Los Angeles Housing Department
RSO PUBLICATIONS AND FORMS
Landlord-Tenant Handbook (files are in .pdf format)
Entire handbook revised November 2006
Forms (files are in .pdf format)
Ellis Forms (Withdrawal of Occupied Units from the Rental Housing Market)
Procedures/Summary revised June 2007
Notice of Intent to Withdraw Units from Rental Housing Use revised June 2007
Notice to Tenants of Pending Withdrawal revised June 2007
Notice of Interest in Renewing Tenancy
Notice to City of Claims for Extended Tenancy
Notice to City of Extended Dates of Withdrawal
Notice of Intention to Re-Rent Withdrawn Accommodations
Landlord Declarations of Intent to Evict
Intent to Evict - Landlord Occupancy revised June 2007
Intent to Evict - Resident Manager revised June 2007
Intent to Evict - Compliance with a Government Order revised June 2007
Intent to Evict - Illegal Drug Activity
Intent to Evict - Based Upon Referral by Law Enforcement Agency for Drug & Gang Activity
Intent to Evict - HUD Owned Property Prior to Sale revised June 2007
Rent Adjustments Applications
Capital Improvement [English] | [Spanish]
RSO Ordinance
If you would like to read the actual Rent Stabilization Ordinance, search the Los Angeles Municipal Code under Chapter XV.
RSO information for persons living in mobilehome parks, including the "Mobilehome Park Reference Guide" to the RSO. Read the Mobilehome Parks bulletin.
Bulletins on Rent Stabilization Topics (files are in .pdf format)
General Information revised January 2007
Registering Units revised February 2007
Resident Managers as Tenants revised January 2007
- Is the resident manager's unit subject to registration?
- When is a resident manager also a tenant and, therefore, subject to the RSO?
- Is the manager-tenant subject to the automatic rent increases allowed under the RSO?
- What is the rent for a manager-tenant unit on termination of the person's employment?
- Does the resident manager have the right to review the previous rent records used to calculate the rent for his unit?
- Under what conditions may resident managers be evicted?
- When is a manager-tenant's rental unit decontrolled for re-rental at any level?
- Can an existing manager-tenant be evicted for a replacement resident manager?
- When is a manager-tenant eligible for relocation assistance?
- What are the reasons, subject to the RSO, for which a manager-tenant can file a complaint form with the Rent Stabilization Division?
Allowable Rent Increase revised January 2007
- Automatic adjustments
- Current annual increase
- Adjustments approved by Rent Stabilization Division
- Rent level after a vacancy
Twelve Legal Reasons for Evictions in the City of Los Angeles revised January 2007
- Rent Stabilization Ordinance Section 151.09 - Evictions
- Three-Day Notice
- 60-Day Notice
- 120-Day Notice
- Unlawful Detainer
Evictions for Occupancy by Landlord, Landlord's Immediate Family or a Resident Manager revised January 2007
- Procedure
- Relocation assistance
- Rent level after an eviction for immediate family
- Penalties
Relocation Assistance (revised 4.16.07)
- What is the effective date of the Ordinance requiring relocation assistance?
- Under what conditions must landlords provide relocation assistance?
- Are there any exemptions from relocation assistance?
- Who is eligible, when, and for what amounts?
- How shall payment be made?
- How do I set up an escrow account if I choose to do so?
- On what basis does a tenant file a complaint, and how?
Referrals revised January 2007
- Contact information for agencies who may assist with problems not covered under the Rent Stabilization Ordinance
Additional Tenant Increase revised July 2005
- What is an additional tenant?
- How much is the additional tenant rent increase?
- Are there any exemptions to the rent increase?
- Can a landlord refuse to allow an additional tenant?
- When may the landlord increase the rent?
- What happens if the additional tenant vacates the unit?
Payment of Interest on Security Deposits revised March 2007
- What is a security deposit?
- Under what conditions must landlords pay interest on security deposits?
- How does the landlord determine the amount of interest and what is the amount required to be paid?
- What are the interest rates for prior years?
- When did interest on security deposits start accruing?
- How and when is the payment of interest on security deposits to be made?
- May landlords still exercise their own discretion in investing security deposits?
- What happens if a tenant is not paid interest? What action may the tenant take to recover the amount owed?
- Who may I contact to learn more about Section 1950.5 of the California Civil Code?
What Should I Know Before I Rent? revised 01.12.06
- Prior to renting
- Frequently asked questions about renting
Analysis of the L.A. Rent Stabilization Ordinance Major Rehabilitation Program (.pdf)
Prepared for LAHD by David Paul Rosen & Associates, March 2003.
Further information
If you have questions or need additional information, please call our Public Information Hotline at (866) 557-RENT, Monday through Friday from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. or visit one of our Public Counters.
rsopubs.htm (rev 06.21.07)