L.A. moves to prohibit landlords from evicting tenants in order to remodel units
LA TimesFidela “Bertha” Villasano, 89, was evicted from the Lincoln Heights apartment where she lived for 55 years, so her new landlord could remodel her unit. Under the city’s “just cause” eviction rules, landlords can evict tenants only for specific reasons, one of which is to “substantially remodel” their properties. of Greater Los Angeles, said “people don’t go through the permitting process and spend thousands of dollars on a remodel just to try and evict people.” “Once again the L.A. city council is trying to solve a problem that doesn’t exist,” he added. Now she’s the one being evicted Under state law, landlords can evict tenants if they are planning a “substantial remodel” of a unit. In a letter to the city’s housing and homelessness committee this month, Fred Sutton, senior vice president for local public affairs for the California Apartment Assn., said that housing infrastructure in the city is aging “yet there is no efficient process for upgrading these properties.” He said the city needs to better understand how things work now before moving to change the rules.
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