HUD gave $10 million grant to LA landlord repeatedly sued by tenants
For nine months, Nash Stabolito has tried to organize a tenant union with fellow residents of his Skid Row single-room occupancy hotel and nearby properties…
AIDS Healthcare Foundation settles case over squalid living conditions
The nonprofit AIDS Healthcare Foundation will pay current and former tenants of a Skid Row residential hotel $575,000 to resolve a long-running class-action lawsuit over…
After freeway’s demise, L.A. renters are buying state-owned homes
For nearly four decades, Patricia Payan has lived in a leased version of the suburban ideal in a two-bedroom, one-bathroom home on Sheffield Avenue in…
Landlord to pay nearly $20 million to settle California lawsuit
One of the nation’s largest single-family-home rental companies has agreed to pay nearly $20 million to resolve allegations it made unpermitted renovations across its portfolio…
A law that caps security deposits at one month has taken effect.
The days of needing to save two to three months’ worth of rent for a security deposit are largely over in California. Legislation took effect…
New rental developments are changing the suburban dream
LA QUINTA, Calif. — Chelsey and Spencer Marks’ home in Cathedral City was becoming more trouble than it was worth. The young couple had just spent…
Renters should look out for these red flags when signing a property lease, experts say
In a competitive rental market, many people are facing stress and anguish just trying to find a property.So when you finally get your hands on…
AIDS Healthcare Foundation to buy six Skid Row Housing Trust buildings
A half dozen properties that are owned by a failed Skid Row landlord should be sold to the AIDS Healthcare Foundation, the court-ordered receiver overseeing…
The end of Skid Row’s cheap hotels? L.A. leaders want to replace homeless housing
Thirty years ago, when the Produce Hotel fell into disrepair, a newly formed nonprofit, the Skid Row Housing Trust, acquired and rehabilitated the turn-of-the-century building,…
Supreme Court turns down rent control challenge
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Tuesday turned down a major property-rights challenge to rent control laws in New York City and elsewhere that give tenants…
L.A. moves to protect renters who got pets amid pandemic lockdown
The Los Angeles City Council voted Tuesday to prevent landlords from evicting tenants who took in a pet at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic…
Rivervale tenant hit with $250-a-week rent rise, as Perth house rents jump for ninth straight quarter
Perth suffered the biggest increase in rental prices in 2023 and has continued its record-long stretch of rising rent, with one tenant being hit with…
Landlord to pay $3.7 million in California rent-gouging case
The nation’s largest landlord of single-family home rentals will pay $3.7 million in civil penalties and restitution to resolve allegations it violated California laws against…
Why California was right to ban ‘crime-free’ housing
Landlords across the country have been empowered to act as a kind of police force in the name of crime prevention for decades. How? Through…
How problems at two of Skid Row’s largest landlords could make L.A.’s homelessness crisis worse
One of the most vexing factors contributing to Los Angeles’ homelessness problem is the lack of affordable places for people coming off the streets. Part…
New law has Californians with criminal records ‘quite hopeful’ they’ll finally find housing
In 2021, four years after finishing her last jail term and living in transitional housing in Riverside County, Erica Smith was ready for a permanent…
Shock moment controversial property mogul worth millions ‘evicts tenant by cutting huge hole in door with a CHAINSAW’
THIS is the shocking moment a controversial property mogul reportedly evicted a tenant by cutting a huge hole in their door. Samuel Leeds, 29, shared…
Opinion: This is the wrong way to expand L.A.’s affordable housing
Last December, Mayor Karen Bass moved to speed up the production of affordable housing in Los Angeles by issuing Executive Directive 1. This measure streamlines…
AIDS Healthcare Foundation low-income tenants live in squalor, face eviction
After her eviction, Alisha Lucero returned to her apartment to find her belongings thrown away. Gone were Lucero’s passport and her recently deceased brother’s high…
L.A. caps rent increases for stabilized units at 4%
With the city’s COVID-era freeze on rent increases set to expire at the end of January, the Los Angeles City Council signed off on a…