Landlords can’t raise rents in rent-controlled buildings, LA mayor says - Curbed LA

Landlords can’t raise rents in rent-controlled buildings, LA mayor says - Curbed LA.

Landlords can’t raise rents in rent-controlled buildings, LA mayor says

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Any new increases “are put on hold”

By Jenna Chandler and Bianca Barragan  Updated Mar 30, 2020, 7:21pm PDT

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In the city of Los Angeles, 624,000 apartments, townhomes, and other residential units are rent-controlled.

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The mayor is locking in rental prices in rent-controlled buildings in the city of Los Angeles.

“Rent will stay the same,” mayor Eric Garcetti said this evening in announcing a “freeze” on rents in units covered by the city’s rent stabilization ordinance. He called it “a common sense action” amid the COVID-19 outbreak.