Huntington Park, CA Rental Property Rules: Rent Control (2026)

The Huntington Park City Council enacted rent stabilization through Ordinance 2024-05, effective December 18, 2024, and amended it with Ordinance 2025-14, effective January 8, 2026. Section 8-21.4 bars any landlord from demanding, accepting or retaining rent for a covered rental unit except as the chapter allows. The annual cap is 3% or 100% of the Consumer Price Index for the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim region, whichever is lower, and rent can rise only once in a 12-month period. Landlords cannot bank unused increases from earlier years.

When a unit becomes lawfully vacant, the landlord can set market rent, but later increases follow the cap. No new market rent is allowed if the most recent tenancy ended in violation of the chapter.

Section 8-21.3 exempts, among others, units with a certificate of occupancy or equivalent permit issued or finaled after February 1, 1995, units alienable separate from title to any other unit, such as single family residences, condominiums and townhomes, mobilehome spaces under the Mobilehome Residency Law, units with federal, State or local housing subsidies including Section 8 vouchers, and property with no more than two rental units where the owner, holding at least a 25% interest, lives in one unit. Even exempt units must be registered under Section 8-21.10, with annual registration on or before December 30.

Landlords can pass through 50% of capital improvement costs amortized over a minimum of five years, with 30 days' advance notice and Director approval. A landlord who believes the cap denies a fair return can apply to the Community Development Department under Section 8-21.6, and tenants can petition under Section 8-21.9. Section 8-21.8 adds just cause eviction rules and relocation assistance equal to two months' rent for no-fault terminations.