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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Latest Renting Stories
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Amid an affordable housing crisis, dozens of rent-controlled buildings are listed on short-term rental websites. A 2018 law was supposed to stop that, but the city is struggling to enforce it.
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LA city planners hear from a chorus of Angelenos wanting more housing in single-family neighborhoodsCity officials plan to leave single-family zones out of their blueprint for hundreds of thousands of new homes. Many residents are urging them to reverse course.
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The city has a lot of work to do to meet state housing goals, including rezoning. But officials don’t want to touch single-family neighborhoods.
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Invitation Homes buys, renovates and rents out suburban houses. A lawsuit claims many SoCal renovations were not permitted. The company settled but maintains there was no wrongdoing.
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The proposed Right To Counsel program would give low-income renters in unincorporated L.A. County a free eviction attorney starting next year.
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City officials say Vladyslav Yurov and his alleged associates made more than $4 million renting out properties they didn’t own.
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One housing expert says the new changes leave a successful program “functionally gutted.”
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Homelessness remains high despite record housing placements, officials say, because L.A.’s affordable housing crisis keeps pushing more people onto the streets.
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Before LAist asked for clarity, the city posted conflicting information online. Officials took nearly a week to answer basic questions on rent hikes.
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Baldwin Park passed a local rent control law in 2019. But good luck trying to find out the city’s current rent increase limits.
