Apartments for Rent in Inglewood, CA

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• How many apartments for rent are in Inglewood, and are rents still climbing?

  Against most expectations for a city that added a football stadium, an NBA arena and a concert campus in five years, Inglewood asking rents have edged down about 0.39% over the past year, with the average apartment around $2,489. Part of that is a shrinking population, and part is that the newest housing near Hollywood Park competes with an older stock that has not been repriced. Inventory on Roomster sits at 48 apartments for rent citywide. What sits behind that number is mostly mid-century low-rise buildings along Florence, Manchester and La Brea rather than managed complexes, which means more of these listings are handled by an individual owner than by a leasing office.

• What is the going rate for an apartment for rent in Inglewood?

  One-bedrooms generally sit near $1,975 and two-bedrooms near $2,522, though newer buildings closer to Hollywood Park will quote well above both, which is what pulls the citywide average up toward $2,489. You can find apartments for rent under $1,900 a month in Morningside Park, in Centinela Heights and around Arbor Village, generally in older buildings without in-unit laundry or assigned parking. The premium in Inglewood is not really about square footage, it is about how close you are to the Hollywood Park campus and to a K Line station, and those two things are on opposite sides of the city, so decide which one you are actually paying for.

• How much can the rent go up each year on an Inglewood apartment?

  Inglewood runs its own rent ordinance, and unusually it applies two different formulas depending on the size of the building, so the first thing to establish is how many units you are in. In a building with five or more units, the annual increase is 3% or the change in CPI, whichever is greater. In a building with four or fewer units, it is 5% plus CPI or 10%, whichever is lower. Protections generally reach properties with at least two units, and the notable exemptions are single-family homes and condominiums under state law, affordable and institutional housing, short-term lodging under thirty days, and any unit that received its certificate of occupancy within the past fifteen years. That last one is a rolling date rather than a fixed year, so a building that was exempt when it opened eventually comes into coverage.

• What protections come with a covered apartment for rent in Inglewood?

  Beyond the annual cap, a covered tenancy can only be ended for just cause, with notice of 30 days if you have been there under a year and 60 days if longer. The no-fault grounds carry a substantial payment to you: relocation assistance starts at three times your monthly rent, adds $2,000 where minor children live in the home, and adds a further $2,000 to $7,500 for long-term tenants and those in protected categories, payable within fifteen calendar days of the notice being served. There is also a registration rule with teeth. Since May 1, 2022 an owner who has not registered a unit with the city may not advertise it, collect rent on it, or bring an eviction, and the registration certificate is supposed to be posted in a common area in English and Spanish. If you have never seen one, that is worth asking about.

• What will I need to pay upfront for an apartment for rent in Inglewood?

  California capped security deposits at one month's rent on July 1, 2024 for furnished and unfurnished units alike, so budget roughly $1,975 on a typical Inglewood one-bedroom plus the first month, rather than the two months that used to be common. One exception matters here because so much of the city's stock is small buildings held by individuals: an owner who is a natural person with no more than two residential rental properties totaling no more than four units may still ask for two months. Active-duty service members are held to one month regardless. Los Angeles County has no broker-fee convention, so a demand for a separate finder's fee on top of deposit and first month deserves scrutiny. Your deposit must be returned within 21 days of moving out with an itemized statement.

• Did the Inglewood people mover get built, and what does it mean for apartments for rent near Market Street?

  It did not, and it is worth knowing if a listing is selling you on it. The Inglewood Transit Connector, the automated people mover meant to link the Downtown Inglewood K Line station to SoFi Stadium, the Kia Forum and the Intuit Dome, was paused and rephased in April 2025 for lack of funding after opposition from local businesses and elected officials. The city shifted to a smaller phased plan built around dedicated bus and bike lanes, mobility hubs, and facade and tenant improvements along Market Street ahead of 2028. For a renter that means two things: apartments near Market Street and the downtown station should see streetscape investment rather than years of heavy rail construction, and the trip from that station to the stadium campus is going to stay a bus or a walk for the foreseeable future.