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New California Law Requires Working Fridge in All Apartments. LA Landlords Fought It
Assembly Bill 628 ends decades-long tenant appliance costs in California, mandating landlords provide stoves and refrigerators starting Jan. 1, with local enforcement and some exceptions.
- Assembly Bill 628, effective January 1, 2025, mandates landlords provide working stoves and refrigerators in all California apartments.
- A decades-long practice largely region-locked to Los Angeles and Orange counties ended with a new law requiring landlords to provide appliances, Assemblymember Tina McKinnor said earlier this year.
- Enforcement falls to local governments, and Los Angeles residents can file complaints with the city housing department if landlords refuse appliances; tenants may bring their own but handle maintenance.
- Advocates and industry groups disagree, with tenant-rights groups saying the rule will reduce upfront costs for low-income renters, while Realtor groups and Bernice Creager warned of burdensome litigation and reduced rental supply earlier this year.
- CalMatters observed fridge-less apartments in California's pricey rental market will soon be a relic, and the Los Angeles Times 2022 report noted California has the fewest apartments with refrigerators.
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New California law requires working fridge in all apartments. LA landlords fought it
Beginning Jan. 1, landlords will be required to provide all apartments with a working stove and refrigerator thanks to a new state law.
·Los Angeles, United States
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A new California law requires a working fridge in all apartments. LA landlords fought it
Fridge-less apartments dotting the pricey California rental market will soon be a head-scratching relic. Beginning Jan. 1, landlords will be required to provide all apartments with a working stove and refrigerator thanks to a new state law. It marks the end of an unusual, decades-long phenomenon mostly in the Los Angeles area where some tenants have had to buy their own appliances after signing a lease. The law, Assembly Bill 628, takes eff…
·Sacramento, United States
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