-inline combination-animation-site-default individual-animation-site-default individual-text-animation-site-default " data-test="image-block-inline-outer-wrapper" > <figure class=" sqs-block-image-figure intrinsic " style="max-width:3264px;" > <div class="image-block-wrapper" data-animation-role="image" > <div class="sqs-image-shape-container-element has-aspect-ratio " style=" position: relative; 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width: 100%; height: 100%; object-position: 52.13375644103334% 31.200000000000006%" onload="this.classList.add("loaded")" srcset="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/8847ff3c-d5f3-41c9-975a-6454e540d655/00100sPORTRAIT_00100_BURST20230118124334615_COVER.jpg?format=100w 100w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/8847ff3c-d5f3-41c9-975a-6454e540d655/00100sPORTRAIT_00100_BURST20230118124334615_COVER.jpg?format=300w 300w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/8847ff3c-d5f3-41c9-975a-6454e540d655/00100sPORTRAIT_00100_BURST20230118124334615_COVER.jpg?format=500w 500w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/8847ff3c-d5f3-41c9-975a-6454e540d655/00100sPORTRAIT_00100_BURST20230118124334615_COVER.jpg?format=750w 750w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/8847ff3c-d5f3-41c9-975a-6454e540d655/00100sPORTRAIT_00100_BURST20230118124334615_COVER.jpg?format=1000w 1000w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/8847ff3c-d5f3-41c9-975a-6454e540d655/00100sPORTRAIT_00100_BURST20230118124334615_COVER.jpg?format=1500w 1500w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/8847ff3c-d5f3-41c9-975a-6454e540d655/00100sPORTRAIT_00100_BURST20230118124334615_COVER.jpg?format=2500w 2500w" loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-loader="sqs"> </div> </div> <figcaption class="image-caption-wrapper"> <div class="image-caption"><p style="text-align:center;white-space:pre-wrap;" class="">Amina Merritt</p></div> </figcaption> </figure> </div> </div></div></div><div class="col sqs-col-3 span-3"><div class="sqs-block image-block sqs-block-image" data-aspect-ratio="136.6153846153846" data-block-type="5" id="block-yui_3_17_2_1_1647984443925_35038"><div class="sqs-block-content"> <div class=" image-block-outer-wrapper layout-caption-overlay-hover design-layout-inline combination-animation-site-default individual-animation-site-default individual-text-animation-site-default " data-test="image-block-inline-outer-wrapper" > <figure class=" sqs-block-image-figure intrinsic " style="max-width:640px;" > <div class="image-block-wrapper" data-animation-role="image" > <div class="sqs-image-shape-container-element has-aspect-ratio " style=" position: relative; 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opacity: 1; " ></div> <h4 class=" accordion-item__title-wrapper " role="heading" aria-level="3" > <button class="accordion-item__click-target" aria-expanded="false" style=" padding-top: 8px; padding-bottom: 8px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; " > <span class="accordion-item__title" style=" padding-right: 40px; " > Alejandra Luna </span> <div class="accordion-icon-container" data-is-open="false" aria-hidden="true" style=" height: 40px; width: 40px; " > <div class="plus"> <div class="plus__horizontal-line" style="height: 5px" ></div> <div class="plus__vertical-line" style="height: 5px" ></div> </div> </div> </button> </h4> <div class="accordion-item__dropdown" role="region"> <div class=" accordion-item__description sqsrte-small " style=" padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 30px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; min-width: 65%; max-width: 300px; " > <p><em>Administrative Assistant</em></p><p>Alejandra Luna is an Administrative Assistant at HERA. She brings over five years of nonprofit leadership experience in developing and marketing campaigns, counseling residents in distress and guiding them to resources. Prior to joining HERA, Alejandra was a county wide outreach coordinator for a nonprofit institution.</p><p>Born and raised in Southern California, Alejandra received her B.A. from California State University Fullerton. She enjoys walking alongside her community and is actively coordinating a foundation for students who have demonstrated economic need and academic potential.</p> </div> </div> <div class="accordion-divider" aria-hidden="true" style=" height: 1px; opacity: 1; " ></div> </li> <li class="accordion-item"> <h4 class=" accordion-item__title-wrapper " role="heading" aria-level="3" > <button class="accordion-item__click-target" aria-expanded="false" style=" padding-top: 8px; padding-bottom: 8px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; " > <span class="accordion-item__title" style=" padding-right: 40px; " > Amina Merritt </span> <div class="accordion-icon-container" data-is-open="false" aria-hidden="true" style=" height: 40px; width: 40px; " > <div class="plus"> <div class="plus__horizontal-line" style="height: 5px" ></div> <div class="plus__vertical-line" style="height: 5px" ></div> </div> </div> </button> </h4> <div class="accordion-item__dropdown" role="region"> <div class=" accordion-item__description sqsrte-small " style=" padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 30px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; min-width: 65%; max-width: 300px; " > <p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><em>Staff Attorney</em></p><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Amina Merritt is a Staff Attorney on the Tenant Team. Prior to joining HERA, she was Principal Attorney at The Merritt Law Clinic, PC, representing children and parents as contract counsel in child welfare cases. The Merritt Law Clinic was also on the NorCal panel of attorneys for the Association of California School Administrators (ACSA) giving advice and representation to principals and superintendents. Her experience also includes working as private counsel on a variety of civil rights, education, administrative, and employment matters, serving as Staff, and Supervising Attorney, becoming Acting Executive Director for Sacramento Child Advocates. She brings significant litigation experience in state and federal court and administrative hearing settings. </p><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Amina received her B.A., magna cum laude, from Amherst College. She was a Public Service Education Fellow in the Masters’ Program/Public Administration at Fordham University and earned her J.D. from the University of Southern California, Gould School of Law. At HERA, Amina provides legal services to homeless residents and tenants to help them access and remain stable in housing.