California Apartment Association

CAA defeats L.A. proposals that threatened Costa-Hawkins

The Los Angeles City Council on Wednesday rejected several items that posed threats to California’s rental housing industry, including a move that would have violated the Costa-Hawkins Rental Housing Act.

On a 7-6 vote, the council:

Although the council did not freeze rents on properties covered by Costa-Hawkins, CAA continues to urge its members to forgo rent increases on these properties through May 31, part of the association’s Safe At Home Guidelines.

On another positive note, the council voted to move ahead with an emergency rent relief program to help struggling tenants, tapping more than $1 million in discretionary dollars to do so.

Unfortunately, the council also voted 13-0 to create an ordinance extending the rent freeze on locally rent controlled apartments for one year after the local state of emergency ends. This proposal will come back for another vote.

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