BB&K In the News Jan 08, 2019
Price Gouging After Wildfire: The Real Deal Interviews BB&K’s Christi Hogin
City Attorney for Malibu Discusses Ordinances to Protect Residents
After Malibu was hit with a devastating wildfire that destroyed hundreds of Malibu homes, some residents encountered price-gouging in the local rental market. The real estate publication The Real Deal reported on the illegal practice of spiking rents after a disaster. Best Best & Krieger LLP attorney Christi Hogin, who serves as Malibu city attorney, discussed actions the City took to protect residents — including a City ordinance that extends the anti-price gouging rule — in the article “Woolsey Fire Devastation Sends Malibu Rental Market into Overdrive.”
Read the entire article, published Jan. 8 in The Real Deal, by clicking here.