Los Angeles landlords may be prohibited from raising rents or evicting tenants impacted by recent devastating fires as city officials aim to prevent price gouging.
Councilmember Eunisses Hernandez warns that without immediate action, a second wave of disaster could see rent and eviction spikes in an already strained housing market.
Soto-Martinez highlighted that some will exploit this crisis for profit, jeopardizing low-income tenants facing eviction amidst a housing and homelessness crisis.
Daniel Yukelson of the Apartment Association cautioned that re-instating emergency rent freezes could be counterproductive, discouraging housing providers from offering rentals.
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