Some landlords are hiking prices beyond the 10% the law allows. Some listings have increased thousands of dollars a month.
Here’s what “The Rent Brigade” found after combing through 1,343 Zillow posts that appear to have broken California’s ban on post-fire price gouging.
A new study by a tenant advocacy group shows a major increase in rent prices across the Los Angeles area during Southern ...
As wildfires leave residents displaced across the city, some landlords are raising rents beyond legal limits, forcing ...
The emergency law caps rents to a ‘fair market value’ determined by HUD, but the caps are so low that many high-end ...
A small army of activists has mobilized to try to hold landlords accountable for price gouging on their rental listings after the Los Angeles wildfires.
Rent for single-family homes across Los Angeles County rose by almost 25 percent, and even more in certain areas, according ...
Other Zillow listings NPR reviewed showed similar ... It's unclear how widespread the price gouging has been, but state Attorney General Rob Bonta said at a recent press conference that his ...
A real estate agent in La Cañada is the first person to be charged with price gouging after the Los Angeles fires.