</p> </div> </div> <div class="accordion-divider" aria-hidden="true" style=" height: 1px; opacity: 1; " ></div> </li> <li class="accordion-item"> <h4 class=" accordion-item__title-wrapper " role="heading" aria-level="3" > <button class="accordion-item__click-target" aria-expanded="false" style=" padding-top: 8px; padding-bottom: 8px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; " > <span class="accordion-item__title" style=" padding-right: 40px; " > Veronica Soto Miller </span> <div class="accordion-icon-container" data-is-open="false" aria-hidden="true" style=" height: 40px; width: 40px; " > <div class="plus"> <div class="plus__horizontal-line" style="height: 5px" ></div> <div class="plus__vertical-line" style="height: 5px" ></div> </div> </div> </button> </h4> <div class="accordion-item__dropdown" role="region"> <div class=" accordion-item__description sqsrte-small " style=" padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 30px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; min-width: 65%; max-width: 300px; " > <p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Staff Attorney<br><br>Veronica Soto Miller is a staff attorney at HERA and a graduate of Santa Clara University School of Law. Prior to joining HERA, Ms. Miller spent 10 years working as a Deputy City Attorney for the City of Los Angeles, where she worked as a civil litigator defending the City in premise liability actions. In addition to being an experienced litigator, Ms. Miller has extensive courtroom experience as both a criminal prosecutor and a public defender. <br><br>Ms. Miller began her career in criminal law where she developed exceptional interpersonal skills to clearly and concisely communicate complex legal and precedential issues to clients. At HERA, she focuses primarily on mortgage and foreclosure related issues, homeowner preservation, and assists consumers targeted by home improvement schemes. Ms. Miller is also fluent in Spanish.</p> </div> </div> <div class="accordion-divider" aria-hidden="true" style=" height: 1px; opacity: 1; " ></div> </li> <li class="accordion-item"> <h4 class=" accordion-item__title-wrapper " role="heading" aria-level="3" > <button class="accordion-item__click-target" aria-expanded="false" style=" padding-top: 8px; padding-bottom: 8px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; " > <span class="accordion-item__title" style=" padding-right: 40px; " > Vanessa Minero </span> <div class="accordion-icon-container" data-is-open="false" aria-hidden="true" style=" height: 40px; width: 40px; " > <div class="plus"> <div class="plus__horizontal-line" style="height: 5px" ></div> <div class="plus__vertical-line" style="height: 5px" ></div> </div> </div> </button> </h4> <div class="accordion-item__dropdown" role="region"> <div class=" accordion-item__description sqsrte-small " style=" padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 30px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; min-width: 65%; max-width: 300px; " > <p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><em>Administrative Assistant</em></p><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Vanessa Minero is an Administrative Assistant at HERA. She was born and raised in Southern California, earned her B.A. in Political Science and Human Rights from UC Davis, and is set to pursue law school. Before joining HERA, Vanessa worked alongside the UC Davis Center for Regional Change and Chicanx Studies Department in a network mapping research project to provide support and resources to vulnerable communities across California. She is bilingual, speaking Spanish and English. At HERA, her focus is assisting our Estate Planning team with client support, document management, outreach, and more. In her free time, she enjoys the outdoors, concerts, cooking, traveling, and spending time with her partner and two cats, Quin and Luna. </p> </div> </div> <div class="accordion-divider" aria-hidden="true" style=" height: 1px; opacity: 1; " ></div> </li> <li class="accordion-item"> <h4 class=" accordion-item__title-wrapper " role="heading" aria-level="3" > <button class="accordion-item__click-target" aria-expanded="false" style=" padding-top: 8px; padding-bottom: 8px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; " > <span class="accordion-item__title" style=" padding-right: 40px; " > Karren Moore-Jordan (image pending) </span> <div class="accordion-icon-container" data-is-open="false" aria-hidden="true" style=" height: 40px; width: 40px; " > <div class="plus"> <div class="plus__horizontal-line" style="height: 5px" ></div> <div class="plus__vertical-line" style="height: 5px" ></div> </div> </div> </button> </h4> <div class="accordion-item__dropdown" role="region"> <div class=" accordion-item__description sqsrte-small " style=" padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 30px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; min-width: 65%; max-width: 300px; " > <p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><em>Staff Attorney</em><br><br>Karren Moore-Jordan joins HERA as a staff attorney with nearly thirty years of experience practicing law. At HERA she focuses on probate estate practice and educating the public on understanding the probate process in California.</p><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Prior to joining HERA, Karren worked in private practice in Alameda, Contra Costa and Solano counties assisting clients with guardianships, conservatorships, estate planning and decedent estates. During this time, she also worked as an administrative hearing officer deciding 5150 cases and supervised legal interns as a staff attorney for the Environmental Law and Justice Clinic at Golden Gate University educating and advocating for marginalized communities in the Bay Area. Karren also comes to HERA with experience as a housing and transportation analyst having worked for the Jersey City Housing Authority and the New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority, respectively. </p><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Karren holds a Bachelor’s degree in Sociology from Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles and a Master’s degree in Public Policy from New York University. She earned her JD from Golden Gate University, School of Law in San Francisco.