Tenants in LA relieved after council adopts renter protections for 396,000 units, including rented single-family homes.
Renters in Los Angeles breathed a sigh of relief Friday, Jan. 20, after the L.A. City Council voted unanimously to adopt new, permanent tenant protections that will take hold before the city’s COVID-19-related eviction moratorium expires at the end of the month.
“Today’s advancements in tenant protections, the most significant since the institution of the Rent Stabilization Ordinance, are a major step toward keeping hundreds of thousands of tenants across the city housed,” she added. The most controversial item was the proposed rule that tenants could only be evicted for just cause – such as for failing to pay rent, or violating other terms of their lease – and whether it should apply immediately for renters who don’t already have just cause protections. Tenants in rent-stabilized units, or who are covered under a state law already, are protected.
The council voted 11-1, with Councilmember Monica Rodriguez dissenting on the just cause rule. But when it came time to vote for the full package, the council voted 12-0, with Council President Paul Krekorian and Councilmember Curren Price recusing themselves because they own rental properties. The third protection lets tenants who are behind on rent remain in their apartments for a month, unless they owe more than one month’s worth of fair market rent.The council recently voted toafter Jan. 31, which also means ending the city’s pandemic-era eviction moratorium that protected renters.
With the eviction moratorium going away, landlords will again be able to evict tenants for unpaid rent starting Feb. 1.
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