Los Angeles City Housing Law:
RENT LEVEL AFTER A VACANCY

• The Rent Stabilization Ordinance provides that the rent may be raised to any amount upon re-rental if the vacancy is due to any of the following reasons:
  1. The tenant voluntarily vacated the unit
  2. The tenant was evicted for non-payment of legal rent.
  3. The tenant was evicted for violating the terms of the agreement and failing to cure the violation.
  4. Following the eviction of the tenant, the landlord performed work which cost an average of $10,000 per unit and necessitated the removal of the unit from rental use for 45 days.

• The Ordinance requires the rent for a new tenant to remain the same if the vacancy occured for any other reason. Examples of circumstances under which the landlord may NOT raise the rent upon re-rental include the following:
  1. The landlord evicted the previous tenant to recover unit for the occupancy bu the landlord or the landlord's spouse, parent or children.
  2. Following an eviction for occupancy buy the landlord or a member of his immediate family, the landlord or his family member subsequently vacated the rental unit.
  3. The tenant was evicted for using or permitting the rental unit to be used for an illegal purpose.
  4. The tenant was evicted for refusing to enter into a new written rental agreement, the terms of which are not inconsistent with the Ordinance.
  5. The tenant was evicted for refusing the landlord reasonable access to the rental unit.
  6. The rental unit is the land upon which a mobile home is located.
  7. The landlord evicted a tenant for the purpose of performing major rehabilitation work and failed to perform the work.
  8. Rental assistance paid to the tenant was terminated when the landlord cancelled or failed to renew a Section 8 Housing Assiatance Payments contract.