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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
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
Shelterforce | May 23, 2025
By Roshan Abraham
LAist | May 7, 2025
By David Wagner and Natalie Chudnovsky
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
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
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
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
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
MarketWatch | January 16, 2025
By Aarthi Swaminathan
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