LA Real Estate Agent Hit With First Price Gouging Charges After Fires
An emergency was declared in California on January 7, when the fires started. On January 12, Governor Gavin Newsom signed an executive order that extended laws "prohibiting price gouging in times of ...
Zillow price hikes on L.A. rentals used to ‘name and shame’ landlords attempting to profit off fires
“just a quick scan of zillow reveals a few egregious instances of price gouging by landlords and agents. this is illegal,” ...
Exploiting disaster: Renters accuse Los Angeles landlords of "abusive and illegal" price hikes
Because California is in a state of emergency, laws targeting price-gouging, including a ban on landlords raising rents by ...
Rents skyrocket in LA as displaced people look for new places to stay
Fires in Los Angeles have destroyed thousands of homes, leaving families scrambling for long-term shelter in the face of ...
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Los Angeles Rents Are Going Up By The Hour
Within the week since Los Angeles’s worst-ever disaster began, rent gouging has become a crisis on top of the crisis. It’s ...
Los Angeles landlords jack up rent by as much as 124% — flouting price gouging laws during deadly wildfires
Landlords in fire-ravaged Los Angeles have jacked up rents — in some cases by more than double the price — in violation of ...
California officials warn against price gouging as rents soar in fire-stricken Los Angeles
Tenant advocacy groups, landlord associations and elected officials are condemning rent gouging after tens of thousands of ...
Mark Gongloff: The $2 trillion home insurance nightmare is getting worse
Put it all together, and you get something that looks an awful lot like systemic risk, threatening home values across the ...