[dropcap size=big]C[/dropcap]ecilia Vargas Reyna endured cockroaches, mold growing on the floors, and humidity separating wall boards in her tiny single-family house in Compton, but six years ago, when she moved in with her family, at least the rent was affordable, she said.
Then in November 2017, her landlord increased her rent to $2,100, a 50 percent increase. All told the company, Invitation Homes, has more than doubled Reyna’s monthly rent in the six years since she moved in there.
“I am really fed up with the company,” Reyna told L.A. Taco. “They don’t even fix things we asked them to fix. They don’t have the capacity to do what they are supposed to do.”
The company, Invitation Homes, failed to fix persistent problems that she pointed out in her three-bedroom, 926-square-foot house which includes an attached garage, Reyna said. For years, she and her family lived with stopped up plumbing under the kitchen sink, mold growing on the floor and walls, and cockroaches.