HEC Series: Opportunities and Obstacles for Rental Registries

Rental housing registries require landlords to register and report basic information about their units, assisting with building inspections and enforcement of tenant protections. Roughly a dozen California cities already have renal housing registries, including Los Angeles, and the state legislature has considered establishing a statewide registry each of the past two years.

Assemblymember Buffy Wicks, author of the recent bills to expand registries statewide, and Catherine Bracy, executive director of TechEquity Collaborative, discussed the role of registries, obstacles to their adoption and their potential to improve our understanding of the housing market and better protect renter households.

The HEC series is a UCLA joint endeavor from the Lewis Center and the Ziman Center for Real Estate