LA Landlords Would Be Banned From Evicting Tenants To Renovate Their Units

[@natrixxvision6997]

City: “You have to renovate because the building isn’t up to code.” Landlord: “OK. But I’ll have to evict my tenants.” Same city:”You can’t evict tenants to renovate.”

[@mapleaf6672]

Catch 22

[@julietewing4847]

@@mapleaf6672 Yes

[@BLKfootIndian]

Ok so landlord and tenants can work together to renovate

[@jimtastic688]

A lease is a bilateral contract. Either party has a right not to renew the lease at the end of the lease term. That is not an eviction, that is a non-renewal of a lease.

[@ryanroberts1104]

Yeah, but not really. It's definitely a contract but it seems there is little consequence if the lessor does not keep their end of the deal.

[@probst9999999999]

Lmao you are not allowed to just not renew a lease in California, he said that in the first few minutes

[@SouthObeauty]

I’m surprised anyone continues to own rental properties.

[@ryanroberts1104]

@@SouthObeauty Said like a true tenant. Why do I continue to own them? Money. Lots and lots of money.

[@mercenarygrip]

Government mandated slumlords. Wonderful.

[@jeannettelee2806]

Anyone who rent to tenants would have to be crazy, that includes relatives.

[@Cucumberflavoredmustard]

Renovations require the unit to be vacant. And what do they expect to do? Create a whole other bureaucracy to determine if said work is "maintenance/repair" or "renovation"?

[@ctjk1982]

well than LA and tenants should not be shocked when landlords let their units. fall into disrepair to the point that the unit is no longer livable. best way for the landlord to deal with this problem. and when the landlord is told that building is not up to code. the landlord should say i can't bring it up to code cause the tenant still lives in the unit.

[@stevengoldstein114]

Won't do any good, SB330 makes it so you cannot just destroy affordable housing. You need to replace any unit you want ro take down. State law.

[@SewingBoxDesigns]

LA is in the process of condemning and low ball buying properties to house illegal immigrants. 🤷🏼‍♀️ What better excuse than to cause a problem?

[@ryanroberts1104]

This is why I like commercial rentals, they have zero rights, whatever the contract says is the law. Damage isn't my problem. No carpet or wood flooring to keep up. No kitchen. No appliances. The only thing I really do is keep the roof from leaking.

[@Suzeaphone]

The tenants will demand cash for keys to leave. Eviction lawyers where I am (Ontario Canada) even suggest paying tenants to leave in a nonpayment situation because the courts are backed up a year or more.

[@musictosoothe]

Cash for keys is extortion. The only thing that should get is a jail term.

[@probst9999999999]

@@musictosoothe I saw someone online literally saying he was demanding $400k to move out. Literally enough to buy a house in many places in the US just to move out of an apartment that does not belong to him.

[@claudettedoyley9056]

​@@probst9999999999 The audacity.

[@rogerclark3]

Rentals are for transients not lifelong tenants. Most renters should be owners. Rental rules are ridiculous and rents, deposits, pet fees, app fees, amenities fees, administrative fees, parking fees are too high, and then they make you move every year or pay Increased fees, and it costs thousands to move and start the process again. Plus corporate landlords don't do anything to repair properties even when they're empty. Only fix what's broken, zero maintenance or upkeep. They are draining the equity on a hundred million overpriced units... It has to stop somehow... Little guys are gonna get caught up...

[@SewingBoxDesigns]

I can see this both ways. Too often lately we hear of senior living apartments evicting 80 and 90 year olds with the excuse of 'renovation', which means converting to and selling luxury condos.

[@flower2289]

And as property owners they should have that right. If Do-Gooders want something to happen for seniors or any other group they should vote in policies that make that happen at the expense of the taxpayers. Why should property owners have to pay for something that makes you feel good. If you are a homeowner that would be like me telling you that you must allow those seniors to move in with you. Communism is not good.

[@georgewagner7787]

By law you are or should be correct. But a person who evicts an 85 year old (who won't be around much longer anyway) has a morality problem.

[@carolr7823]

I guess they want slums. Landlords should be allowed to EVICT tenants at will at the end of their lease.

[@stevengoldstein114]

The tenants pay their rent, which means they have the lawful right to stay

[@mapleaf6672]

@@stevengoldstein114 which they won't, they'll withhold illegally then sue because the landlord isn't doing repairs. Sound familiar Goldbrick?

