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Equitable Rent: Rent Stabilization Standards in the City of Los Angeles

September 16, 2024 / By Ken Baar, Patrick Burns, Daniel Flaming and Anthony W. Orlando / City of Los Angeles Housing Department

One-fifth of Los Angeles renters have incomes below the federal poverty threshold. Half of them spend over 90 percent of their income for rent. Vulnerable renters are more likely to be under 35 years old, live alone, and have annual incomes below $20,000.
From ERt report, "Outcomes from Rent Stabilization in San José: Research to Support 2019 Updates to the Apartment Rent Ordinance Regulations." Owned by Economic Roundtable, photograph of rent stabilized apartment building in San José, California, by Patrick Burns, ERt staff.

Outcomes from Rent Stabilization in San José: Research to Support 2019 Updates to the Apartment Rent Ordinance Regulations

November 25, 2019 / By Patrick Burns and Daniel Flaming / City of San José California

San José, California's third most populous city, regulates rent increases for older apartment units through its Apartment Rent Ordinance (ARO). To help inform ongoing policy deliberations by the San José City Council and Housing Department staff, this update report gathers recent data about the demographic characteristics of ARO tenants and characteristics of ARO apartments.
From ERt report, "City of San José ARO (Apartment Rent Ordinance): Research to Support 2016 Updates to The Rent Stabilization Regulations." Owned by Economic Roundtable, photograph of rent stabilized apartment building in San José, California, by Patrick Burns, ERt staff.

City of San José ARO: Research to Support 2016 Updates to the Rent Stabilization Regulations

April 16, 2016 / By Ken Baar, Patrick Burns and Daniel Flaming / City of San José California

San José, California's third most populous city, regulates rent increases for older apartment units through its Apartment Rent Ordinance (ARO). To help inform policy deliberations by the San José City Council and Housing Department staff, this report analyzes demographic characteristics of ARO tenants, characteristics of ARO apartments, compares ARO allowable rents increases with Rent Stabilization Ordinances in other cities, analyzes the debt-service pass-through, and financial outcomes of ARO rental properties.

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