</p><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Karren currently sits on the board of the Solano County Library Foundation and is a passionate fiber artist.<br></p> </div> </div> <div class="accordion-divider" aria-hidden="true" style=" height: 1px; opacity: 1; " ></div> </li> </ul> </div></div></div></div></div> </div> </div> </section> <section data-test="page-section" data-section-theme="" class='page-section layout-engine-section background-width--full-bleed section-height--small content-width--wide horizontal-alignment--center vertical-alignment--middle ' data-section-id="624744f10458f77a57581f40" data-controller="SectionWrapperController" data-current-styles="{ "imageOverlayOpacity": 0.15, "backgroundWidth": "background-width--full-bleed", "sectionHeight": "section-height--small", "customSectionHeight": 10, "horizontalAlignment": "horizontal-alignment--center", "verticalAlignment": "vertical-alignment--middle", "contentWidth": "content-width--wide", "customContentWidth": 50, "backgroundColor": "", "sectionTheme": "", "sectionAnimation": "none", "backgroundMode": "image" }" data-current-context="{ "video": { "playbackSpeed": 0.5, "filter": 1, "filterStrength": 0, "zoom": 0, "videoSourceProvider": "none" }, "backgroundImageId": null, "backgroundMediaEffect": null, "divider": null, "typeName": "page" }" data-animation="none" > <div class="section-border" > <div class="section-background"> </div> </div> <div class='content-wrapper' style=' ' > <div class="content" > <div class="sqs-layout sqs-grid-12 columns-12" data-type="page-section" id="page-section-624744f10458f77a57581f40"><div class="row sqs-row"><div class="col sqs-col-12 span-12"><div class="row sqs-row"><div class="col sqs-col-3 span-3"><div class="sqs-block image-block sqs-block-image" data-aspect-ratio="136.7283950617284" data-block-type="5" id="block-638f3485350fc2d0f467"><div class="sqs-block-content"> <div class=" image-block-outer-wrapper layout-caption-overlay-hover design-layout-inline combination-animation-site-default individual-animation-site-default individual-text-animation-site-default " data-test="image-block-inline-outer-wrapper" > <figure class=" sqs-block-image-figure intrinsic " style="max-width:557px;" > <div class="image-block-wrapper" data-animation-role="image" > <div class="sqs-image-shape-container-element has-aspect-ratio " style=" position: relative; 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padding-bottom:136.61538696289062%; overflow: hidden;-webkit-mask-image: -webkit-radial-gradient(white, black);border-top-left-radius: 20px;border-top-right-radius: 20px;border-bottom-left-radius: 20px;border-bottom-right-radius: 20px; " > <img data-stretch="true" data-src="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/1641837449962-CGFWFE8IUBXMBB4XJF6K/Audrey+Headshots+for+print-3+%282%29+fil-crp.jpg" data-image="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/1641837449962-CGFWFE8IUBXMBB4XJF6K/Audrey+Headshots+for+print-3+%282%29+fil-crp.jpg" data-image-dimensions="4631x6096" data-image-focal-point="0.5,0.5" alt="" data-load="false" elementtiming="system-image-block" src="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/1641837449962-CGFWFE8IUBXMBB4XJF6K/Audrey+Headshots+for+print-3+%282%29+fil-crp.jpg" width="4631" height="6096" alt="" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, (max-width: 767px) 25vw, 25vw" style="display:block;object-fit: cover; width: 100%; height: 100%; object-position: 50% 50%" onload="this.classList.add("loaded")" srcset="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/1641837449962-CGFWFE8IUBXMBB4XJF6K/Audrey+Headshots+for+print-3+%282%29+fil-crp.jpg?format=100w 100w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/1641837449962-CGFWFE8IUBXMBB4XJF6K/Audrey+Headshots+for+print-3+%282%29+fil-crp.jpg?format=300w 300w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/1641837449962-CGFWFE8IUBXMBB4XJF6K/Audrey+Headshots+for+print-3+%282%29+fil-crp.jpg?format=500w 500w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/1641837449962-CGFWFE8IUBXMBB4XJF6K/Audrey+Headshots+for+print-3+%282%29+fil-crp.jpg?format=750w 750w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/1641837449962-CGFWFE8IUBXMBB4XJF6K/Audrey+Headshots+for+print-3+%282%29+fil-crp.jpg?format=1000w 1000w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/1641837449962-CGFWFE8IUBXMBB4XJF6K/Audrey+Headshots+for+print-3+%282%29+fil-crp.jpg?format=1500w 1500w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/1641837449962-CGFWFE8IUBXMBB4XJF6K/Audrey+Headshots+for+print-3+%282%29+fil-crp.jpg?format=2500w 2500w" loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-loader="sqs"> </div> </div> <figcaption class="image-caption-wrapper"> <div class="image-caption"><p style="text-align:center;white-space:pre-wrap;" class="">Audrey Powers Thornton</p></div> </figcaption> </figure> </div> </div></div></div></div><div class="sqs-block accordion-block sqs-block-accordion" data-block-type="69" data-border-radii="{"topLeft":{"unit":"px","value":0.0},"topRight":{"unit":"px","value":0.0},"bottomLeft":{"unit":"px","value":0.0},"bottomRight":{"unit":"px","value":0.0}}" id="block-356e313f5fd7285a69ab"><div class="sqs-block-content"> <ul class="accordion-items-container" data-should-allow-multiple-open-items="" data-is-divider-enabled="true" data-is-first-divider-visible="true" data-is-last-divider-visible="true" data-is-expanded-first-item="" data-accordion-title-alignment="left" data-accordion-description-alignment="left" data-accordion-description-placement="right" data-accordion-icon-placement="right" > <li class="accordion-item"> <div class="accordion-divider accordion-divider--top" aria-hidden="true" style=" height: 1px; opacity: 1; " ></div> <h4 class=" accordion-item__title-wrapper " role="heading" aria-level="3" > <button class="accordion-item__click-target" aria-expanded="false" style=" padding-top: 8px; padding-bottom: 8px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; " > <span class="accordion-item__title" style=" padding-right: 40px; " > Faviana Schectman </span> <div class="accordion-icon-container" data-is-open="false" aria-hidden="true" style=" height: 40px; width: 40px; " > <div class="plus"> <div class="plus__horizontal-line" style="height: 5px" ></div> <div class="plus__vertical-line" style="height: 5px" ></div> </div> </div> </button> </h4> <div