LA to consider rent freeze and eviction moratorium for fire victims

Los Angeles landlords may be barred from raising rents or evicting tenants impacted by the weeklong fires that torched thousands of homes. To counteract illegal price gouging, L.A. City Councilmembers Eunisses Hernandez and Hugo Soto-Martínez introduced a motion to restrict rent hikes for a year, Bisnow reported. A timeline for the pending measure was not […]This article originally appeared on The Real Deal. Click here to read the full story.