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Wildfire Emergency Rent Caps Extended Through March 29
Rental housing providers in Los Angeles County remain subject to limits on rent increases and restrictions on certain evictions following the vote by the county Board of Supervisors to extend wildfire-related price-gouging protections through March 29. The California Apartment Association warned the board it would oppose the measure absent a definitive phase-out timeline and a clear termination date.
In a Feb. 23 letter, CAA cited county vacancy rates above 5% and a softening rental market as evidence that the conditions that originally justified the emergency extensions no longer exist. “This emergency declaration was intended to be temporary,” CAA wrote. “Instead, it has become routine for emergency housing regulations to become indefinite.”
The extension, approved Tuesday, Feb. 24, continues rules under California’s anti-price gouging law and the county’s local ordinance that generally cap rent increases at no more than 10% above pre-emergency levels. The rules also prohibit landlords from evicting a residential tenant and re-renting the unit at a higher price during the protected period.
- ◦Policy/Gov't
