Paws & Laws: Keeping People & Pets Together & Housed - On Demand
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This webcast was part of the Camp Maddie: Pet-Inclusive Housing Edition virtual seminar.
Housing Equity & Advocacy Resource Team (HEART LA) is dedicated to ensuring that legal protections for tenants with pets are not just theoretical but actively applied in the real world to prevent housing insecurity. Many tenants, especially those with emotional support animals (ESAs), face legal barriers and discrimination from landlords despite existing protections. Their mission is to bridge this gap by using legal interventions to secure housing rights and provide tenants with the security they deserve. They believe that no one should be forced to choose between their home and their pet, and our work focuses on translating legal rights into real-world protections that keep people and their animals together.
In this presentation, the HEART LA team provides a brief overview of the legal protections for tenants with pets and the eviction process. They also discuss data-driven practices and how they inform all areas of our programming from legal services to policy & advocacy, and community engagement.
Presenters from HEART LA: Dianne Prado, Founder and President; Diana Cruz, Program Director; Zaira Bernal, Paralegal
This webinar has been pre-approved for 1.0 Certified Animal Welfare Administrator continuing education credits by The Association for Animal Welfare Advancement and by the National Animal Care & Control Association.
To find out more about this webinar, visit https://forum.maddiesfund.org/...
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Dianne Prado
Founder & President
Housing Equity & Advocacy Resource Team (HEART LA)
Dianne Prado is the Founder and President of Housing Equity & Advocacy Resource Team, also known as HEART LA. HEART LA is a legal non-profit that helps ensure people and their pets remain housed. Dianne is also an appointed public member of the California Veterinary Medical Board, a trainer and consultant for the Stay Housed Los Angeles Eviction Defense Program, and Lecturer in Law for UCLA Law School, teaching Los Angeles Housing Law and Policy.
Diana Cruz
Program Director and Law Clerk
Housing Equity & Advocacy Resource Team (HEART LA)
Diana Cruz came to HEART LA as a client in 2018 and officially joined the team in 2020. She has a background in Student Affairs, capacity building as an Americorps VISTA, and studied at UC Davis. She is committed to helping ensure that people are able to access and maintain their housing with their animal companions. She lives with a silly cat named Icarus and a goofy dog named Ranger.
Zaira Bernal
Paralegal
Housing Equity & Advocacy Resource Team (HEART LA)
Zaira Bernal joined HEART LA in 2023. Prior to working with HEART LA, Zaira aided domestic violence survivors at Domestic Violence Project, led by the Los Angeles County Bar Association's Counsel for Justice. She also served as a paralegal at Eviction Defense Network, a non-profit dedicated to closing the access to justice gap in eviction proceedings. Zaira lives with her bestie, an effervescent pup named Ophelia.
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