Brief

The Los Angeles Housing Department initiated this file on May 18, 2026, regarding 701 West 80th Street (APN 6032-027-009). The file invokes a REAP (Real Estate Asset Preservation or similar property management process) and references Case 612306. As of May 19, the matter was referred to the Housing Department for review. The file remains open and is in its earliest stages.

Full summary

The Los Angeles Housing Department is asking the City Council to formally remove the two-unit property at 701 West 80th Street in South Los Angeles from the Rent Escrow Account Program (REAP) and terminate the associated rent reductions. The property, owned by the Margaret L. Thompson Trust, was placed into REAP in October 2017 after LAHD's Code Enforcement Division cited it for 12 violations covering fire warning devices, fire protection equipment, electrical systems, plumbing and gas, and heating and ventilation. The case has been open for nearly nine years. The reason for removal is not code compliance in the traditional sense — the property has since been demolished, rendering the enforcement case moot. The resolution LAHD is asking Council to adopt would close the REAP escrow account and distribute any funds held there in a prescribed order: first to cover unpaid LAHD administrative fees, then any outstanding code enforcement penalties, then any delinquent rent registration fees under the Rent Stabilization Ordinance. Any remaining balance would be returned to the current landlord. Because the property is demolished, the standard provision restoring rents to pre-REAP levels would apply only if any tenants remain to receive notice. LAHD would also be authorized to draw from the Code Enforcement Trust Fund to reconcile the escrow account. The matter was submitted to the City Council on May 18, 2026, with LAHD requesting it be calendared for the May 27, 2026 council meeting. The file was routed to the Housing Department the following day in routine administrative processing. Council Member Marqueece Harris-Dawson, whose Eighth District includes the property, was notified directly. The file remains open pending Council approval of the removal resolution.

Activity (2)

• 2026-05-19 Los Angeles Housing Department document(s) referred to Los Angeles Housing Department.
• 2026-05-18 Document submitted by Los Angeles Housing Department, dated May 18, 2026.

Documents (1)

• 2026-05-18 Report from Los Angeles Housing Department · report