The Los Angeles Tenants Union demands:
FREEZE THE RENT!
Los Angeles City Council voted to allow landlords to raise the rent 4-6% in all RSO apartments — two thirds of the apartments in the entire city— starting February 1, 2024!
278,000 households in Los Angeles are behind on rent. Eviction filings in LA County have surpassed pre-pandemic levels, with more than 4,000 per month. Homelessness in Los Angeles has increased by 9% in the past year.
Does this seem like a good time to raise the rent?
For the past three years, rent increases in buildings protected by the Rent Stabilization Ordinance have been illegal. If you live in an RSO-protected building, you shouldn’t have gotten an increase since before the pandemic. But since the city has declared that the emergency period is over, they voted to allow landlords to raise the rent again — 4% if you pay for your own utilities, 6% if your landlord pays for them — starting February 1, 2024.
THE RENT IS ALREADY TOO DAMN HIGH.
Tenants across Los Angeles, especially poor and working-class tenants, cannot afford a rent increase.
Tens of thousands more tenants who are barely holding on will become unable to pay the rent and will face eviction and homelessness.
Join us
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 3
Normandie Recreation Center
1550 S Normandie
Los Angeles, CA 90006
Meet at 9am, march at 10am
JOIN the Los Angeles Tenants Union
We are tenants organized into local chapters and tenants associations across the city. From our eight years of fighting evictions, rent increases, and landlord harassment with direct action, rent strikes, and media campaigns, we know there is strength in collective action.
Click JOIN LATU or go to join.latenantsunion.org to sign up as a dues-paying member.
FAQ:
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Use zimas.lacity.org (watch this video to learn where exactly to look). More information is available on the LA Housing Department website here.
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Each year, according to the Rent Stabilization Ordinance (a law of the City of LA), the amount that landlords are allowed to raise the rent in RSO-protected units is between 3 and 8%. The specific amount each year is based on the Consumer Price Index (a measure of inflation). This year, the amount was originally scheduled to be 7-9%. On November 14th, City Council voted to allow it to be 4%. An additional 1% for gas and 1% for electric service can be added if the landlord provides the service to the tenant. So if electric and gas are included in your rent amount, the landlord can raise the rent 6%.
Links with more information:
Allowable Rent Increase Bulletin
2023 Renter Protections from LAHD
FURTHER RESOURCES
TENANT POWER TOOLKIT
If you receive eviction papers from the landlord (a Summons & Complaint / Unlawful Detainer), the Tenant Power Toolkit can help you prepare an Answer. If you need help, there are workshops every Tuesday at the Los Angeles Central Library downtown.
CALENDAR OF ALL LATU MEETINGS
Our local chapter meetings & other special events. If you have a question about your housing situation, or if you want to join the movement, come to a meeting!