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Tenant organizers encourage people in LA to host letter-writing parties to help immigrant families stay in public housing

LA Public Press | March 12, 2026
By Phoenix Tso

Safe and Sheltered: How Tenant Organizers Protect Their Neighbors in Minneapolis

Shelterforce | February 27, 2026
By Frances Nguyen

Amid Nearly 1,900 Wildfire-Related Investigations, County Extends Price Gouging Protections

Palisades News | February 24, 2026

Fire survivors paying exorbitant rents fall deeper into debt, as LA County price-gouging law is extended

Pasadena Star News | February 24, 2026
BySteve Scauzillo.

Inside The Fight To Keep Immigrants From Becoming Homeless

HuffPost | February 20, 2026
By Jessica Schulberg

Thousands of Illegal Post-Wildfire Rent Hikes Went Unpunished, Report Finds

Palisades News | February 13, 2026

They’re Organizing to Stop the Next Assault on Immigrant Families

Capital and Main | February 12, 2026
By Mark Kreidler

Rampant post-fire rent gouging went unpunished, report alleges

Los Angeles Times | February 11, 2026
By Jack Flemming

LA County Supervisors reject expanding duration and scope of rent debt protection

Daily Breeze | February 11, 2026
By Steve Scauzillo

LA County Raises Eviction Threshold as ICE Raids Drive Rent Debt

Mar Vista Voice | February 5, 2026

LA County Supervisors to consider rental protections for families disrupted by ICE raids

Los Angeles Daily News | February 5, 2026
By Steve Scauzillo

LA’s Laws Against Rent Gouging are Going Unused — Not Because it’s not Happening

Planetizen | February 4, 2026
By Diana Ionescu

L.A.'s Anti-Rent Gouging Laws Go Unused Despite Fire Victims' Needs

KFI AM 640 | February 3, 2026

LA County wants to make it harder to evict tenants amid ongoing ICE raids

NBC 4 Los Angeles | February 3, 2026
By Helen Jeong and Mekahlo Medina

L.A.'s Anti-Rent Gouging Laws Go Unused Despite Fire Victims' Needs

LAist | February 2, 2026
By David Wagner

As rent relief applications open, tenant advocates call for stronger protections

Spectrum News 1 | December 17, 2025
By Anna Albaryan

LA rent relief is coming. But as immigration raids continue, it might not close the gap

LA Public Press | December 9, 2025
By Phoenix Tso

Tenants Rally Urging LA County to Enact Eviction Protections

Caló News | December 4, 2025
By Michelle Zacarias

An Eviction Moratorium Against ICE?

Jacobin | October 31, 2025
By Branko Marcetic

LA County declares a state of emergency due to immigration raids, citing ‘climate of fear’

Los Angeles Daily News | October 14, 2025
By Steve Scauzillo

Safety or income? Immigrants make hard choice amid ICE raids

KCRW | September 9, 2025
By Elise Hu

Illegal price-gouging is rampant after disasters. Can it be stopped?

Grist | August 12, 2025
By Jake Bittle

6 months later, 12 ways the Eaton and Palisades fires changed Southern California

Los Angeles Daily News | July 6, 2025

Post-fire rent gouging charges have been rare, but LA County violators could soon be fined

LAist | July 15, 2025
By David Wagner and Kahani Malhotra

Rent gouging enforcement ‘nonexistent’ 6 months after LA fires, says watchdog

KCRW | July 11, 2025
By Danielle Chiriguayo

LA County leaders vote to extend housing price-gouging protections for another month

LAist | June 24, 2025
By David Wagner

LA County extends limits to stop rent-gouging of those displaced by January fires

Daily News | June 24, 2025
By Steve Scauzillo

Price-gouging charges slowly mount after the fires, but some say it’s not enough

Los Angeles Times | June 20, 2025
By Jack Flemming

9 Landlords Charged With Rent Gouging After L.A. Fires. Tenant Advocates Say That’s Just the Tip of the Iceberg

Shelterforce | May 23, 2025
By Roshan Abraham

Rent-gouging cases

LAist | May 7, 2025
By David Wagner and Natalie Chudnovsky

Researchers uncover disturbing trend in rent prices after declared emergencies: 'Not just in affluent areas'

The Cool Down | April 25, 2025
By Susan Elizabeth Turek

Los Angeles Rent Prices Spike After Devastating Wildfires

Newsweek | April 18, 2025
By Suzanne Blake

Diary of a Spreadsheet

n+1 Mag | April 7, 2025
By Chelsea Kirk

L.A. wildfires lead to price-gouging in rental market

Salon | February 15, 2025
By Jackie Lam

Tracking rental price gouging in LA and pushing for accountability following fires

The Guardian | February 11, 2025
By Claire Wang

Tenants demand protections as LA fires exacerbate housing crisis: ‘Huge source of stress’

