This past week, Q-line asked: “Is it fair for a person to own property or live somewhere else and still be able to secure a rent-controlled apartment in
There has been much in the news recently about local rent control laws, tenants and landlords. A new law passed in March now allows landlords to increase tenants’ rents if
There has been much in the news recently about local rent control laws, tenants and landlords. A new law passed in March now allows landlords to increase tenants’ rents if
Low rents hard to find
It may be a renter’s market in Santa Monica, but the cost of living here continues to climb.
Officials estimate that a person must
There has been much in the news recently about local rent control laws, tenants and landlords. A new law passed in March now allows landlords to increase tenants’ rents if
More than 1,000 “bootlegged” rentals in Santa Monica may soon become legal.
The City Council on Tuesday agreed to consider easing current standards in order to bring the rent-
Unregistered units could generate much needed revenue
Bootlegged, rent-control housing units in Santa Monica could help plug the gaping, $12 million hole in the city’s budget.
Landlords who
Union talks entering sixth week
By Property owner Jacobs reviewing bids BY CAROLYN SACKARIASON Daily Press Staff Writer
One of the last undeveloped pieces of Main Street could soon be
Local residents targeted by new rent control law
Landlords are on the look-out for tenants who they say are misusing their rent-controlled apartments.
Renters who use their units
Chad’s mother, a long-time Santa Monica resident, owns a condo north of Wilshire Boulevard.
Like nearly 12 percent of the population, Chad’s mother is over 65 years
State toughens restrictions on property owners
A law designed to give landlords a way out of the business has been used by some property owners to jack up the price
A pair of Santa Monica landlords paid several former tenants more than $22,000 to escape prosecution by the city for allegedly attempting to skirt rental laws, officials said Monday.
