Inglewood, CA — landlord and rental rules

6 rules across 5 topics, including the county and state rules that bind here. Last verified 2026-08-18.

Rent controlVacancy decontrolJust-cause evictionRental registrationOther

Rent control

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Inglewood limits increases for covered multi-unit rentals
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Verified on 2026-08-18 — 45 days ago.

Inglewood's Housing Protection Ordinance limits annual rent increases for covered rental property and publishes the current allowable increase.

The programme starts at two units and includes an owner-occupied-duplex exemption that must be established rather than assumed.

Use the city's registry and current allowable-increase page for the unit's actual status and ceiling.

Unit counts
2+ units
Owner-occupied exemption
Yes
AB 1482 caps increases at 5% plus CPI, to a 10% ceiling
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Verified on 2026-08-01 — 62 days ago.

The Tenant Protection Act caps annual rent increases at 5% plus CPI, with a hard ceiling of 10%, on housing built more than 15 years ago.

The 15-year window rolls forward, so a building drifts into coverage with age rather than being fixed by its construction date at purchase.

Annual cap
10%
Construction
Built before 2011

In effect since 2020-01-01.

Sources

  • California Tenant Protection Act of 2019 (AB 1482) — Cal. Civ. Code §1946.2, §1947.12

Vacancy decontrol

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Costa-Hawkins preserves vacancy decontrol
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Verified on 2026-08-01 — 62 days ago.

Costa-Hawkins exempts post-1995 construction and single-family homes and condominiums from *local* rent control, and preserves the landlord's right to reset rent to market on vacancy.

It does not help at the affordable end, because affordable stock is old stock: the buildings a small investor can actually buy are usually the ones Costa-Hawkins does not exempt.

Vacancy decontrol
Yes — rent resets on vacancy
Construction
Built after 1995

Sources

  • Costa-Hawkins Rental Housing Act — Cal. Civ. Code §1954.50 et seq.

Just-cause eviction

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Inglewood's Housing Protection Ordinance adds eviction protections
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Verified on 2026-08-18 — 45 days ago.

Inglewood's Housing Protection Ordinance requires an authorised cause and the local process for covered tenancy terminations as well as regulating covered rent increases.

The local Housing Protection Ordinance begins with a property of two or more units.

Confirm the tenancy, historical owner occupancy and any exemption in the city's programme before relying on a termination.

Exemptions

  • The owner-occupied-duplex and other programme exemptions require property and occupancy records; future buyer intent does not establish them.
Unit counts
2+ units
Owner-occupied exemption
Yes

Rental registration

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Inglewood requires registration for properties with two or more units
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Verified on 2026-08-18 — 45 days ago.

Inglewood requires residential rental properties with two or more units to be entered in its Residential Registry and kept current.

The registry expressly reaches duplexes and larger rental property.

Confirm the property's current registration and unit roster before relying on a cap or exemption.

Unit counts
2+ units

Other

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Insurance is a live underwriting problem, not a line item
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Verified on 2026-08-01 — 62 days ago.

FAIR Plan policies are up 139% since 2021, habitability claims are now commonly excluded, and earthquake cover is excluded from every standard policy.

Get a bindable quote before removing contingencies. An insurance assumption carried over from another state is the single largest silent error in a California pro forma.

Fair plan increase since2021
139%