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LANDLORDS AND TENANTS – RENTERS IN THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES GET MORATORIUM ON FORECLOSURE EVICTIONS
Foreclosure Eviction Ordinance, City of Los Angeles Municipal Code Ordinance Number 180441AB 2052
Effective December 23, 2008 – December 23, 2009
Starting December 17, 2008, renters in the City of Los Angeles cannot be evicted solely because of a foreclosure, even if their rental unit is not under rent control.
The City of Los Angeles has rent control, which requires landlords to have one of 12 specific reasons to evict tenants who live in rent controlled housing. Foreclosure is not one of the 12 reasons. This means that renters in buildings under rent control are protected from evictions due to a foreclosure.
Renters in non-rent controlled properties, however, often face eviction when their rental unit is foreclosed. On December 17, 2008 the Los Angeles City Council enacted the Foreclosure Eviction Ordinance. This Ordinance requires banks or lenders who foreclose on non-rent controlled single family homes or multi-family properties to evict tenants only for one of the 12 legal reasons permitted by the Rent Stabilization Ordinance.
This urgency ordinance became effective December 23, 2008, and applies to rental units to which title is obtained through a foreclosure on or after December 17, 2008. This Ordinance expires December 23, 2009.
For more information:
County of Los Angeles Department of Consumer Affairs
B-96 Kenneth Hahn Hall of Administration
500 W. Temple Street * Los Angeles, CA 90012-2706
Telephone (800) 593-8222 (within the County) * (213) 974-1452
Web site: dca.lacounty.gov