class="accordion-item__dropdown" role="region"> <div class=" accordion-item__description sqsrte-small " style=" padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 30px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; min-width: 65%; max-width: 300px; " > <p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><em>Administrative Assistant</em><br><br>Faviana Schectman is an Administrative Assistant at HERA. She earned her B.A. from Lewis and Clark College, and a Masters in Migration Studies from Universitat Pompeu Fabra in Barcelona, Spain. She brings experience in administrative support, community organizing, intake coordination, and research, among other skills. <br><br>At HERA, she conducts client intake, provides document management, client support to attorneys, materials development, interpretation, as well as engaging in fundraising support work. In her free time, she enjoys hiking, going to trivia, fostering kittens, drinking coffee, exploring new places, and playing the harp. She is tri-lingual in Spanish and Portuguese. </p> </div> </div> <div class="accordion-divider" aria-hidden="true" style=" height: 1px; opacity: 1; " ></div> </li> <li class="accordion-item"> <h4 class=" accordion-item__title-wrapper " role="heading" aria-level="3" > <button class="accordion-item__click-target" aria-expanded="false" style=" padding-top: 8px; padding-bottom: 8px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; " > <span class="accordion-item__title" style=" padding-right: 40px; " > Michael Sun </span> <div class="accordion-icon-container" data-is-open="false" aria-hidden="true" style=" height: 40px; width: 40px; " > <div class="plus"> <div class="plus__horizontal-line" style="height: 5px" ></div> <div class="plus__vertical-line" style="height: 5px" ></div> </div> </div> </button> </h4> <div class="accordion-item__dropdown" role="region"> <div class=" accordion-item__description sqsrte-small " style=" padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 30px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; min-width: 65%; max-width: 300px; " > <p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><em>Administrative Assistant</em></p><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Michael Sun is an administrative assistant at HERA. Graduating from the University of California Santa Barbara with a B.A. in Political Science, Michael is eager to attend law school in the future and hopes to pursue public interest law to redress the various ways marginalized communities are multiply burdened in U.S. society. </p><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Michael focuses on client intake, document management, as well as a broad range of administrative and research support for HERA's staff attorneys. His favorite part about working at HERA is the constant opportunities for learning under the guidance of talented attorneys and administrative staff.</p> </div> </div> <div class="accordion-divider" aria-hidden="true" style=" height: 1px; opacity: 1; " ></div> </li> <li class="accordion-item"> <h4 class=" accordion-item__title-wrapper " role="heading" aria-level="3" > <button class="accordion-item__click-target" aria-expanded="false" style=" padding-top: 8px; padding-bottom: 8px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; " > <span class="accordion-item__title" style=" padding-right: 40px; " > Kathleen Thaete </span> <div class="accordion-icon-container" data-is-open="false" aria-hidden="true" style=" height: 40px; width: 40px; " > <div class="plus"> <div class="plus__horizontal-line" style="height: 5px" ></div> <div class="plus__vertical-line" style="height: 5px" ></div> </div> </div> </button> </h4> <div class="accordion-item__dropdown" role="region"> <div class=" accordion-item__description sqsrte-small " style=" padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 30px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; min-width: 65%; max-width: 300px; " > <p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><em>Staff Attorney</em><br><br>Kathleen Thaete is a staff attorney at HERA where she focuses primarily on foreclosure prevention and homeownership preservation. Prior to working at HERA, Kathleen was a staff attorney at Legal Assistance for Seniors where she assisted older adults in Alameda County. There she advocated for older tenants facing eviction and other housing legal issues, and she assisted older adults who received wrongful terminations and overpayments of their government benefits. <br><br>She began her legal career as a Borchard Foundation Center on Law & Aging Fellow during which time she focused on bringing tenant-based legal services to older adults in Alameda County's Tri Valley area. <br><br>Kathleen is a graduate of Northeastern University's School of Law and received her undergraduate degree at the University of San Francisco. </p> </div> </div> <div class="accordion-divider" aria-hidden="true" style=" height: 1px; opacity: 1; " ></div> </li> <li class="accordion-item"> <h4 class=" accordion-item__title-wrapper " role="heading" aria-level="3" > <button class="accordion-item__click-target" aria-expanded="false" style=" padding-top: 8px; padding-bottom: 8px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; " > <span class="accordion-item__title" style=" padding-right: 40px; " > Audrey Powers Thornton </span> <div class="accordion-icon-container" data-is-open="false" aria-hidden="true" style=" height: 40px; width: 40px; " > <div class="plus"> <div class="plus__horizontal-line" style="height: 5px" ></div> <div class="plus__vertical-line" style="height: 5px" ></div> </div> </div> </button> </h4> <div class="accordion-item__dropdown" role="region"> <div class=" accordion-item__description sqsrte-small " style=" padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 30px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; min-width: 65%; max-width: 300px; " > <p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><em>Senior Attorney</em></p><p class="" data-rte-preserve-empty="true" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"></p><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Audrey Powers Thornton is a senior attorney at HERA and a graduate of Washington University School of Law. Prior to joining HERA, Ms. Thornton spent 36 years working as a civil litigator specializing in real property law, partnership disputes and financial elder abuse litigation. She represented borrowers during the foreclosure