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The LA property mogul, who owns the luxury real estate brokerage at the centre of the Netflix reality show, said one client had been asked for thousands over the original asking price to rent a home - despite California’s anti “price gouging” laws.
It comes as LA officials warned anyone caught “taking advantage” of the disaster by scamming or burgling wildfire victims would be prosecuted.
Thousands of people have lost homes in LA and displaced victims say they are facing sky-high rental prices and hotel fees.
I feel like, due to these fires, a lot more attention is going to be paid by the wealthy to climate change and all the small ways the little guy gets fucked when you don’t have money or assets.
A lot of these videos are showing people who have had their homes for 20+ years so they have not been directly affected by price gouging and other factors that affect the everyday person trying to rent. Now it’s a rude awakening because they’re thrusted into a system that has been fucked for a decade or more and NOW they’re asking where the regulation is to prevent shit like this.
Edit: to be clear I am not boohooing them having a home, but it’s more of a “it didn’t affect me so I didn’t have to worry about it” , into now they have to deal with the shit so they’re like WTF
Nah that’s not going to happen. The people who matter are the ultra wealthy and they don’t care that one of their many homes in LA has burnt down.
Gotta agree with this person.