Housing Rights Center
Oliver Salonen is currently serving as the Rental Assistance Program Coordinator at the Housing Rights Center since March 2023, following a role as Senior Program Coordinator. Prior experience includes a Volunteer Intern position at the Los Angeles County Public Defender from September to December 2022, and a People's Summer Intern role at The People's Project LA from June to August 2022. Additionally, Oliver worked as a Research Assistant at Velkei Law from September 2021 to May 2022 and an Investigative Intern at the Lawndale Christian Legal Center from September to December 2020. Early experience includes a Research Assistant position at LA House Histories in the summer of 2018. Oliver is pursuing a Doctor of Law degree at the University of California, Los Angeles - School of Law, set to graduate in May 2028, and holds a Bachelor of Arts in History from the University of Chicago, completed in 2021.
Housing Rights Center
The Housing Rights Center (HRC) is the nation’s largest nonprofit civil rights organization dedicated to fighting housing discrimination. Since 1968, HRC has identified and addressed the challenges of housing discrimination, and continues to expand and diversify its services and programs to meet the need and ever changing issue of fair housing. HRC provides residents within the Los Angeles and Ventura Counties with free (1) housing discrimination investigation, (2) fair housing enforcement (3) outreach and public education, and (4) landlord-tenant counseling. HRC is able to assist clients in several different languages including English, Spanish, Mandarin, Armenian, Russian, Cantonese, and American Sign Language (ASL). Individuals with hearing/speech impairments can be assisted through our TTY system. Our mission is to actively support and promote fair housing through education, advocacy and litigation, to the end that all persons have the opportunity to secure the housing they desire and can afford, without discrimination based on their race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, familial status, marital status, disability, genetic information, ancestry, age, source of income or other characteristics protected by law. **This material is based on work supported by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). Any opinion, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of HUD.**