Selling Sunset's Jason Oppenheim reveals sick way landlords are profiting from LA fires
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As the Los Angeles wildfires continue to devastate the region, a reality TV star has slammed those who are trying to benefit from the disaster. Jason Oppenheim, star of US reality programme Selling Sunset, has claimed a number of landlords are trying to take advantage of people who have bee displaced due to the fires. The catastrophe began on Tuesday, just north of central LA, with the blazes now having burned more than 12,000 structures. Jason announced a touching gesture following the devastation, offering to represent those who have lost their homes for free.
He has revealed the Oppenheim Group agents have since "received dozens and dozens of calls from people who have lost their homes in the fires". "It's all hands on deck right now, but it's really difficult because there are thousands of people who are displaced without places to stay", he told BBC One programme Sunday With Laura Kuenssberg. "The hotels are overwhelmed all the way down to Newport Beach and even into San Diego you can't get a hotel room right now.".
However, he admits not everyone is trying to help those in need and decided to expose people who are trying to fleece victims. "Unfortunately, and this is something that I want to discuss, because I think it should be exposed, but we're having landlords taking advantage of the situation," he claimed.
"I had a client we sent him to a house that was asking 13,000 dollars (£10,600) a month he offered 20,000 dollars (£16,400) a month, and he offered to pay six months up front. And the landlord said, "No, I want 23,000 dollars (18,800) a month'. You know, there are price-gouging laws in California that are just being ignored right now.
