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Rents rise faster after disasters, but a federal program can help restrain excesses

  • Written by Anthony W. Orlando, Assistant Professor of Finance, Real Estate and Law, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
imageTwo people embrace on Jan. 9, 2025, in Altadena, Calif., amid property destroyed by the Eaton Fire.Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

The wildfires raging across Los Angeles are setting the scene for a real estate nightmare.

Thousands of homes and other structures are destroyed and hundreds of thousands of residents have been evacuated at various times....

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