Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles

During my homelessness, I was referred here multiple times via 211. Each time it is made clear that new Section 8 applications are closed throughout LA County, even in the referral the 211 representative sends you. So, why is 211 still referring them as a resource at all?
And how is the growing homeless crisis in Los Angeles expected to do anything but get worse if there is nowhere to house the homeless, or help low income families? To top it off, shelters all over the city are at capacity.
If you think it’s bad now… just wait.

We appreciate the hard work, extreme effort, informative and outstanding customer service, Michael Prendergast and the HCIDLA team have provided us with all our buildings.
Thank you!

Don’t waste your time, they always take the landlord side no matter how many proofs you bring them out. Disappointed about this unhelpful place.

I was happy to update information from 2010… Still on the waiting list. LOL! Everyone, security and clerks behind the counters were kind and professional! Unlike, most of the potential tenants… ;)

Section 8 is a mess! LA City Housing Authority dumps Section 8 tenants and never checks up on them. I own a condo across the hall from Section 8 tenants who for at least 4 – 5 years have kept all 16 units of the complex in an uproar. Violent fights, ²⁴⁄₇ coming and going, waking us up at 5 in the morning with fighting, blood on the walls from their fights, police banging on our doors looking for the criminals from that unit. In the 3 years I’ve owned my place, no one has checked on these people including the absentee owner.
Section 8 is a mess!

If your a white family trying to get assistance don’t bother, because these people are very racist. They will lie to you, give you the run around and everything. We did everything they asked and gave us the runaround. We needed emergency assistance and my husband who is disabled suppose to be on the top of the list. We were promised a home in sept of 2014. Due to the ppl not leaving yet they offered to put us up in a hotel for a month until our place was ready. They said if we save receipts we will get a refund just send them in at end of month. We did that and they refused to give us a refund. Then our worker said we refused a home and they took us off the list. Why would we refuse a home when we were staying in a hotel. So they put us back on the list which we had to start all over again and we were told to send in our yearly papers which we did and she claimed she didn’t receive them. Its amazing how this country can help others but not their own. The one to top it off is my husband asked the supervisor to talk to a supervisor and his comment to get another supervisor you will have to talk to the mayor. Cocky much. We gave up. Maybe I should paint my skin, then I will get somewhere.

It doesn’t have a negative star available. If it did, I’d use that. Security guards are rude, people at the windows are rude, unwelcoming environment. Staff NEVER want to do their jobs, be on time, polite or helpful. No one returns phone calls. I see why they have to have extra security the place is TERRIBLE.

Ok so I can’t leave a review for hawthorne housing authority because It won’t allow me to so to start with my complaint I have nothing good to say about them names are Guido Fernandez and the Director Hamid up to no good the hawthorne housing authority displayed a high degree of unprofessionalism in dealing with client concerns and client resolutions long story short don’t move to hawthorne period. They need to restaff the agency and replace them with people who are more customer service oriented they terminate my assistance I have a disability and two kids I just had a baby and it’s like saying fuck me and my kids my rights were violated I don’t have a job At this time and have no money to get a attorney so I have to fight them back on my own I took a total lost I would give them zero stars but I have to pick one karma will get the ones that do the other people wrong and that’s what they did god will fight for me I love Jesus I pray for them can anyone contact me on how to get a lawsuit going this is the route I’m headed please help I have had to go to a therapist because of my situation I’m easy to cry I got two kids someone lied on me and they terminate me from hawthorne housing authority so now my life has been difficult I have a lot of depression I have kids and a disability what am I going to do now they don’t care its not their money someone if you could help with any advice please contact me I’m trying to contact the city manager and he has not returned my call yet I wish I never left where I came from I’m warning people do not port out to hawthorne this could happen to you I wish I could protest on them I contact Mike Goodson the City Manager he did nothing to help they don’t care about you in hawthorne they will do you like a dog and they are getting money and kicking poor people off of section 8 for nothing I had a attorney and she flaked on me now idk what to do can some one help this is a cold world people do you any kind of way if you let them

negative 100 stars. no walk-​ins, security guard-​no english, once you get in– the person you need isn’t there, but «they’ll pass on the paperwork to them». 2 wks later you’ll find out they lost the paperwork. ANTI LANDLORD!!! stay clear! DONT ACCEPT SECTION 8!!!