crisis, litigating predatory lending actions and making inroads in lending liability. Ms. Thornton was a founding member of Thornton Koller in 2010. In addition to being an experienced litigator, she is an accomplished appellate attorney with published appellate decisions. </p><p class="" data-rte-preserve-empty="true" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"></p><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">As a contributor to a legal periodical she has published a series of articles on the cases before the U.S. Supreme Court each term. She is also on the Board of the Women’s Resource Center, opened a legal clinic providing services to survivors of intimate partner violence and is a Certified Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Victim Advocate. At HERA, she works on mortgage and foreclosure related issues, student loan debt litigation, and assists consumers targeted by home improvement schemes. </p> </div> </div> <div class="accordion-divider" aria-hidden="true" style=" height: 1px; opacity: 1; " ></div> </li> </ul> </div></div></div></div></div> </div> </div> </section> <section data-test="page-section" data-section-theme="" class='page-section layout-engine-section background-width--full-bleed section-height--small content-width--wide horizontal-alignment--center vertical-alignment--middle ' data-section-id="63aa5a5d3467fa29c13aa5dc" data-controller="SectionWrapperController" data-current-styles="{ "imageOverlayOpacity": 0.15, "backgroundWidth": "background-width--full-bleed", "sectionHeight": "section-height--small", "customSectionHeight": 10, "horizontalAlignment": "horizontal-alignment--center", "verticalAlignment": "vertical-alignment--middle", "contentWidth": "content-width--wide", "customContentWidth": 50, "backgroundColor": "", "sectionTheme": "", "sectionAnimation": "none", "backgroundMode": "image" }" data-current-context="{ "video": { "playbackSpeed": 0.5, "filter": 1, "filterStrength": 0, "zoom": 0, "videoSourceProvider": "none" }, "backgroundImageId": null, "backgroundMediaEffect": null, "divider": null, "typeName": "page" }" data-animation="none" > <div class="section-border" > <div class="section-background"> </div> </div> <div class='content-wrapper' style=' ' > <div class="content" > <div class="sqs-layout sqs-grid-12 columns-12" data-type="page-section" id="page-section-63aa5a5d3467fa29c13aa5dc"><div class="row sqs-row"><div class="col sqs-col-12 span-12"><div class="row sqs-row"><div class="col sqs-col-3 span-3"><div class="sqs-block image-block sqs-block-image" data-aspect-ratio="136.92307692307693" data-block-type="5" id="block-1334af8c57b671357ae7"><div class="sqs-block-content"> <div class=" image-block-outer-wrapper layout-caption-overlay-hover design-layout-inline combination-animation-site-default individual-animation-site-default individual-text-animation-site-default " data-test="image-block-inline-outer-wrapper" > <figure class=" sqs-block-image-figure intrinsic " style="max-width:1125px;" > <div class="image-block-wrapper" data-animation-role="image" > <div class="sqs-image-shape-container-element has-aspect-ratio " style=" position: relative; padding-bottom:136.92308044433594%; overflow: hidden;-webkit-mask-image: -webkit-radial-gradient(white, black);border-top-left-radius: 20px;border-top-right-radius: 20px;border-bottom-left-radius: 20px;border-bottom-right-radius: 20px; " > <img data-stretch="false" data-src="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/1643153301931-NUOFEL4OB7HZCLHK14RC/Susan+Yea+-+Headshot.jpg" data-image="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/1643153301931-NUOFEL4OB7HZCLHK14RC/Susan+Yea+-+Headshot.jpg" data-image-dimensions="1125x741" data-image-focal-point="0.5,0.5" alt="" data-load="false" elementtiming="system-image-block" src="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/1643153301931-NUOFEL4OB7HZCLHK14RC/Susan+Yea+-+Headshot.jpg" width="1125" height="741" alt="" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, (max-width: 767px) 25vw, 25vw" style="display:block;object-fit: cover; width: 100%; height: 100%; object-position: 50% 50%" onload="this.classList.add("loaded")" srcset="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/1643153301931-NUOFEL4OB7HZCLHK14RC/Susan+Yea+-+Headshot.jpg?format=100w 100w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/1643153301931-NUOFEL4OB7HZCLHK14RC/Susan+Yea+-+Headshot.jpg?format=300w 300w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/1643153301931-NUOFEL4OB7HZCLHK14RC/Susan+Yea+-+Headshot.jpg?format=500w 500w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/1643153301931-NUOFEL4OB7HZCLHK14RC/Susan+Yea+-+Headshot.jpg?format=750w 750w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/1643153301931-NUOFEL4OB7HZCLHK14RC/Susan+Yea+-+Headshot.jpg?format=1000w 1000w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/1643153301931-NUOFEL4OB7HZCLHK14RC/Susan+Yea+-+Headshot.jpg?format=1500w 1500w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/1643153301931-NUOFEL4OB7HZCLHK14RC/Susan+Yea+-+Headshot.jpg?format=2500w 2500w" loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-loader="sqs"> </div> </div> <figcaption class="image-caption-wrapper"> <div class="image-caption"><p style="text-align:center;white-space:pre-wrap;" class="">Susan Yea</p></div> </figcaption> </figure> </div> </div></div></div><div class="col sqs-col-3 span-3"><div class="sqs-block image-block sqs-block-image" data-aspect-ratio="136.6153846153846" data-block-type="5" id="block-yui_3_17_2_1_1675552569824_184073"><div class="sqs-block-content"> <div class=" image-block-outer-wrapper layout-caption-overlay-hover design-layout-inline combination-animation-site-default individual-animation-site-default individual-text-animation-site-default " data-test="image-block-inline-outer-wrapper" > <figure class=" sqs-block-image-figure intrinsic " style="max-width:363px;" > <div class="image-block-wrapper" data-animation-role="image" > <div class="sqs-image-shape-container-element has-aspect-ratio " style=" position: relative; 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padding-bottom:135.6923065185547%; overflow: hidden;-webkit-mask-image: -webkit-radial-gradient(white, black);border-top-left-radius: 20px;border-top-right-radius: 20px;border-bottom-left-radius: 20px;border-bottom-right-radius: 20px; " > <img