[@julietewing4847]

Don't accept the rent.

[@julietewing4847]

@@mapleaf6672 Does to me.

[@stevengoldstein114]

@julietewing4847 that would violate the state law, and give free rent to the tenants, as long as they can prove they paid on time.

[@bobholly3843]

It's simple guys. Drive private, individual landlords out. Make room for government to take over the management. Then they turn around and sell the management over to large corporations & they split the profit off the poor & the taxpayers.

[@martingainty9623]

I am going thru this nonsense right now I had 2 intrusive renovations planned for my 2nd Floor APT 1)Kitchen ceiling replacement 2)Bathroom door replacement So I asked tenant to move to a cheaper unit for another landlord (cheaper by 200/month!) Their lawyer said they wont move So far I have the kitchen ceiling completed then tomorrow I get the Bathroom door replaced Tenant got a lawyer to argue with me on the reasons why I needed them to get out of the Apartment to complete the renovation ~Downtrodden Landlord from Massachusetts~

[@Cucumberflavoredmustard]

Bathroom door? That takes about 5 minutes.

[@martingainty9623]

@@Cucumberflavoredmustard hopefully

[@BLKfootIndian]

Well a bathroom door don't take much it's made out of plywood

[@martingainty9623]

@@BLKfootIndian 6 Panel Southern White Pine The problem I have is there are so few men that work in our city their rates went astronomical at 200/hr

[@californiadreamer2580]

@@martingainty9623 some also charge for travel time, and if they buy and pick up the door, mark the price up. Also not all bathroom doors are the same, some are custom sizes, especially in apartments.

[@tim2024-df5fu]

If you're in California with rentals sell. It's only going to get worse.

[@JohnP-x3r]

They just passed this legislation in Toronto Canada. It's coming to a city near you.

[@georgewagner7787]

I made sure when I got a multi to choose one that only needed outside repairs

[@jimmyday9536]

Hey, Mr. and Ms. Tenant, we are going to remodel your bathroom, heres a bucket you can use for a temporary toilet. oh, by the way, there will be no running water while we upgrade the plumbing. No worries, just stock up on electric blankets while we upgrade the heating system. Oh, that wont work, because there will be no electric while we upgrade the wiring.

[@mapleaf6672]

Don't laugh. As a homeowner when we had to redo our plumbing we had to live with a 5 gallon bucket for a week. Something no entitled, spoiled tenant would do.

[@stevengoldstein114]

This would be a violation of habitable unit. And you know it. And as far as your own home, that is your responsibility. Time to stop making nonsense.

[@julietewing4847]

@@mapleaf6672 Something I would not want to do,

[@georgewagner7787]

Half the world goes in a bucket. Its no big deal. I went on mission to the Philippines and there was a toilet sometimes but you had to use a bucket of water from the shower to flush

[@vivillager]

Tenant would probably sue for breach of habitability, just saw a video on KZbin about a tenant who made a claim, didn't even file a case, just a claim against the landlord's insurance, and the insurance shelled out 150k. Insurance didn't even do any sort of investigation, tenant never made a single repair request, never filed a single complaint with code enforcement, just said, "I wanna check", and the insurance caved. Now the landlord cannot find affordable insurance. My opinion, the best defense is a strong lease, one that outlines each and every responsibility that the tenant must satisfy. The idea is to get the tenant to "strike out". Kind of like baseball. A single violation of the lease will not result in lease termination if it can be easily remedied. But multiple violations (I go with three), and the landlord can say, "I believe in good faith that the tenant has no intention of honoring the lease, therefore we have no choice but to terminate". For example, is the lawn getting a little overgrown? Don't tell the tenant, just hire a lawn care professional, and pass the bill to the tenant. if the tenant takes rejects it, then use the Application of Funds clause in the lease to satisfy the lawn bill and if there is a deficit, file for eviction for non-payment. If the tenant accepts, issue a notice of default in writing and keep a copy in records for future reference. That notice of default for failing to mow is now strike one. Send a notice of property inspection. Is there something wrong with the property that endangered the property and the tenant failed to notify the landlord? Maybe the smoke detector has a dead battery? A small fire could easily be extinguished, but if the detector never alerts, that small fire could easily destroy the property. Change the battery, another written notice of default, strike two. Lease also explains that the tenant is not to disturb the neighbor's ability to peacefully enjoy their own property. Music kinda loud? Anonymous call to the police for the disturbance. That's public record and the landlord has the right to obtain a copy of the police report. Strike three. Landlord, in good faith, believes that the tenant has no intention of honoring the lease, so the lease is now terminated. Landlord didn't terminate, the tenant did.

