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Facing Wildfire and Rent Gouging, L.A. Tenants Are Fighting For Rent Control (nextcity.org)

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The LA Tenants Union has released a series of demands for the city to address the disaster by implementing a rent freeze and eviction moratorium. The union also asked for the city to “seize vacant units, Airbnbs, and hotels” to reserve for people experiencing homelessness, saying, “Everyone deserves housing, throughout the state of emergency and beyond.”

In addition, a coalition of over 70 tenant unions, social justice organizations and community groups sent a letter to Los Angeles County elected officials with demands for tenant protections, including “swift enforcement of anti-price gouging laws.” The letter calls for a pause on all active evictions during the ongoing emergency; a prohibition on new eviction cases; good cause protections; a ban on algorithmic price fixing; and new rental assistance programs to pay rents, as many people across the county have lost work due to the fire.

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