A tenant rights group is suing the real estate developer behind a vast new project slated to rise in Hollywood, arguing that it tried to skirt city requirements meant to protect renters being displaced by the new development. Los Angeles officials granted approval earlier this year for the Crossroads Hollywood project, which will include skyscrapers with a hotel, shops and more than 900 units of housing. AdvertisementNow a tenant rights group — the Hollywood affiliate of the Los Angeles Tenants Union — is suing over that and other complaints about how tenants being displaced from the Hollywood site were treated. The lawsuit, which also names three tenants as plaintiffs, argues that the terms of the “right to return” deal were inconsistent with the intent of the city conditions for approving the Crossroads Hollywood project. Tenants at the Hollywood site have also formed their own group, the Crossroads Tenants Assn., which has raised similar concerns about the “right to return” agreements.

Source: Los Angeles Times December 14, 2019 13:52 UTC