Inside L.A.’s illegal rent-hike crisis
Los Angeles landlords are being named and shamed in an online effort to combat illegal price gouging following Southern ...
L.A. city attorney alleges mega real estate firm Blueground engaged in illegal price gouging
The Los Angeles City Attorney's office has filed a lawsuit against real estate firm Blueground, alleging it violated ...
LA lawmakers threaten landlords with fines as high as $50K in rent-gouging crackdown
The Los Angeles City Attorney’s Office filed a lawsuit this week against Blueground, a short-term rental company that ...
Rent gouging in Los Angeles County will soon carry a maximum $50,000 penalty
Rent Brigade, an online group that tracks rent increases, found more than 2,800 examples of rent gouging in LA County.
Blueground charged with price-gauging LA short-term rentals
Short-term rental start-up Blueground illegally jacked up the cost of its LA listings as much as 56 percent, the city ...
Reporters on a silly hunt for LA gouging
The tragic Los Angeles area wildfires have prompted thorough newspaper reporting, but they also have resulted in clickbait ...
California Files Price Gouging Charges Against LA Realtor For Allegedly Hiking Price By 38% When Renting To A Family Displaced By Fires
The recent fires in Pacific Palisades and Altadena, California forced thousands of people into an already unforgiving LA real ...
Arkansas attorney general sues tree service for price gouging during spring tornadoes
The lawsuit accuses Capital City Tree Service of illegal price gouging as the company "routinely charged for more $20,000 for ...
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Did Some Airbnb Hosts Raise Rents Too High After L.A. Fires?
On Jan. 7, after California Gov. Gavin Newsom declared a state of emergency in Los Angeles County, rent hikes of more than 10 ...