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AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND TENANTS’ RIGHTS

Affordable Housing and the rights of renters are under siege in Southern California. Renters make up 58 percent of this district’s population, but high-end development, skyrocketing property values, and unfair laws are punishing them and targeting them for extinction.

We need to take action to save rental property and affordable housing, or we will lose one of the things that make this district so special: its diversity. We need to:

  • Amend the Ellis Act: I am working with state lawmakers to try to amend this state law, which gives developers and landlords a series of legal loopholes to unjustly evict tenants.
  • Protect rent control. Renters have a right not to be forced out of their homes by unreasonable rent increases. I will work to protect LA’s rent stabilization law.
  • Protect people from unfair evictions. Landlords should not be able to evict tenants for any or no reason – only if they are violating a legal lease or failing to pay rent.
  • Stop condo conversions. With housing prices exploding, LA is losing thousands of affordable rental units every year to condo conversions. I will fight to protect our dwindling supply of affordable housing.
  • Expand Relocation Packages. I am exploring legislation to increase the amount of relocation money landlords are required to pay evicted tenants.
  • Insist on interest on security deposits. Landlords who hold security deposits, or first and last months rent, often for years, should pay a fair interest rate on the funds when they are returned to renters.
  • Crack down on slumlords. I will support vigorous enforcement of health and safety codes and the criminal prosecution of slumlords who repeatedly ignore repair orders. Early intervention in buildings with maintenance problems is necessary to protect our families.
  • Build More Affordable Housing: We need to build more affordable housing throughout the City. I will insist on affordable housing components in all major developments in the 11th District, and I will work with local developers and non-profit development organizations to find ways to build and rehabilitate more affordable housing in the district.
Rosendahl Statement on Lincoln Place Victory
10/03/2007
Condo Relocation Benefits Fact Sheet
The City Council recently voted to increase the relocation benefits for tenants who are evicted from their apartments. This document outlines the new payments, effective immediately. 		04/20/2007
Save Rental Housing!
05/03/2006

Last Updated: 05/12/2008 03:22:36 PM

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