[@sidwhiting665]

If you want less of something, regulate it. LA housing stock will continue to diminish.

[@flower2289]

Democrats are stupid. No, actually they are evil.

[@freckles2720]

Steve’s rant ‘old news again’. Yes, Steve, old and new this BS continues to occur.

[@fourpaws1000]

Old news for some but not for all. I wasn’t aware of this. Thanks for sharing.

[@richard09able]

You have to renew a lease? I see why rent is high, to cover the unpaid rent of squatters and upkeep of those who don’t pay.

[@stevengoldstein114]

You cannot expect other tenants to pay for your losses. That is why you go to the civil court..

[@unarmeduim2150]

need republican law makers

[@terry_willis]

"Politicians are idiots". I totally agree.

[@stevengoldstein114]

More real news Tony will not talk about Fannie Mae: Rising Multifamily Vacancies And Inventories Suggest Home Valuation Peak. With vacancies and inventories rising, I expect housing valuations will decline in 2025-2027. Given high mortgage coverage ratios, FNMA should be safe if they do not fall too quickly.

[@ryanroberts1104]

Maybe think about getting a job?

[@stevengoldstein114]

@ryanroberts1104 more baiting again

[@ryanroberts1104]

@@stevengoldstein114 If I was using bait that means I'm trying to catch something. I'm not. I'm doing the opposite. We all want this thing to be deleted from earth.

[@ryanroberts1104]

"This thing" being you.

[@stevengoldstein114]

@ryanroberts1104 of course you are baiting, but you cannot change reality by targeting me everyday.

[@pinchebruha405]

Basically they’re going to make the landlords pay for the tenants to live somewhere else while they fix the house then allow them to return for no more than 4% rent increases in RSO and 10% for everyone else

[@stevengoldstein114]

Yes. Because landlords rehab indicates breach of contract.

[@julietewing4847]

@@stevengoldstein114 Not if they aren't renewing the lease.

[@stevengoldstein114]

@julietewing4847 but in ca the leases Automatically renew, like in many other states.

[@pinchebruha405]

@@stevengoldstein114 in Cali inspecting your property is considered harassing your tenants if done more than 1-2x’s a year. So many people trash their rented places because they’re not invested in repairs or maintenance many are slobs who don’t clean and end up with a whole host of issues or bring in more people than a place is built for, over use creates it’s own problems.

[@stevengoldstein114]

@pinchebruha405 what evidence admissible in court proves your unsubstantiated allegations?

[@elle_a_99]

LA is super progressive. People think landlords & small businesses have endless wealth. There is a massive sense of victimhood and entitlement to someone else's hard earned resources. There should be some regulations for the big corporate buildings but the mom & pop owners suffer the most.

[@BLKfootIndian]

Rental income is NOT welfare check you EARN it

[@natrixxvision6997]

So…LA tenants would rather continue to live in unsafe conditions in buildings that may or may not be up to code…as opposed to letting the owners renovate and finding someplace else. And they have kids.

[@BREEZYM6015]

Where are the tenants supposed to live during the renovations?

[@natrixxvision6997]

@ Somewhere else. They should move out of those buildings anyway for the sake of their kids.

[@vivillager]

​@@BREEZYM6015, it's not a surprise on the tenant. Most states require that the landlord give the tenant 30 to 90 days advance notice of lease non-renewal. There is an abundance of housing available, just requires some bit of effort on the tenant to pull up google

[@carolr7823]

@@BREEZYM6015 Who cares? Landlords aren't charities. They should get out at the end of their lease if the landlord chooses not to renew their lease.

[@mapleaf6672]

@@carolr7823 They can move to Oakland.

