Basta Inc

Filing Period

Jan 1, 2012 to Dec 31, 2012

Signed

Nov 15, 2013

Return Version

2012v2.0

Gross Receipts

$1,510,214

Mission

Major Activities

Activity 2

PROJECT: SLUM HOUSING. Based on statistics from the Inner City Law Center, an estimated 48,000 people get sick each year from living in slum conditions. Exposure to mold, rats, roaches, and bedbugs (chinches) can be devastating to an individual's health, causing illnesses such as asthma, bronchitis, rashes, etc. BASTA forces slumlords to repair their buildings or sell them to responsible landlords, as well as forcing them to pay damages to their low-income tenants. Since its inception, through this project alone, BASTA has obtained more than $5,000,000 on behalf of over 400 families.

Activity 3

PROJECT: TENANTS IN FORECLOSURE ("TIF") Not much needs to be explained about the severe impact of the foreclosure crisis that has ravaged our economy; however, often times the media and public forget about the tenants left behind after an owner loses his/her property to the Banks. Over the past few years, BASTA has been vigorously advocating for tenants rights against the Banks, who have become some of the worst slumlords. Because of the volume of foreclosure-victimized tenants and the special set of circumstances surrounding such situations, BASTA formed this project to address the unique needs of these families. The TIF Project is a combination of BASTA's Slum Housing and Homelessness Prevention/Access to Justice projects dedicated to addressing this particular subset of low-income families. At any one time, BASTA is handling approximately 100 open files of tenants in foreclosure, and in the past few years, BASTA has helped relocate nearly 1,000 families and obtained nearly $2,000,000 from the Banks for low-income persons in Los Angeles County who have found themselves to have become tenants in foreclosed properties.

Filer

EIN

42-1688855