Hydee Feldstein Soto has sued the apartment behemoth Blueground US Inc., alleging the provider of furnished rentals engaged in multiple instances of price gouging in the wake of the region's fires.

“Price gouging is a very strong protection against people profiting from tragedy. In case after case, they raised the rent by more than 10%.” The complaint filed against Blueground prohibits ...

Just as price-gouging limits for LA wildfire survivors were set to expire, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced an executive order ...

Chelsea Kirk, who tracks price gouging through a crowdsourced spreadsheet ... L.A. City Attorney Hydee Feldstein Soto just charged rental platform Blueground for similar post-fire spikes.

Among examples cited by the city attorney’s office of price-gouging by Blueground, the monthly rent for an apartment in North Hollywood that had been listed for $3,980 on Zillow on Dec. 31 was raised ...

Alexander Chatzieleftheriou, chief executive officer and co-founder of New York City-based Blueground, was unavailable to comment on the city attorney’s claims that it violated the anti-price gouging ...