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Apartment Association Fights L.A.’s Eviction Ban & Rent Freeze
The Apartment Association of Greater Los Angeles (AAGLA) filed a Preliminary Injunction Motion against the City of Los Angeles seeking relief from the City’s Eviction Ban and Rent Freeze Moratoria. AAGLA had previously filed a lawsuit against the city in Federal Court this past June challenging its eviction ban, prohibitions on late fees or interest, and moratorium on annual rent increases.
AAGLA is now seeking an emergency order to immediately invalidate the City’s Eviction Ban and Rent Freeze Moratoria.
AAGLA’s Earle Vaughan, says, “The City’s eviction ban goes way overboard in providing benefits to renters at the expense of all landlords, particularly the small “mom and pop” landlords making up the majority of housing providers within the City.”
Vaughan added, “Many of the renters that have benefited under these ordinances have not been impacted during the pandemic and yet still choose not to pay rent. As a result, the City has exposed itself to significant liability risk for damages associated with the eviction ban, and in particular, damages stemming from the lack of an ‘end date’ on the eviction ban and prohibition on rent increases, which now seven months following their establishment is still a date unknown.”
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