data-stretch="false" data-src="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/1638286222476-9A29SEPHLNG8RUOM1X85/profile-zhu.jpg" data-image="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/1638286222476-9A29SEPHLNG8RUOM1X85/profile-zhu.jpg" data-image-dimensions="367x502" data-image-focal-point="0.5,0.5" alt="" data-load="false" elementtiming="system-image-block" src="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/1638286222476-9A29SEPHLNG8RUOM1X85/profile-zhu.jpg" width="367" height="502" alt="" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, (max-width: 767px) 25vw, 25vw" style="display:block;object-fit: cover; width: 100%; height: 100%; object-position: 50% 50%" onload="this.classList.add("loaded")" srcset="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/1638286222476-9A29SEPHLNG8RUOM1X85/profile-zhu.jpg?format=100w 100w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/1638286222476-9A29SEPHLNG8RUOM1X85/profile-zhu.jpg?format=300w 300w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/1638286222476-9A29SEPHLNG8RUOM1X85/profile-zhu.jpg?format=500w 500w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/1638286222476-9A29SEPHLNG8RUOM1X85/profile-zhu.jpg?format=750w 750w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/1638286222476-9A29SEPHLNG8RUOM1X85/profile-zhu.jpg?format=1000w 1000w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/1638286222476-9A29SEPHLNG8RUOM1X85/profile-zhu.jpg?format=1500w 1500w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617c050458c2ff3bb15aab7f/1638286222476-9A29SEPHLNG8RUOM1X85/profile-zhu.jpg?format=2500w 2500w" loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-loader="sqs"> </div> </div> <figcaption class="image-caption-wrapper"> <div class="image-caption"><p style="text-align:center;white-space:pre-wrap;" class="">Irene Zhu</p></div> </figcaption> </figure> </div> </div></div></div><div class="col sqs-col-3 span-3"><div class="sqs-block image-block sqs-block-image" data-block-type="5" id="block-yui_3_17_2_1_1708028717110_50934"><div class="sqs-block-content"><div class="sqs-image sqs-empty"><div class="sqs-image-content"></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="sqs-block accordion-block sqs-block-accordion" data-block-type="69" data-border-radii="{"topLeft":{"unit":"px","value":0.0},"topRight":{"unit":"px","value":0.0},"bottomLeft":{"unit":"px","value":0.0},"bottomRight":{"unit":"px","value":0.0}}" id="block-470d93ab713e43f552d2"><div class="sqs-block-content"> <ul class="accordion-items-container" data-should-allow-multiple-open-items="" data-is-divider-enabled="true" data-is-first-divider-visible="true" data-is-last-divider-visible="true" data-is-expanded-first-item="" data-accordion-title-alignment="left" data-accordion-description-alignment="left" data-accordion-description-placement="right" data-accordion-icon-placement="right" > <li class="accordion-item"> <div class="accordion-divider accordion-divider--top" aria-hidden="true" style=" height: 1px; opacity: 1; " ></div> <h4 class=" accordion-item__title-wrapper " role="heading" aria-level="3" > <button class="accordion-item__click-target" aria-expanded="false" style=" padding-top: 8px; padding-bottom: 8px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; " > <span class="accordion-item__title" style=" padding-right: 40px; " > Susan Yea </span> <div class="accordion-icon-container" data-is-open="false" aria-hidden="true" style=" height: 40px; width: 40px; " > <div class="plus"> <div class="plus__horizontal-line" style="height: 5px" ></div> <div class="plus__vertical-line" style="height: 5px" ></div> </div> </div> </button> </h4> <div class="accordion-item__dropdown" role="region"> <div class=" accordion-item__description sqsrte-small " style=" padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 30px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; min-width: 65%; max-width: 300px; " > <p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><em>Staff Attorney</em></p><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Susan Yea is a staff attorney at HERA serving clients in the estate planning practice. Prior to joining HERA, Ms. Yea worked in tax groups at financial service firms helping clients with international tax planning. She has also previously worked in estate planning firms assisting families and individuals of varying backgrounds. <br><br>Ms. Yea received a BA from UC Berkeley, a JD from Golden Gate University School of Law, and an LLM in Taxation from the University of Florida. Ms. Yea also volunteers as a pro bono attorney for Free To Thrive where she helps victims of human trafficking vacate criminal records in various counties throughout California.</p> </div> </div> <div class="accordion-divider" aria-hidden="true" style=" height: 1px; opacity: 1; " ></div> </li> <li class="accordion-item"> <h4 class=" accordion-item__title-wrapper " role="heading" aria-level="3" > <button class="accordion-item__click-target" aria-expanded="false" style=" padding-top: 8px; padding-bottom: 8px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; " > <span class="accordion-item__title" style=" padding-right: 40px; " > Xinyi Zhang </span> <div class="accordion-icon-container" data-is-open="false" aria-hidden="true" style=" height: 40px; width: 40px; " > <div class="plus"> <div class="plus__horizontal-line" style="height: 5px" ></div> <div class="plus__vertical-line" style="height: 5px" ></div> </div> </div> </button> </h4> <div class="accordion-item__dropdown" role="region"> <div class=" accordion-item__description sqsrte-small " style=" padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 30px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; min-width: 65%; max-width: 300px; " > <p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><em>Staff Attorney</em><br><br>Xinyi Zhang is a staff attorney at HERA. He focuses his advocacy on tenant rights, fair credit reporting and debt collection, housing discrimination, habitability, and student loan borrower defense. <br><br>Prior to joining HERA, Xinyi worked as a defense attorney in Los Angeles, representing parents in the juvenile dependency system. His work there included daily in-court representation of hundreds of clients whose families were facing interference by the Department of Children and Family Services. After law school, he worked as a legal fellow on the Housing Defense team at Legal Aid Society of Los Angeles. During law school, he clerked at Public Counsel of Los Angeles in the Consumer Rights Division. <br><br>Xinyi earned his J.D. from the University of Virginia after graduating from the University of California at Davis. Originally born in China, he is conversational in Mandarin.