LA County approves $15,000 rent relief for families hit by ICE raids

Approved Sept. 16 by Supervisors Lindsey Horvath and Hilda Solis, the program pays up to $15,000 per household without asking immigration status.

The fund pools $10 million from early 2025 with $19.8 million from the Housing Trust Fund.
Eligible households include wildfire survivors, evicted tenants, small landlords, and immigrant families losing wages to raids.
Applicants qualify by proving wage loss from federal enforcement, not by disclosing their immigration status.

Why it matters: Wrapping the immigration relief inside a wildfire fund lets the county aid people it never has to name.

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