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Tenants and advocates urge council to reinspect Produce Hotel and halt REAP removal
Summary
Tenants of the Produce Hotel in Skid Row and advocacy groups urged the City Council during public comment to halt removal of the building from the Rent Escrow Account Program (REAP), citing ongoing habitability problems including water damage, vermin and inoperable fire systems.
Dozens of tenants, former staff and tenant advocates addressed the Los Angeles City Council during public comment on Wednesday to oppose removing the Produce Hotel from the Rent Escrow Account Program (REAP) and to ask the city to conduct a full reinspection with tenant participation.
Adam, an organizer with the Los Angeles Community Action Network (LA CAN), said inspections and enforcement records did not reflect continuing conditions at the building and urged the council to postpone any action removing the property from REAP. "We saw the ceiling falling apart from a very visible…
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