Robin Urevich — ProPublica

As the Olympics Approach, Los Angeles Considers Crackdown on Illegal Vacation Rentals

City officials are proposing stricter enforcement, higher fines and new technology in part to prevent rent-controlled apartments from being listed on Airbnb and Booking.com, the subject of a Capital & Main and ProPublica investigation.

December 14, 2024, 5:00 am EST

How LA’s Illegal Short-Term Rentals Hide in Plain Sight on Booking Sites

September 3, 2024, 5:00 am EDT
In Los Angeles, Your Chic Vacation Rental May Be a Rent-Controlled Apartment

July 31, 2024, 6:00 am EDT
Los Angeles Orders More Residential Hotels to Stop Renting to Tourists

December 21, 2023, 6:00 am EST
Residential Hotels Got Contracts Under the Los Angeles Mayor’s Homelessness Program Despite Violations

November 14, 2023, 9:00 am EST
Los Angeles Mayor Orders Residential Hotels to Be Used for Temporary Homeless Housing

November 4, 2023, 6:00 am EDT
LA Housing Department Proposes Increasing Residential Hotel Enforcement

October 2, 2023, 9:00 am EDT
LA Housing Department Demands Residential Hotels Stop Renting Rooms to Tourists

August 11, 2023, 9:00 am EDT
How We Found What the City of Los Angeles Didn’t: Landlords Renting Low-Cost Housing to Tourists

July 25, 2023, 9:00 am EDT
LA Promised to Preserve Low-Cost Housing. These Tenants’ Homes Were Turned Into Hotel Rooms Anyway.

July 14, 2023, 9:00 am EDT
Los Angeles Housing Department Will Investigate Residential Hotels

July 12, 2023, 6:30 pm EDT