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LA rent control: Has it been successful?
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Sep 12, 2014
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LA rent control: Has it been successful?
Though 80 percent of LA's apartments are rent-controlled, Los Angeles has the distinction of being the most unaffordable city in the nation. KPCC's Ben Bergman explains if rent control has helped or hurt LA.
A man cleans the windows on the outside Wendell Jones' apartment in West Hollywood where he fought to keep his rent-controlled apartment.
A man cleans the windows on the outside of Wendell Jones' apartment in West Hollywood where he fought to keep his rent-controlled apartment.
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Though 80 percent of LA's apartments are rent-controlled, Los Angeles has the distinction of being the most unaffordable city in the nation. KPCC's Ben Bergman explains if rent control has helped or hurt LA.

Los Angeles has the dubious distinction of being ranked as the most unaffordable city in America. 

Yet 80 percent of apartments in the city of LA are covered by rent control - a program designed to make living here affordable. 

KPCC's Ben Bergman looks at whether rent control has been successful.

Related: LA Rent: Has rent control been successful in Los Angeles?