Brief

The Los Angeles Housing Department initiated a Real Estate Asset Program (REAP) matter involving 2868 West Francis Avenue (APN 5077-025-012). The Housing Committee approved the item on September 16, 2026, after the department submitted documentation on September 8. The file remains open and pending any further council action required beyond committee approval.

Full summary

The Los Angeles Housing Department submitted a report on September 4, 2026, recommending that the property at 2868 West Francis Avenue be removed from the Rent Escrow Account Program (REAP). REAP is a city enforcement tool that allows tenants to deposit rent into a city-held escrow account rather than pay their landlord directly when a property has unresolved code violations. Removal from REAP signals that the property has been brought into compliance and that normal rent payments can resume. According to the LAHD report, two conditions were satisfied before the removal recommendation was made: the contractor Inquilinos Unidos provided an advisory opinion confirming that required remediation work had been completed, and the LAHD Code Enforcement Division independently verified that the cited code violations were corrected. The combination of third-party contractor review and independent city verification is the standard process for REAP exit. The Housing Committee considered the matter on September 16, 2026, held an opportunity for public comment, and voted 3-0 to approve the removal recommendation, with Councilmembers Padilla, Jurado, and Park all voting yes. The committee report recommends that the full Council approve the LAHD report and adopt the accompanying resolution formally removing the property from REAP. No fiscal impact statement was submitted, and no community impact statement was filed. The file remains open pending that final Council action. Note: The committee report contains an apparent clerical error, referencing 276 South Union Avenue and a different case number in portions of the recommendation language, while the file header and title consistently identify the subject property as 2868 West Francis Avenue, Case No. 854294.

Activity (4)

• 2026-09-16 Housing Committee approved item(s) .
• 2026-09-11 Housing Committee scheduled item for committee meeting on September 16, 2026.
• 2026-09-09 Los Angeles Housing Department document(s) referred to Housing Committee.
• 2026-09-08 Document submitted by Los Angeles Housing Department, dated September 4, 2026.

Documents (3)

• 2026-09-16 Speaker Card(s) · speaker_card
• 2026-09-16 Report from Housing Committee · report
• 2026-09-04 Report from Los Angeles Housing Department · report