Rent Control
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Allowable rent hikes depend on where you live, and in what type of building. We did the hard work to help you figure it all out. -
Rent hike limits under a key state law changed little for many SoCal renters in 2024. Here’s what to do if your landlord demands more.
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Despite COVID rent freezes, tenants still get demands from landlords to pay more. Whether they can fight back depends on where they live.
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The new 3% cap would take effect at the start of 2025. But it's limited to people living in pre-1995 buildings in unincorporated areas. We help make sense of the confusing rules.
LAist reporters and a panel of experts answered your questions about the latest renter rules in L.A. County.
Key Coverage
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Barrington Plaza landlord says it needs to halt business for fire safety repairs. Tenants say their apartments will still be rented after they’re kicked out.
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Los Angeles allows higher rent increases than other neighboring cities with rent control. There’s a new push to change the rules.
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Renters say landlords aren’t fixing unhealthy living conditions. Will a new approach to code enforcement succeed where existing efforts have failed?
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The city passed a law against harassing renters in 2021. But tenant advocates say enforcement has been lacking.
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Now that L.A. officials know who landlords are trying to evict, city workers are showing up at renters’ doorsteps to offer help.
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A new proposal would keep eviction protections in place for renters in the city of L.A. who adopted COVID cats or pandemic pups.
The Family Housing Crunch
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The severe lack of family friendly housing has millennial parents asking: Is leaving Southern California our only option?
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Everyone agrees the shortage is real and damaging. Potential solutions: Incentives, requirements, even a return to government-owned housing.
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Empty nesters own more L.A. homes than millennials with kids. Here’s how some older homeowners are finding ways to spread their wealth.
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Affordable Housing
Affordable housing is explicitly exempted from state and local laws that limit the size of rent increases. This is the final part of a four-part series.
Read the full series below:
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Understanding Section 8
What is Section 8?
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Section 8 is the country’s largest rental assistance program, providing federal subsidies that enable low-income tenants to pay no more than a third of their income on rent.
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But the number of vouchers pales in comparison to the overwhelming demand for affordable housing in cities like Los Angeles, where sharply rising rents have long outpaced sluggish wage growth.
If you’re facing a rent increase, eviction or need help affording rent in L.A. check out this list of resources.
LAist Exclusive Investigation
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Dennis Block runs what he says is California’s “leading eviction law firm.” A judge said legal citations submitted in Block's name for a recent case were fake. Six legal experts told LAist the errors likely stemmed from AI misuse.
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Most L.A. tenants don’t have an attorney in eviction court. If you’re facing an eviction, here’s how to start looking for legal aid.
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Measure ULA applies to real estate selling for more than $5 million. So far, mansions account for less than half of revenue.
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Metropolitan State Hospital has vacant buildings across its sprawling campus. Here are the plans to reopen them.
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Four years after the class action suit was filed and Just as trial was set to begin, the nonprofit settled. AHF is a major bankroller of ballot initiatives to overturn limits on rent-control in the state.
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The independent economic analysis finds some rent increase rules favor landlords and recommends changing the formula for deciding annual increases for rent-controlled apartments. It was filed four months ago but not released publicly. LAist obtained a copy through a public records request.
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Newsom administration tells Beverly Hills its efforts to block a high-rise violate state housing lawThe affluent city has stalled plans for a 165-unit building. State housing officials say the “Builder’s Remedy” project should go forward.
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The Archdiocese of Los Angeles sees a need for affordable homes. They have the land — and now, a new housing nonprofit — to make it happen.
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The vote by the city housing committee overrides language drafted by the city attorney’s office, which had stripped the word “right” from the city’s proposal for a “right to counsel.”
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Other cities give free eviction lawyers to tenants as a right. But the city of L.A. is weighing a proposal that explicitly says that won’t be guaranteed.
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The iconic Skid Row building went from the true crime spotlight to homeless housing. But some residents wonder if they were better off before moving in.
