Housing and Homelessness Committee

Eviction protections and rent pause approved

The Housing and Homelessness Committee approved a motion (Hernandez–Soto‑Martinez–Nazarian) as amended to draft ordinances prohibiting certain evictions for tenants who attest to economic or medical hardship from the January 2025 fires, implement a pause on rent increases for all residential units, and suspend LAMC Section 151.06(G) through January 31, 2026. The Los Angeles Housing Department was authorized to execute a sole‑source contract with Partners in Diversity to hire temporary paralegals. A separate license‑agreement item for El Puente Bridge Housing was continued to a future date.