The City of Santa Monica announced this week it had won the latest in a string of legal victories in tenant protection cases, successfully defending its Anti-Housing Discrimination Ordinance in
MANUELA TOBIAS / Special to the Daily Press
In April, Juan Carlos Cruz Mora received an eviction notice from his landlord that alleged he caused property damage and dirty, unsafe living
Following a historically high annual rent adjustment of 6% for rent controlled units, city councilmembers have indicated a desire to cap all future increases at 3%.
This was proposed during
Due to spiraling inflation, rent control tenants are about to face a maximum allowable annual rent increase of 6 percent — one of the largest hikes in the agency’s 42
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College students squeezed by a massive housing shortage and surging rents are paying too much for moldy apartments, commuting long distances or sleeping in their cars
Rosario Perry, a gifted attorney lauded for his creative legal thinking, died from cancer at the age of 75 drawing the recognition of city leaders for the mark he left
Support directed at small landlords struggling to pay property taxes or mortgages.
With state rent relief applications now closed, County officials are preparing for possible financial fallout from rent that
The return to normalcy means many welcome things, but also a few unwelcome ones like the end of California’s rent relief program.
Still the news is not all dire,
Santa Monicans are urged to apply today at housing.ca.gov. The statewide “CA COVID-19 Rent Relief” program (also commonly referred to as “Housing is Key”) is now open and