The Rent Brigade is a collective of tenant organizers, advocates, web programmers, designers, researchers, and other Angelenos using data to fight back against predatory landlords.
About
The effort began after the LA wildfires that started on January 7, as a way to document rent gouging by landlords exploiting displaced people during disaster. We maintain the Tracking Rental Price Gouging in LA spreadsheet, a crowd-sourced tool that exposes landlords who disregard the law and put profits over people. By collecting and sharing this data, we hold landlords accountable because too often, they face no consequences for their actions.
This effort brings together people with ties to various organizations and those without any affiliations—united by a collective outrage at landlord greed and a commitment to tenant justice.