More businesses are closing due to the novel coronavirus at the same time that rent is coming due—and renters across Los Angeles are trying to figure out how to move forward.
In a city where more than 60 percent of the population rents their home, local lawmakers are scrambling to help tenants, both residential and commercial. But there’s not a universal eviction moratorium, rent freeze, or rent forgiveness program, at least not yet. What the city does have right now is a set of protections against evictions.
Mayor Eric Garcetti announced the program March 15, and added to it Monday. The city’s housing and community investment department is overseeing the roll-out, and will be in charge of looking into eviction cases.
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