Mayor Karen Bass expedited the project to help combat the city’s housing crisis. But these renters are fighting to stay in their homes.
State law allows landlords to evict tenants without cause if they are doing major renovations. Rent controlled tenants say it can be abused to kick them out for those who can pay more.
Unenforceable laws and failed “affordable housing” policies show that public housing and tenant-controlled buildings must become the norm, say the founders of the Los Angeles Tenants Union in their new book.
Once divided by gentrification, an immigrant janitor and a millennial executive now count on each other as renters battling corporate landlords. They are members of the largest tenants union in the country.
Once divided by gentrification, an immigrant janitor and a millennial marketing executive now count on each other as fellow renters battling corporate landlords.
For some of California’s most vulnerable renters, a lack of internet access may lead to eviction.
The promising new tool in the fight to preserve affordable housing: a coalition of tenant unions.
Tenants in Los Angeles and San Francisco claim they are being targeted by their corporate landlord.
Pandemic-battered California faces another falling domino as paychecks vanish and rents come due.