Families in the Chinatown community have been battling to remain in their homes since the affordability covenant for the building expired in 2018 amid a housing crisis in the city.
The Los Angeles City Council Friday approved an almost $15 million program to aid Chinatown apartment building tenants who have been fighting rent hikes since 2020.Council members voted 14-0 in favor of the 10-year deal that will require the city to spend about $15 million to provide subsidies for dozens of units at the property known as the Hillside Villa Apartments, a 124-unit building constructed in 1989.
Tenants urged the council to revise the deal so that their back rent was paid off and no one was at risk of being evicted -- currently 35 of them are facing eviction. According to the tenants, many of the residents are low- income and senior citizens who would be unable to pay back the entirety of their rent-owed.
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