For three years, renters in Los Angeles County have been given new protections from eviction if they couldn’t pay their rent due to the pandemic. But on Friday, the county’s COVID-19 emergency is ending — and so are those renter protections.
to L.A.’s evolving tenant protections. The guide covers rules around repayment rent from earlier in the pandemic, and the new L.A. protections that may help some renters stay housed moving forward.
LAist obtained data from the L.A. County Sheriff’s Department showing that after protections were put in place evictions fell by about 85% in the last nine months of 2020, compared with the same time frame in 2019.. Tenant advocates worry evictions may expand, with many who benefited from the protections soon falling into homelessness.LaTonya Smith, the interim president and CEO of the, said her organization is trying to reach vulnerable renters before they’re evicted.
Smith said such interventions are crucial, because once a tenant has an eviction on their record, many landlords are hesitant to rent to them. “If people are having evictions on their record, it’s most likely because they couldn't afford the rent,” Smith said. “In most cases, they had to make a decision about whether the rent was going to be paid, whether the light bill was going to be paid, whether children were going to be fed, or if medication was going to be bought.”, a group of service providers offering legal aid to renters during the pandemic.to prepare a response to the filing.
“What I would tell tenants is to not be afraid to ask for help,” Jager said. “Tenants need to be proactive to try to avoid the consequences of eviction. If a tenant loses an eviction lawsuit, that record becomes public and gets picked up by screening services that a lot of landlords use.”
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