The Los Angeles City Council has voted to end long-standing renter eviction protections due to COVID-19 hardship on Jan. 31, 2023. Landlords will be able to resume increasing rent on rent-controlled apartments, which account for three-quarters of apartments in Los Angeles, beginning in February 2024.
Tenants also cannot be subjected to a no-fault eviction for unauthorized pets until Jan. 31, 2024. Other renter protection plans were noted as “report backs,” with several council members urging the city to enact those protections before the moratorium expires next year. These included creating a Tenants’ Bill of Rights and data collection and tracking of all evictions, and amendments offered by Council members Kevin de León and Nithya Raman.
“As a society, we recognized the devastation that evictions can cause for people, and that the city should be there to support tenants through temporary periods of hardship,” Raman said. “The new protections that are being implemented in the coming months will help us to build a better LA for all residents.” For the past few months, council members have grappled with arguments from both tenants and mom-and-pop landlords.