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L.A. confirms end of COVID eviction rules, while other tenant protections remain in limbo
Source: Los Angeles Times
Landlords in Los Angeles can resume evicting tenants for unpaid rent and other reasons come Feb. 1, the City Council confirmed in a vote last week.
The decision will end some of the longest-lasting tenant protections in the nation, first passed in March 2020 as part of the emergency response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Since then, landlords have not been allowed to evict their tenants for most reasons, including if the owners wanted to move into their own homes.
The emergency rules have also prohibited landlords from raising the rent in more than 650,000 rent-controlled units in the city, nearly three-quarters of L.A.’s apartment stock. Rent increases in such units will continue to be barred until February 2024.
The city’s emergency protections started amid fears that the deep job loss at the beginning of the pandemic could lead to a tsunami of evictions and worsen the spread of COVID-19. Federal, state and other local political leaders put into place similar anti-eviction rules and offered billions of dollars in financial assistance for those behind on rent.
The decision will end some of the longest-lasting tenant protections in the nation, first passed in March 2020 as part of the emergency response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Since then, landlords have not been allowed to evict their tenants for most reasons, including if the owners wanted to move into their own homes.
The emergency rules have also prohibited landlords from raising the rent in more than 650,000 rent-controlled units in the city, nearly three-quarters of L.A.’s apartment stock. Rent increases in such units will continue to be barred until February 2024.
The city’s emergency protections started amid fears that the deep job loss at the beginning of the pandemic could lead to a tsunami of evictions and worsen the spread of COVID-19. Federal, state and other local political leaders put into place similar anti-eviction rules and offered billions of dollars in financial assistance for those behind on rent.
Read more: https://www.latimes.com/homeless-housing/story/2022-12-16/la-finalizes-end-of-eviction-protections
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L.A. confirms end of COVID eviction rules, while other tenant protections remain in limbo (Original Post)
brooklynite
Dec 2022
OP
Unfortunately the free ride had to go away as neither the government nor the
cstanleytech
Dec 2022
#1
Just wondering were they working enough that they could have afforded the rent or did they choose
cstanleytech
Dec 2022
#4
cstanleytech
(28,471 posts)1. Unfortunately the free ride had to go away as neither the government nor the
property owners can afford to keep providing rent free housing.
jimfields33
(19,382 posts)3. Very true unfortunately for those in need.
But it’s true we as a country just cannot afford this.
oldsoftie
(13,538 posts)2. I cant believe its been going on that long. Almost THREE YEARS!
I'm glad I was able to find ways around that nonsense where I live. Because I had people who never stopped working but stopped paying rent as SOON as the moratorium was announced.
cstanleytech
(28,471 posts)4. Just wondering were they working enough that they could have afforded the rent or did they choose
not to pay it because they were assholes?
oldsoftie
(13,538 posts)5. They choose not to pay because they were assholes.
ALL of them were working for companies that didnt shut down
Fortunately it was only a few. One of them bought a car because hey, I dont have to pay rent! She was the first one to go.