Councilman Gil Cedillo wants to force a landlord to sell a Chinatown apartment building where big rent hikes are planned. The owner does not want to sell to the city.
Los Angeles leaders have relied on different strategies for slowing the growth in housing prices — limits on rent hikes in older buildings, new restrictions on Airbnb and incentives for developers who build affordable housing.
Rents in 51 of Hillside Villa’s apartments are slated to go up an average of 50% in September, according to Botz, whose company, 636 NHP LLC, owns the building. In at least one three-bedroom unit, the monthly rent is expected to go from $889 to about $2,500, he said. Still, Cedillo’s proposal has drawn widespread support from tenant rights groups, who have spent nearly a year pressing him to have the city acquire the building. They say eminent domain is the best way to keep households from being
“I don’t want to hear about price tags. I don’t want to hear about how much it will cost,” said Damien Goodmon, executive director of Crenshaw Subway Coalition, a group focused on fighting displacement in South Los Angeles. “Because the cost of homelessness for these tenants and the many others is far greater.”
Elena Stern, spokeswoman for the Bureau of Engineering, said her agency acquires property only for public infrastructure projects in the public right of way. Meanwhile, one lawyer who specializes in eminent domain law said he thinks Cedillo is “posturing” to look good in front of the tenant groups.
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