Matt Gelfand is an attorney and serves as the in-house litigator for Californians for Homeownership, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization founded by the California Association of REALTORS*. Californians for Homeownership uses impact litigation to address California’s housing crises, including by litigating against cities and counties that fail to comply with state housing laws. Before leaving to help build the organization, Matt was a litigator in private practice. He has a JD from Harvard Law School and an undergraduate degree in Neuroscience from Brown University. He has appeared before city councils and other governmental bodies as well as in court litigation where at least one issue was the applicability of the “Builder’s Remedy.”
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