NEWSOM temporarily changes the provisions for hiring some angels after the fires

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Good news if you own a mansion in West Los Angeles.

The prohibition of major increases in Los Angeles rents after fires now includes an exception to houses with four or more rooms in the mailing codes with stratospheric rentals.

The regulatory correction included in a Enforcement orderissued by governor Gavin Newm on Tuesday, arises in response to a chorus of owners criticism, luxury real estate agents and housing experts, who confirmed that the state’s emergency prohibitions on the “excessive increase” have maintained some of the houses -Respo to the Pacific Palisadi Outside the market at the time they need the mostS

While thousands evacuated by forest fires rushed New places to liveS Prosecutor General Rob Bont and Mayor of Los Angeles, Karen Bass They have repeatedly warned the owners who did not take advantage of their despair. From the first emergency statement by Newsom, Online detective armies They seem to detect illegal increases in renting ads.

Periodic emergency statements Prevents owners from increasing the rent in more than 10%.

But for units that are not on the market for at least one year – and therefore they do not have a base line to measure “excessive” rental – the limit establishes the rent of no more than 60% above the “fair market rent” of the area. This figure is based on the study data analyzed by Federal Department of Housing and Urban DevelopmentS

But in the most desirable postal codes in the city, the increase of 60% of the fair market price is simply not enough for many owners and many of the possible tenants have enough money to pay with pleasure the market price, said Russell Sherter, and a real estate agent by Malibu.

In the postcode of Malibu 90265, the lease of a house with four premises on the market is $ 8,912 a month. Garter said he would rent a property like the $ 50,000.

“We have many customers who decided not to let their homes for sale, as they did not want to be at risk and in some way this had the opposite effect on the planned goal,” he said.

While Newsom made an aspect of the limit of the line with the order of Tuesday, it hardened it in another. Some owners cut the lease restrictions established by the state by holding rent contracts that exceed the year. The rules are now being applied to all lease contracts.

The rules will expire on March 8th.

This article was originally published by CalmattersS