Ellis Act – Renters Alliance

Ellis Act Evictions: Senior and Disabled Occupants Get More Time

May 17, 2022 Mark Elliot Ellis Act, eviction moratorium

Localities in California are allowed to regulate the price of rental housing and even to impose restrictive conditions on evictions. However a locality cannot force a residential rental property owner to stay in the apartment leasing business. The state’s Ellis Act allows the landlord to exit the business by evicting all tenants for redevelopment or some other purpose with only 120 days notice. Senior and disabled tenants can stay in their home for up to a full year. That additional time is useful for finding replacement housing and it provides additional leverage if the household negotiates a cash buyout. Here is what you need to know.

News

Wilshire-Rodeo Station Construction: Where is the Mitigation for Tenants?

July 11, 2018June 9, 2019 Mark Elliot displacement, Ellis Act, Metro, Purple Line, Reeves Drive

Do you live in near the future Metro station at Wilshire and Reeves? If so you are likely to experience construction-related disruption AND displacement if you rent housing anywhere near the future Purple Line station. Here I propose mitigation compensation for tenants affected by construction and displacement for redevelopment.

Explainer

No-Just-Cause Eviction: A Primer

January 31, 2018June 22, 2019 Mark Elliot Ellis Act, no-just-cause eviction

we regularly hear from tenants unaware that the landlord can end a month-to-month tenancy for any reason or no reason at all. All that stands between the home we’ve made and a stomach-churning search for a new apartment is the landlord’s good and 60 days notice. Here’s a primer on no-just-cause eviction: what it is, what to expect, and what you can do.

Commentary

State Rent Stabilization Laws Need Reform!

March 27, 2017November 18, 2021 Mark Elliot Costa Hawkins Rental Housing Act, David Chiu, Ellis Act

You might have heard this campaign slogan coined in New York City: “The rent is too damn high!” It was the foundation of a new political party, too, which ran candidates for Mayor and Governor of New York. Well the rent is too damned high here, too, and we need to change our rent stabilization ordinance to moderate excessive increases and provide the more-than-half of city households with real tenant protections.