LA City Council takes step to protect Eagle Rock tenants in rent-control building

L.A. City Councilmember Eunisses Hernandez has introduced a motion to protect tenants in rent-controlled apartments from being harmed by Mayor Karen Bass’ Executive Directive 1, a city effort to increase the city’s affordable housing stock.

Johanna Olivares, 42, and her partner Juan Reibeling, 63, and their son Emmanuel 4, pose in their rent controlled Eagle Rock home of 20 years on Thursday, April 18, 2024. Reibeling came down with Bell’s palsy when he found out their apartment was slated for demolition to make room for a fast-tracked eight-story apartment complex they say they would not be able to afford.

Ben Larisa, 56, who is caring for his wife, who has cancer, poses in his rent controlled Eagle Rock apartment on Thursday, April 18, 2024. Larisa and other tenants are preparing to fight and save their rent-stabilized units from demolition for a fast-tracked eight-story apartment complex they say they would not be able to afford.

“You cannot build your way out of a housing crisis if you’re not building the right type of housing,” Hernandez said, adding that it’s important to provide “deeply affordable” housing for severely low-income tenants. “We are working to protect and support all Angelenos as more housing is built and we bring more Angelenos inside. As issues come up we will take action to address them,” he said.

About a dozen Toland Way tenants attended the council meeting, with many describing the stress they’ve been under since learning that they might lose their homes.

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