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RentRights

Free, open-source bilingual (EN/ES) tool that tells a Los Angeles renter which rent law protects them, their legal rent-increase cap, and whether a specific increase is legal — from their address (information, not legal advice).

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Los Angeles, CA

RentRights (2026) is a free, open-source, bilingual (English/Spanish) tool for Los Angeles renters. From a street address it estimates which rent law applies — the City of LA's RSO, California's AB 1482, or LA County's ordinance — the current legal rent-increase cap, and whether a specific increase is legal. It runs on public records and dated legal figures, is deliberately labeled as information (not legal advice), stores nothing, and needs no sign-up. Code: github.com/writingdeveloper/rentrights

Project type
Tool or platform
Language(s)
English
Added
2026-07-02
Last modified
2026-07-12T16:45:32.000Z

Additional details

Affiliation
Creator / maintainer
Formats
web app
Number of integrations
0
Issues addressed
housing, landlord
Geographic focus
Los Angeles
Geographic focus — country
United States of America 🇺🇸

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