[@vivillager]

There are many houses that are not old... they're ancient. The oldest I have is from 1944, decades before I was born. I have to tear down to bare studs to make the house half decent. I replaced the entire water supply with PEX-A, and to redo electrical. The original panel had screw in fuses, something I had never seen outside of cartoons when I was a kid. Now that I renovated, there isn't a single circuit without ground fault protection, nor a single pole without arc fault protection. CPSC estimates that half of residential electrocution are prevented by GFCI, which is why I did the upgrade. I don't need to deal with a tenant who gets themselves electrocuted. As mind boggling as it is, there are tenants who seem to intentionally put themselves, and the property in harm's way. Earlier this year, Tony did a story in which a woman tossed herself out a window, and of course, blamed the landlord. I was speaking to one of my peers who told me that she had a tenant whose gas stove had an ignitor malfunction, and was spewing gas. Basic reason would suggest that the tenant would inform the landlord, request a repair, right? Nope, not this tenant, he said that a gas leak inside the house wasn't a big deal, because it wasn't enough to trip the detector. Landlord had to explain that the detector only trips in the presence of smoke, and carbon monoxide, not natural gas. If the detector sounds off from a gas explosion, he'd never hear it. That's why landlords do upgrades, all of my properties have been converted to electric only, and that's why landlords need to keep a copy of the keys and do regular inspections, to catch issues like that. Otherwise tenants get hurt, or worse, and we all know who's at fault

[@jonathanjones3126]

Some places aren't worth renovation, I helped renovate a modular home. After multiple large dumpsters just for the garbage from the house and property we effectively had to rebuild everything but the roof supports

[@mapleaf6672]

That's nothing. In the Northeast most of the buildings are from the 1800s. We renovate them up to modern standards as they were built solid as a rock.

[@jonathanjones3126]

@mapleaf6672 and anything built since the 1970s or so has much shorter lifespans

[@JuanaFlores-dt2dx]

Eff los angeles

[@charlesphilhower1452]

Just lie the massive failure of public housing, this is an excellent way to create substandard housing that eventually needs to be abandoned. lol

[@nicholaswhite3457]

Damn, talk about echo chamber. So sorry i found this channel. Talk about rage bait.

[@stevengoldstein114]

I just read that 40% of Buffalo landlords were just shut down for no license.

[@ryanroberts1104]

I just read you have a tiny pee pee.

[@ryanroberts1104]

I just read that 100% of people named stevengoldstein114 have a small peepee.

[@ryanroberts1104]

Get a job.

[@stevengoldstein114]

@ryanroberts1104 more baiting and cannot deal with unchanging reality.

[@ryanroberts1104]

@@stevengoldstein114 But if you had a job you would have something to do all day.

[@DistractedDaisy]

I feel good about this! People need protection from predatory landlords! Don’t be a landlord if you can’t handle the heat!

[@bogdan78pop]

Another stupid person ...!!!! And you're a dog, judging by your picture...!!

[@stevengoldstein114]

​@@bogdan78poptargeting a commenter is a joke and is just baiting. The law is a virus and is spreading .

[@punkagrrlzero]

You obviously HATE being a landlord, so GET A REAL JOB AND STOP STEALING FROM HARD WORKING PEOPLE!!!

[@RealEstateAndLandlordNews]

Lol!!! This post made me laugh.

[@stevengoldstein114]

Old news again. This is a rerun. And Tony tries to make it sound like the landlords are innocent.

[@carolr7823]

Landlords are innocent. They should be able to get rid of tenants at the end of their lease. Forcing them to renew tenants leases means that tenants IMHO are nothing more than squatters.

[@stevengoldstein114]

@carolr7823 they are paying the rent. So you are flat wrong.

[@mapleaf6672]

@@stevengoldstein114 Odds are they aren't paying their rent. Like you, they are mostly government pets and receiving a huge rent subsidization.

[@stevengoldstein114]

@mapleaf6672 wrong, there are no odds, or evidence of anything you claim

[@rosesmith6208]

innocent until proven guilty no? tenants can be their own worst enemy.

[@AllFather-TheStoicGod]

Starting to believe that scene in the film *"2012"* where California breaks off and falls into the sea wouldn't be such a bad thing. 🤌🏼

[@jonathanjones3126]

We don't need between us and Mexico, we need a wall between California and the rest of the country. The ports can be operated by the military.

[@stevengoldstein114]

The pacific plate is pushing into the continent, 2012 had it wrong.

[@mapleaf6672]

@@stevengoldstein114 Maybe we will all get lucky and you'll walk into a fault during a major earthquake.

[@rosesmith6208]

thought the plates were sliding north and south?

[@stevengoldstein114]

@@rosesmith6208 they do, but the plate is generated in Hawaii thus it is also expanding into the continent, thus he rocky mountain range

[@WillN000]

Can only evict for site of future meth labs or brothel