Some tenants have been alarmed that vacant apartments are continuing to be renovated in apartment buildings during the COVID-19 pandemic, questioning why such work is being permitted to proceed.
in L.A. neighborhoods during the crisis — work that officials argue is needed to tackle the housing crisis.
Such work, ordinarily a headache for neighbors, has become a much bigger frustration as more residents remain in their apartments during the day. In reaction to questions about building renovations during the pandemic, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti has warned that city inspectors will be checking to make sure people are at least six feet apart.“We will not be shy about shutting down construction sites that do not comply,” Garcetti said Tuesday.
Elena Popp, executive director of the Eviction Defense Network, said that disruptive construction can be a deliberate tactic to get tenants to move. Such “eviction by jackhammer” practices could be even more pernicious when people are stuck at home, Popp said. In Westlake, Alexis Lewis knows she is lucky to still be working from home during the coronavirus crisis, taking phone calls and video chats for her marketing job. But Lewis said the dust and the din from work in the vacant apartment next door were grating on her nerves — and “honestly I’m losing it.”
“We’ve already committed to providing that housing for those future residents,” Massie said. “Once those units have been completed, renovations will cease indefinitely until such time we deem it safe and appropriate to continue.”
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