Rent gouging is understood as the practice of setting rent prices too high or raising rent to an “unconscionable price.” According to the State of California Department of Justice, “Price gouging ...

California Atty. Gen. Rob Bonta accused real estate agent Iman Shaghyan this week of increasing the price of a Beverly Hills rental by more than 30% in the days after the Jan. 7 fires. It’s the fourth ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. A Rent Brigade report found 18,360 potential price-gouging cases after the fires, but enforcement has been minimal ...

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The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday OK’d protections from eviction for renters and small business owners financially burdened as a result of the recent wildfires. The 4-0 vote, with ...

With expectations that prices will rise throughout the economy over the summer as more tariffs stack up, a group of legislators on Capitol Hill, highlighted by Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), ...

Los Angeles’s rental market can be challenging to navigate in even the best of times. And, in addition to low rental inventory and dearth of affordable housing, residents displaced by the Eaton and ...