The Washington Post on MSN12d
Rent rose by 20 percent across L.A. County after fires. That’s illegal.
Rent for single-family homes across Los Angeles County rose by almost 25 percent, and even more in certain areas, according ...
LAist on MSN10d
New LA rent gouging study
How the study came about: The Rent Brigade is a new independent collective made up of tenant advocates, web programmers, ...
Marketplace8d
LA blazes cause rents to soar
Some landlords are hiking prices beyond the 10% the law allows. Some listings have increased thousands of dollars a month.
New York Sun13d
California’s Anti-Price Gouging Law Could Make It Harder for Victims of the Wildfires To Find Temporary Shelter
The emergency law caps rents to a ‘fair market value’ determined by HUD, but the caps are so low that many high-end ...
Boise State Public Radio13d
Los Angeles' anti-rent gouging effort
A small army of activists has mobilized to try to hold landlords accountable for price gouging on their rental listings after the Los Angeles wildfires.
Study says Los Angeles rent prices spiked illegally during historic wildfires
A new study by a tenant advocacy group shows a major increase in rent prices across the Los Angeles area during Southern ...
Los Angeles Magazine on MSN10d
Price Gouging Hits L.A.'s Fire Evacuees
As wildfires leave residents displaced across the city, some landlords are raising rents beyond legal limits, forcing ...
Rental housing startup Blueground accused of gouging LA fire victims
It allegedly jacked up rents for furnished apartments in Los Angeles — more than 50% in one example — after last month’s ...
WUNC13d
Los Angeles' anti-rent gouging effort
Other Zillow listings NPR reviewed showed similar ... It's unclear how widespread the price gouging has been, but state Attorney General Rob Bonta said at a recent press conference that his ...