Welcome to the Partners in Housing Newsletter! This is a regular publication for the Long Beach Housing Authority to share relevant information for owners, landlords, property managers, and other housing providers who participate in our housing assistance programs.

FEATURED UPDATES

The Housing Authority office will be closed Thursday, May 4 for staff development and training. We will reopen the following day on Friday, May 5.

The Housing Authority of the City of Long Beach is committed to providing equal opportunity to all individuals in participating in and benefitting from our programs. In order to inform the public of housing discrimination laws and to investigate and remedy housing discrimination violations, the Long Beach City Prosecutor and Long Beach Housing Authority have partnered to launch a new Fair Housing Long Beach website.  

As highlighted in the last newsletter, it is illegal for a housing provider to refuse to rent to an applicant just because they receive rent subsidies from Section 8 or other rental subsidy programs. Housing discrimination includes denying an apartment solely on a prospective tenant's race, gender, sexual preference, sexual orientation, ethnic background, nationality, religion, age, parenthood, marriage, pregnancy, disability, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)/acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS), occupancy by a minor child, or source of income. 

Our new Fair Housing Long Beach website will help you learn more about housing discrimination, submit a complaint, and view upcoming events.

Requests for rent increases can now be filled out online through this form.

Effective as of July 1, 2022, the maximum allowable rent increase in Long Beach is 10% annually. Rent increase requests that exceed this cap will not be approved.  

If you have questions regarding this process, please reach out to the Housing Authority at (562) 570-5352 or HA-Owners@longbeach.gov. 

The Housing Authority released a flyer in the previous newsletter that we had an Open House event scheduled for Thursday, April 27. Due to unforeseen circumstances, we are postponing our Open House event and will communicate when a new date is planned. Our team apologizes for any inconvenience to your plans and hopes that you can join us in the future for our postponed event.

UPCOMING EVENTS

CONTACT US

Did you know you can reach the Housing Authority without coming to the office? The Housing Authority has a Partner Portal, Housing Provider designated phone line at (562)570-5352, and a Housing Provider designated email at HA-Owners@longbeach.gov. By using these online resources, you can submit owner packets, get responses and follow-up, and even update personal information like direct deposit bank accounts, mailing addresses, or phone numbers, without leaving your home. 

HOUSING AUTHORITY OF THE CITY OF LONG BEACH

For general questions or if you'd like to include something in the next newsletter, please email: HA-News@longbeach.gov