Inglewood adopted a temporary rent cap limiting increases to 5% amid rapidly rising housing costs, but some say it doesn't go far enough.
to the city and the Girl Scouts of Greater Los Angeles has moved its regional headquarters to Inglewood.
Some of the dozens of residents, community activists and business owners who attended Tuesday’s session have been pushing for a year for the city to come up with a rent-stabilization ordinance. Renters make up two-thirds of the city’s population. “We will not allow apartment buildings to be emptied out en masse,” Butts said. “That will not happen in Inglewood.”Kruti Parekh said rent on her apartment had jumped incrementally from $1,275 to $1,750.The community group Uplift Inglewood said a measure that was initially proposed would have done little to stop landlords from forcing tenants out with just cause, such as violating any rules of their lease — even something as trivial as walking a dog off leash.
Butts wanted to go a step further and proposed legislation to ensure there would be no evictions other than for criminality.AdvertisementSome residents and activists said that although the temporary cap is a step in the right direction, more needs to be done to protect tenants in a city where 20% of residents live below the poverty line.
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