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Updated COVID-19 Tenant Protections Resolution*
Phase I
(February 1, 2022 – May 31, 2022)
What’s Staying the Same?
Current residential tenant and mobilehome space renter protections extended through May 31, 2022, where not preempted by State law, including:
• Rent Increase Freeze (for rent stabilized units and mobilehome spaces in unincorporated areas)– including new pass-throughs or charges
• Protection from evictions for:
o No-Fault eviction reasons, except for qualified Owner Move-in Evictions 1 o Nuisance
o Unauthorized occupants or pets
o Denying entry to landlord
Anti-harassment and retaliation protections for all residential, mobilehome space renters and commercial tenants.
For commercial tenants with 9 or fewer employees: Prohibiting enforcement of personal guarantees for rent incurred on or before 1/31/22.
What’s Being Added?
Effective April 1,2022 - Eviction protections for nonpayment of rent, including self- certification to establish affirmative defense, for all residential and mobilehome space renters due to COVID-19 financial hardship for rent incurred on or after April 1, 2022.
What’s Going Away?
Non-payment of rent eviction protections for commercial tenants to expire January 31, 2022. 2
Phase II
(June 1, 2022 – December 31, 2022)
Eviction protections for residential and mobilehome space renters:
• Rent Increase Freeze (for rent stabilized units and mobilehome spaces in
unincorporated areas)–including new pass-throughs or charges
• Protection from evictions for:
o No-Fault evictions reasons, except for qualified Owner Move-in Evictions 1 o Nuisance
o Unauthorized occupants or pets
Anti-harassment and retaliation protections for all residential, mobilehome space renters and commercial tenants.
For commercial tenants with 9 or fewer employees: Prohibiting enforcement of personal guarantees for rent incurred on or before 1/31/22.
Effective June 1, 2022- Eviction protections for nonpayment of rent, including self- certification to establish affirmative defense, for households with income at or below 80% Area Median Income (AMI) ONLY 3 due to COVID-19 financial hardship for rent incurred on or after April 1, 2022.
Effective June 1, 2022:
Purchase date (6/30/2021) requirement for owner move-ins.
Requirement for landlord move-in for tenants impacted by COVID-19.
Denying entry to landlord, except when entry constitutes harassment.
* Applies to residential tenants, commercial tenants and mobilehome space renters in unincorporated Los Angeles County and applies to any incorporated city that does not have stronger local protection.
1 Landlords can evict a tenant and members of their household in order to move into a single-family home, mobilehome space, condominium unit, and/or two unit(s) in a duplex, or triplex home under certain conditions.
Visit https://dcba.lacounty.gov/noevictions/ for more information.
2 Commercial tenants will have the following time to repay past due rent from March 2020-January 2022: Twelve (12) months those with 0-9 employees; Six (6) months for those with 10-100 employees
3 Income limits established by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD): https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/home-datasets/files/HOME_IncomeLmts_State_CA_2021.pdf
Updated 1/31/2022
Los Angeles County Publishes FAQs for Recent LExtension of Eviction Moratorium
os Angeles County recently extended as cities in the County that do not have a moratorium in tenant COVID-19 protections until June 30, place. It also established the County’s temporary emergency 2023 – yes, that’s no “typo,” the protections tenant protections as the baseline for all incorporated have been extended until 2023! Recently, cities within the County. This includes incorporated cities the County published some frequently that have their own local eviction moratoria, to the extent asked questions or FAQs which we have re- the city’s moratorium does not include the same or greater published below. tenant protections as the County’s COVID-19 Tenant
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What is the County’s COVID-19 Tenant Protections Resolution?
The County’s COVID-19 Tenant Protections Resolution (formerly the Los Angeles County Eviction Moratorium), which went into effect March 4, 2020, extends certain protections to residential and commercial Tenants affected by the COVID-19 pandemic in Los Angeles County. On January 25, 2022, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted to extend the COVID-19 Tenant Protections Resolution through December 31, 2022, unless repealed or further extended by the Board.
Who is covered by the County’s COVID-19 Tenant Protections Resolution?
The COVID-19 Tenant Protections Resolution applies to residential tenants, commercial tenants and mobile home space renters in unincorporated Los Angeles County, as well
Protections Resolution. Please contact your city or call the County’s Department of Business and Consumer Affairs (DCBA) at (800) 593-8222 for more information.
What should I know about the updated COVID-19 Tenant Protections Resolution?
The updated COVID-19 Tenant Protections Resolution includes two phases which incorporate both extensions and lifting of some existing eviction protections, as well as reinstating/adding eviction protections for residential non-payment of rent due to COVID-19 financial hardship, as outlined below:
Phase I (February 1, 2022 – May 31, 2022)
• Extends protections for residential tenants and mobilehome space renters extended through May 31, 2022. This includes:
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