2015-08-07T15:29:11-07:00 2014-12-31 CAPITAL TAX AND ACCOUNTING 150 N WIGET LN STE 206 WALNUT CREEK CA 945982434 990 2014-01-01 202573758 Housing and Economic Rights Advocates HOUS 5102718443 1814 Franklin Street Oakland CA 94612 Maeve Elise Brown Executive Director 2015-08-07 true Zachary Sahar CPA P00855313 9259777784 2014 2016-02-25 16:41:14Z Maeve Elise Brown 822737 false false X N/A X 2005 CA The organization is a statewide, legal services and advocacy organization whose mission is to protect all people from discrimination and economic abuses, especially in the realm of housing. 7 7 15 0 838081 421302 27100 401090 457 345 0 865638 822737 0 0 619941 661984 0 31012 239427 262177 859368 924161 6270 -101424 586612 1331041 78775 924628 507837 406413 The organization is a statewide, legal services and advocacy organization whose mission is to protect all people from discrimination and economic abuses, especially in the realm of housing. false false 860083 HERA is the only California statewide non-profit law office dedicated to addressing mortgage lending, servicing, foreclosure, collections and credit problems in California, with most of our direct services provided in the Greater Northern California area and our office located in Oakland. We have a broad asset building/preservation and anti-discrimination mission. We are unusual in our combination of service strategies, engaging in (1) education of individual consumers and communities of vulnerable residents targeted for a wide variety of predatory practices (not just housing related), (2) legal services for individuals as well as class actions benefiting many hundreds, sometimes thousands of people at a time, (3) trainings for attorneys, government staff, housing counselors, adult protective services and other professionals on how to identify and handle abuses directed towards consumers (4) research on the scope and impact of such abusive practices; (5) technical assistance and support to professionals on their cases, (6) community organizing on consumer issues, and (7) policy work. HERA also addresses almost all othr forms of household debt and credit problems including medical debt, credit card, student loans, and homeowner association collections activity, as well as expanding our work on wrongful credit reporting. These kinds of practices can result in residents being denied credit, paying much higher interest rates on loans, higher insurance rates, and possibly being locked out of certain kinds of jobs. 860083 true false false false false false false false true false true false false false true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false 7 0 false 15 false false false false false false false false false 0 false false false false false false false false false false X 7 7 false false false false false false false true true false false true true true true true true true true false X Organization 5102718443 1814 Franklin Street suite 1040 Oakland CA 94612 X Edwin Wilson Director 5.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Scott Chang Director 5.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Elizabeth Hom Director 5.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Elizabeth A Renuart Director 5.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Marina Jimemez Secretary 5.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Maria Hardy Benjamin Vice President 5.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Roxanne Romell Board President 5.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Maeve Elise Brown Executive Director 40.00 0.00 X 88000 0 0 88000 0 false false false 0 129537 291765 421302 Attorney Fees for Service 352971 352971 Contract Services 48119 48119 401090 345 345 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 822737 401090 345 0 0 0 0 88000 59408 14218 14374 0 509285 509285 0 16510 15684 392 434 48189 45780 1205 1204 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 35600 20600 15000 30964 30964 0 0 72380 72380 1188 1188 0 0 0 0 1261 1261 8384 8384 Litigation 37992 37992 Contract Services 30832 30832 Workshops and Coferences 17994 17994 Telephone & Internet 13943 13943 11639 4033 7606 924161 860083 33066 31012 307716 1243795 250313 0 13912 71666 1300 0 0 0 0 8258 8258 25063 19041 3013 6022 0 0 0 0 3400 0 586612 1331041 62096 906157 16679 18471 78775 924628 X 427137 328413 80700 78000 507837 406413 586612 1331041 -101424 X false true X false false X 613251 644927 677071 836753 397786 3169788 0 0 613251 644927 677071 836753 397786 3169788 0 3169788 1200 632 281 457 345 2915 0 0 3172703 0.99910 0.99860 X true false 3740 3740 21323 19041 2282 6022 Accrued Vacations 18471 18471 Part IV, Line 1b: Why is organization an agent, trustee, custodian or other intermediary for contrib Organization is not agent, trustee or custodian of any assets. They do, however, counsel the public on their debts and credit. Form 990, Part VI, Line 11b: Form 990 Review Process No review was or will be conducted. Form 990, Part VI, Line 12c: Explanation of Monitoring and Enforcement of Conflicts The conflict of interest policy states that each board member shall annually complete a disclosure form identifying any relationships,positions or circumstances in which the board member is involved that he or she believes could contribute to a conflict of interest arising. Also, each new board member is required to review a copy of the policy and acknowledge in writing that he or she has done so. Form 990, Part VI, Line 15b: Compensation Review and Approval Process for Officers and Key Employees The board considers the following factors in determining compensation:(1)Expertise of staff person or proposed hire, including years of relevant work experience and training; (2) rate of pay and benefits for comparable positions in at least three other comparabe organizations, benchmarking in the geographic region. Form 990, Part VI, Line 19: Other Organization Documents Publicly Available Annual Report is for 2013-2014 is publicly available at www.heraca.org