</p> </div> </div> <div class="accordion-divider" aria-hidden="true" style=" height: 1px; opacity: 1; " ></div> </li> <li class="accordion-item"> <h4 class=" accordion-item__title-wrapper " role="heading" aria-level="3" > <button class="accordion-item__click-target" aria-expanded="false" style=" padding-top: 8px; padding-bottom: 8px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; " > <span class="accordion-item__title" style=" padding-right: 40px; " > Irene Zhu </span> <div class="accordion-icon-container" data-is-open="false" aria-hidden="true" style=" height: 40px; width: 40px; " > <div class="plus"> <div class="plus__horizontal-line" style="height: 5px" ></div> <div class="plus__vertical-line" style="height: 5px" ></div> </div> </div> </button> </h4> <div class="accordion-item__dropdown" role="region"> <div class=" accordion-item__description sqsrte-small " style=" padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 30px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; min-width: 65%; max-width: 300px; " > <p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><em>Staff Attorney</em></p><p class="" data-rte-preserve-empty="true" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"></p><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Irene Zhu is a Staff Attorney at HERA, focusing on estate planning and educational workshops. Prior to joining HERA, Ms. Zhu worked with clients of diverse backgrounds in estate planning and immigration law at private firms. It was her most recent experience at the US Attorney’s Office that ignited her passion for serving the public.An immigrant herself, she is fluent in Mandarin and Cantonese, and is familiar with obstacles faced by first-generation immigrants.</p> </div> </div> <div class="accordion-divider" aria-hidden="true" style=" height: 1px; opacity: 1; " ></div> </li> </ul> </div></div></div></div></div> </div> </div> </section> </article> </main> <footer class="sections" id="footer-sections" data-footer-sections> <section data-test="page-section" data-section-theme="light" class='page-section layout-engine-section background-width--full-bleed content-width--wide horizontal-alignment--center vertical-alignment--middle light' data-section-id="617c050458c2ff3bb15aabd4" data-controller="SectionWrapperController" data-current-styles="{ "imageOverlayOpacity": 0.15, "backgroundWidth": "background-width--full-bleed", "sectionHeight": "section-height--custom", "customSectionHeight": 36, "horizontalAlignment": "horizontal-alignment--center", "verticalAlignment": "vertical-alignment--middle", "contentWidth": "content-width--wide", "customContentWidth": 90, "sectionTheme": "light", "sectionAnimation": "none", "backgroundMode": "image" }" data-current-context="{ "video": { "playbackSpeed": 0.5, "filter": 1, "filterStrength": 0, "zoom": 0, "videoSourceProvider": "none" }, "backgroundImageId": null, "backgroundMediaEffect": null, "divider": null, "typeName": "page" }" data-animation="none" style="min-height: 36vh;" > <div class="section-border" > <div class="section-background"> </div> </div> <div class='content-wrapper' style=' padding-top: calc(36vmax / 10); padding-bottom: calc(36vmax / 10); ' > <div class="content" > <div class="sqs-layout sqs-grid-12 columns-12" data-type="page-section" id="page-section-617c050458c2ff3bb15aabd4"><div class="row sqs-row"><div class="col sqs-col-12 span-12"><div class="sqs-block accordion-block sqs-block-accordion" data-block-type="69" data-border-radii="{"topLeft":{"unit":"px","value":0.0},"topRight":{"unit":"px","value":0.0},"bottomLeft":{"unit":"px","value":0.0},"bottomRight":{"unit":"px","value":0.0}}" id="block-yui_3_17_2_1_1638288033359_14438"><div class="sqs-block-content"> <ul class="accordion-items-container" data-should-allow-multiple-open-items="" data-is-divider-enabled="true" data-is-first-divider-visible="true" data-is-last-divider-visible="true" data-is-expanded-first-item="" data-accordion-title-alignment="center" data-accordion-description-alignment="left" data-accordion-description-placement="left" data-accordion-icon-placement="right" > <li class="accordion-item"> <div class="accordion-divider accordion-divider--top" aria-hidden="true" style=" height: 1px; opacity: 1; " ></div> <h4 class=" accordion-item__title-wrapper " role="heading" aria-level="3" > <button class="accordion-item__click-target" aria-expanded="false" style=" padding-top: 30px; padding-bottom: 30px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; " > <span class="accordion-item__title" style=" padding-left: calc(14px * 2); padding-right: 14px; " > HERA's Board of Directors </span> <div class="accordion-icon-container" data-is-open="false" aria-hidden="true" style=" height: 14px; width: 14px; " > <div class="plus"> <div class="plus__horizontal-line" style="height: 1px" ></div> <div class="plus__vertical-line" style="height: 1px" ></div> </div> </div> </button> </h4> <div class="accordion-item__dropdown" role="region"> <div class=" accordion-item__description sqsrte-small " style=" padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 30px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; min-width: 70%; max-width: 300px; " > <p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><em>Notice: Board Members are not available to provide legal advice to the public on behalf of HERA.</em><br></p><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><strong>Justin T. Berger</strong><br>Justin is a Principal at Cotchett, Pitre & McCarthy, where he focuses on false claims act litigation, consumer protection, financial elder abuse, employment law, and other complex civil litigation. Justin has been recognized as one of the top young litigators in California. Justin was named in The Recorder's "Lawyers on the Fast Track," as one of the top 50 attorneys in California with less than 10 years of practice. </p><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">In 2012, Justin received a California Lawyer Magazine Attorney of the Year (CLAY) Award, along with Niall McCarthy. In 2013 and 2014, Justin has been selected as a Northern California "Super Lawyer" by San Francisco Magazine, and from 2009 to 2012, was named as a "Rising Star." In 2008, Justin was selected as a finalist for the 2008 Consumer Attorney of the Year Award by the Consumer Attorneys of California, for his work on Komarova v. National Credit Acceptance. Justin specializes in representing whistleblowers in qui tam actions under the federal and California False Claims Acts. </p><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">In 2011, Justin was selected as a finalist for Consumer Attorney of the Year along with Niall McCarthy, for their work in recovering a record $300 million on behalf of the State of California in a case brought under the California False Claims Act against Quest Diagnostics and other medical laboratories. In September 2013, Justin recovered $19.4 million from Diagnostic Laboratories, Inc., the largest provider of laboratory and x-ray services to nursing homes on the West Coast, in a case brought by two whistleblowers under the False Claims Act.