Gary D. Painter

USC

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Public Policy Professor at USC.

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Landlords are taking more rent-controlled apartments off the market than ever before. They’re using a state law called the Ellis Act.

Is the Ellis Act misused to bypass rent control laws?

Landlords are taking more rent-controlled apartments off the market than ever before. They’re using a state law called the Ellis Act.

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