Los Angeles renters breathe easier: Landlords must pay moving costs if they spike the rent.
The Los Angeles City Council adopted an ordinance on Tuesday, Feb. 7 requiring landlords to pay relocation assistance to tenants who move out after getting rent increases of 10% or more.
The ordinance — which the city council preliminarily approved last week —is the final part of a package of tenant protections the council sought to implement after it voted to end the local state of emergency due to COVID-19 at the end of January. “This is the last of six votes that we’ve taken on a package of renter protections that I think will be transformative for Los Angeles moving forward,” said Councilwoman Nithya Raman, who was among the council members pushing for the protections.
According to the city’s housing department, fair market rent for a one- bedroom apartment in Los Angeles is $1,747 and $2,222 for a two-bedroom. The new ordinance would provide relocation assistance for tenants of units that are not already covered by the city’s rent-stabilization ordinance or state law — meaning it would cover an additional 84,000 rental units in Los Angeles that were built after 2008.
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