</p><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><strong>Darci Burrell</strong></p><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Darci is a partner of Levy Vinick Burrell Hyams LLP. Darci has practiced civil rights and public interest law since she graduated from UCLA Law School in 1995, beginning with a year serving as the Ruth Chance Law Fellow with Equal Rights Advocates. Darci then joined the NAACP Legal Defense Fund in Los Angeles as a staff attorney. Darci returned to the Bay Area in 1998 to serve as a Civil Rights Attorney with the U.S. Department of Education, Office for Civil Rights, enforcing laws against discrimination in education on the basis of race, ethnicity, age, gender and disability. Two years later, she joined Goldstein, Demchak, Baller, Borgen & Dardarian as a civil litigator involved in a variety of employment discrimination and wage and hour class action lawsuits. Prior to forming LVBH, she was a senior associate with the employment practice group of Boxer & Gerson LLP.<br><br><strong>Scott Chang</strong><br>Scott Chang (Vice-President) is Senior Counsel at the National Fair Housing Alliance, 1331 Pennsylvania Ave. NW #650, Washington, DC 20004. He works from his home in Los Angeles, California. Scott brings several decades of experience as a fair housing attorney, and is a frequent workshop trainer and speaker at national fair housing conferences and events. He was Litigation Director at the Housing Rights Center in Los Angeles before that. Previously, Scott was a staff attorney at Relman and Dane in Washington DC for 12 years, pursuing fair housing litigation on behalf of the public. Previously, Scott managed his own practice, representing both individual clients and fair housing organizations. </p><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Previously, he was a staff attorney at Legal Aid in Santa Clara County. Over the years, Scott has made available his expertise to several non-profit legal service providers throughout California, serving either as primary or co-lead counsel on seminal fair housing cases of which some have resulted in published decisions. Scott Chang has served on the State Bar of California Standing Committees on Federal Courts and the Delivery of Legal Services and is a past president of the Silicon Valley Asian Bar Association.<br>Contact Info:<br><em>Relman & Dane<br>1225 19th Street<br>Washington D.C. 20036<br>(202) 728-1888</em><br><br><strong>Todd Espinosa</strong><br>Todd is a consumer attorney who has practiced law in the Bay Area since 2000. Originally from San Jose, California, Todd's expertise includes tenants' rights, mortgage and foreclosure law, vacation timeshare law, fair housing law and consumer class action litigation. Todd received his law degree from Harvard Law School and his undergraduate degree from Harvard College. He also holds a master's degree from the U.C. Berkeley Department of City and Regional Planning where he focused on housing and community development. Todd also was a law clerk for the Honorable Claudia Wilken, United States District Court for the Northern District of California.<br><br><strong>Brian C. Gee</strong><br>Brian is a member of the Litigation Practice in Greenberg Traurig's Silicon Valley office. He handles virtually all stages of litigation including pre-trial motions, discovery, settlement, and trial preparation. Brian prepares pleadings, motions, oppositions, jury instructions, mediation briefs, and privacy policies.<br><br><strong>Amyn Jivani</strong><br>Amyn Jivani is a Product Marketing Manager for Global Technology Partnerships at Google Cloud, 340 Main Street Los Angeles, CA 90291. Amyn was previously Senior Product Marketing Manager at Salesforce, based in San Francisco. He is responsible for the go to market strategy, positioning, and messaging for the Salesforce Platform. Previously, Amyn was a Product Marketer for the End User Computing business at VMware where he focused on strategy and partnerships. He began his career in business operations and finance, and brings over 8 years of experience focused on corporate strategy, M&A, financial modeling, and strategic planning across the technology industry. Originally from Irvine, CA, Amyn is a graduate of The University of Texas at Austin, with dual degrees in Business Administration and Political Science.<br><br><strong>Sandra Price</strong><br>Sandra is a partner at the law firm of Sideman & Bancroft LLP in San Francisco, where she specializes in estate planning and advising trustees, executors and beneficiaries on all aspects of estate and trust administration. Sandy has particular expertise in post-death administration, ensuring that assets pass to beneficiaries in the most efficient manner. She is Certified by the State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization as a Specialist in Estate Planning, Trust and Probate Law. Sandy is admitted as a Fellow of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (ACTEC) and has been listed as a Northern California SuperLawyer® (top 5% of practicing attorneys) since its inception (2004-2015). She is a member of and the past President of both the San Francisco Estate Planning Council and the Bar Association of San Francisco's Estate Planning and Probate Section, and she was appointed as a member of and advisor to the State Bar's Executive Committee for California's Trusts and Estates Section for a six-year term. Sandy is a co-author of three California Continuing Education of the Bar (CEB) estate planning and administration treatises and lectures frequently to both lawyers and the public. 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