These programs give struggling landlords a way to raise rents above what local caps normally allow. But few apply, and even ...

Los Angeles has rewritten the rules of rent control for the first time in 40 years, tightening how much landlords can raise prices on hundreds of thousands of apartments. The overhaul marks a decisive ...

LA has had rent control for decades. Still, most of the city’s renters pay more than what the federal government considers affordable. Everyone from President Donald Trump to New York mayor-elect ...

In a city where most tenants shell out more than 30% of their income on rent alone, the prospect of living somewhere rent-free for an entire month is enticing. But move-in specials offering one month ...

The formula that determines how much landlords can increase rents in most Los Angeles apartments hasn’t been updated in 40 years. After long delays, City Council members began discussions this week to ...

For nearly 650,000 Los Angeles households living in rent-controlled apartments, the rules governing how much their rent can rise each year are about to change—with a new formula that sets allowable ...

Editor’s note: This is the seventh installment in a series examining the roots of America’s housing crisis. To read the earlier pieces, visit the roots of today’s housing crisis. In the 1960s, the ...

Instead of introducing regulations that will disincentivize multifamily investment, policies should focus on removing ...

Rents all over the country are too darn high – and thanks to the New York City mayoral campaign, discussions about how to control them are back in the national attention. Housing is at the heart of ...