Homestead Exemption: Automatic Homestead vs. Declared Homestead

No-cost, free MCLE event

1 hour participatory California MCLE credit

Program Description

People know what a homestead exemption is in general. However, most people don't know exactly how it works. Most people have heard about the automatic homestead exemption but not the declared homestead exemption. This presentation will discuss what each exemption does and does not do, and the difference between them.

About the presenter

WookSun Hong is part of the Bay Area Legal Incubator, a group of attorneys who provide legal services for mid to low-income communities. Their practice areas cover employment, immigration, estate planning, real estate, business/corporate law, prisoners’ rights, and more. He personally handles real estate, housing/landlord-tenant cases, residential or commercial, and housing discrimination including service/support animal issues. Mr. Hong handles many other aspects of related real estate issues. His areas of practice include Business law (Business contact and entity formation) and estate planning (Trust, Will, Power of Attorney).

Mr. Hong graduated from Seoul National University with a bachelor’s degree in Chemistry. He pursued the Ph.D. in biochemistry before switching to law. Mr. Hong is the principal at the Law Offices of WookSun Hong and a fellow at Bay Area Legal Incubator. He also works as an expert in commercial tenancy/unlawful detainer for the Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights, San Francisco, CA.

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