FOX 11 Los Angeles | February 19, 2025
By Oscar Garcia

404 by L.A. Times

Los Angeles Times | February 7, 2025

LA Fires Didn’t Discriminate in Their Destruction — But Recovery Efforts Could

Tyler | February 5, 2025
By Inside the Issues Staff

AG Rob Bonta running for reelection, won't run for governor in 2026

Spectrum News 1 | February 5, 2025
By Inside the Issues Staff

In L.A. County, price-gouging landlords could soon face fines of $50,000

Los Angeles Times | February 4, 2025
By Rebecca Ellis

Fed Flag Warning

The LA Podcast | February 3, 2025
By Alissa Walker, Rachel Reyes, and Scott Frazier

Report Finds Emergency Declaration for Los Angeles Wildfires Was Followed by Rent Gouging

National Low Income Housing Coalition | February 3, 2025

Out of the Fire and Into a Real Estate Nightmare

Vanity Fair | January 31, 2025
By Deanna Kizis

When Disaster Called, L.A.’s Realtor-Influencers Were Ready

Dwell | January 30, 2025
By Mariella Rudi

EXCLUSIVE: LA Rent Prices Spike 41% Average for Hundreds of Rentals Since Fires, Volunteers Say

Consumer Affairs | January 28, 2025
By Dieter Holger and Amritpal Sandhu-Longoria

Rent soaring in these LA ZIP codes after California wildfires, report says | FOX 11 Los Angeles

FOX 11 Los Angeles | January 28, 2025

Maui’s Post-Wildfire Housing Crisis Offers a Warning for Los Angeles

Capital & Main | January 28, 2025
By Jack Ross

Study says Los Angeles rent prices spiked illegally during historic wildfires

KTLA 5 | January 28, 2025
By Tony Kurzweil

LA blazes cause rents to soar

Market Place | January 28 2025
By Janet Nguyen

Price Gouging Hits the Housing Market Amid California Wildfires

Newsweek | January 22, 2025
By Kate Plummer

How widespread is post-fire rent gouging? These volunteer sleuths analyzed the data

LAist | January 27, 2025
By David Wagner

Rent rose by 20 percent across L.A. County after fires. That’s illegal.

Washington Post | January 25, 2025
By Rachel Siegel, Andrew Ba Tran, Federica Cocco and Caroline O'Donovan

Los Angeles' anti-rent gouging effort

National Public Radio | January 24, 2025
By Adrian Florido

Exploiting disaster: Renters accuse Los Angeles landlords of "abusive and illegal" price hikes

Salon | January 21, 2025
By Nicholas Liu

LA wildfires create spike in rent prices, forcing rental listing sites to act

ABC News | January 17, 2025
By Kiara Alfonseca, Jaclyn Lee, Soo Youn, and Jill Castellano

The spreadsheet brigade that's keeping LA's rental market from exploding

Torched LA | January 17, 2025
By Alissa Walker

While California Fires Burn On, Residents Take on Rent Gouging

Shelterforce | January 17, 2025
By Roshan Abraham

Rent Gouging: What Is It, Is It Legal, Can You Fight Back?

Architectural Digest | January 17, 2025
By Elizabeth Stamp

Facing Wildfire and Rent Gouging, L.A. Tenants Are Fighting For Rent Control

Next City | January 16, 2025
By Roshan Abraham

L.A. landlords accused of price gouging say they’re responding to unprecedented demand from wealthy wildfire victims

MarketWatch | January 16, 2025
By Aarthi Swaminathan

Greedy LA landlords and realtors accused of price-gouging rent by as much as 134% after devastating fires

Daily Mail | January 16, 2025
By Josh Boswell and Daniel Bates

Fires Add Disaster to the Los Angeles Housing Crisis

Capital and Main | January 16, 2025
By Mark Kreidler

In LA, a circulating spreadsheet of rent gouging allegations gains steam

SFGATE|‍ ‍January 16, 2025
By Farley Elliott

Signs of rent gouging rise across region in fires’ wake, bringing calls for enforcement

Los Angeles Times | January 15, 2025
By Liam Dillon, Jack Flemming, Andrew Khouri and Seema Mehta

Some L.A. residents displaced by fires allege rent gouging: ‘Utter anger and disgust’

San Francisco Chronicle | January 15, 2025
By Christian Leonard

How to report and organize against rent-gouging after the LA fires

Los Angeles Public Press | January 15, 2025
By Phoenix Tso

LA wildfires: Rents skyrocket as fire victims search for new homes

KCRW | January 14, 2025
By Danielle Chiriguayo

As Fires Rage, LA Activists Put Price Gouging Landlords on Notice

In These Times | January 14, 2025
By Rebecca Burns

Advocates Demand Eviction Moratorium, Rent Freeze as LA Landlords ‘Cash in on Crisis’

Common Dreams|‍ ‍January 12, 2025
By Brett Wilkins