City officials are proposing stricter enforcement, higher fines and new technology in part to prevent rent-controlled apartments from being listed on Airbnb and Booking.com, the subject of a Capital & Main and ProPublica investigation.
1940 Carmen Ave. in Hollywood, which had been the subject of multiple complaints about vacation rentals, is considered a rent-controlled apartment building by the Los Angeles Housing Department.If you're enjoying this article, you'll love our daily newsletter, The LA Report. Each weekday, catch up on the 5 most pressing stories to start your morning in 3 minutes or less.
“I think having the capacity to do stronger enforcement is the big missing piece,” said Councilmember Nithya Raman, who chairs the housing and homelessness committee. She said very few violators were receiving citations and fines “because of how broken the process is.” For more than a year, the housing and homelessness committee has been looking into the growth of home-sharing in LA. It has convened representatives of key city departments and the city attorney’s office to learn about enforcement of the 2019 home-sharing law against unapproved listings and what can be done to improve it.
In one case, residents and neighbors of 1940 Carmen Ave., a 21-unit apartment building in Hollywood, had repeatedly complained to the city about illegal vacation rentals. But the owner had never been fined for home-sharing. However, after the investigation, the owner was fined, and the building appears to no longer accept reservations on booking sites.
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