Santa Monica Rent Control

The City of Santa Monica, Bet Tzedek, Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles, and Glaser Weil, hosted an online know your rights information session titled Tenant Protections During COVID-19 for renters on October 14, 2020. It was recorded and may be viewed here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRfwe5nL9sQ&feature=youtu.be

Tenant Clinic this Wednesday, OCT. 14, @ 6:00 PM: Join at: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83017539445? pwd=THVabURwTk1SNjJZUHpLV0p0ZGlZZz09 US: +1 669 900 6833... Meeting ID: 830 1753 9445 Passcode: 849644 See more

Free Community Information Session on Mediation Tuesday, October 20, 2020 @ 12 pm PRE-REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED. Register here: https://bit.ly/34XTzVF... For more information about Straus' free mediation services, visit https://bit.ly/3iZwMO

Tenant Clinic this Wednesday, OCT. 14, @ 6:00 PM: Join at: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83017539445? pwd=THVabURwTk1SNjJZUHpLV0p0ZGlZZz09 US: +1 669 900 6833... Meeting ID: 830 1753 9445 Passcode: 849644 See more

Santa Monica City Attorney's Office explains requirements and protections of the recent California law, AB3088 - The Covid-19 Tenant Relief Act of 2020.

The California legislature recently passed AB 3088, the COVID-19 Tenant Relief Act of 2020. The CTRA enacts substantial new protections from evictions for all residents. https://www.santamonica.gov//what-you-need-to-know-about-t

New Affordable Senior Housing Opportunity Available at 14th and Michigan If you’re a senior, age 62+, who lives or works in Santa Monica and earns low income, you may be eligible to rent an apartment in the brand-new Greenway Meadows, located at 1820 14th Street. Rents will range from $538 to $1,214 depending on household income. Applicants who live or work in Santa Monica will receive priority on the waitlist. Share with anyone who may be interested. For more information and to apply, visit santamonica.gov/housing-greenwaymeadows.

LA COUNTY COVID-19 RENT RELIEF TO LAUNCH AUGUST 17, 2020. Tenants may apply starting August 17th by either calling 2-1-1, or filling out an online application. Rent will be paid directly to the landlord. Eligible renters must qualify based on income and have struggled to pay rent due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Landlord must provide a W-9 and sign a participation agreement in order to have the rent paid on behalf of the tenant. More information at https://211la.org/lacounty/rentrelief.

Santa Monica's eviction moratorium has been extended to 9/30/20 for residential tenants. Read more here:

City Launches COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance Program that will provide eligible applicants up to three months of rental assistance to pay rent for August 2020 or later, up to $5,000 per household, for up to an estimated 300 households. The program does not cover back rent deferred by the local eviction moratorium. Eligible applications will be entered into a lottery for final selection. The application deadline is noon, Friday, July 17, 2020. Apply online or pick up paper applications at the Thelma Terry building at Virginia Avenue Park, 2200 Virginia Avenue, Santa Monica. Online applications and program details available at santamonica.gov/coronavirus-renthelp.

Eviction Moratorium Extended until July 31, 2020.

Citywide Santa Monica Curfew is in Effect at 2:00 p.m. on June 2nd through 5:30 a.m. June 3rd. The City will issue updates by SMAlerts, through social media, and email. We recommend you sign up to any or all of these channels: Santa Monica emergency alerts: www.santamonica.gov/alerts or text SMALERTS to 888-777.

Please take our quick Rent Payment Survey! Dear Santa Monica Tenants and Landlords, As our community faces financial impacts related to the COVID-19 health emergency, we have heard concerns about tenants being unable to pay the full rent they owe. To help us better understand how widespread this problem is, we are inviting you to complete a short online survey. Whether you have or have not been affected, please take a moment to help us assess the extent of tenants’ ability to... pay, and landlords’ ability to collect, rent. Click https://www.smgov.net/Surcharge_Form.aspx?LangType=1033 to start.

On April 30, 2020, the City of Santa Monica issued a revised supplemental emergency order that extends the City’s eviction moratorium to June 30, 2020. The supplemental order also extends from six to twelve months the time for tenants to pay rent they were unable to pay because of financial impacts related to COVID-19. This action comes in response to lingering uncertainties in public health projections that require people to remain at home; an increasing number of workers who have suddenly lost their jobs and are seeking unemployment benefits; and instabilities in housing and general economic forecasts due to the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. https://www.santamonica.gov/coronavirus-eviction-moratorium

The city of Santa Monica also extended its evictions moratorium to June 30.