Jason Oppenheim says agency will represent wildfire victims ‘for free’
Jason Oppenheim and his eponymous real estate brokerage are donating their services to help people displaced by wildfires in Los Angeles.
“If you lost your home in the Los Angeles fires and need to find a place to rent until your home is rebuilt, all Oppenheim Group agents will represent you for free or refund any commission we receive on the transaction,” in Sunset for sale The 47-year-old star wrote on Thursday, January 9, Instagram post “Please contact us at office@ogroup.com.”
Jason co-owns his agency with his twin brother Brett Oppenheimfurther explaining his new pro bono mission in an uploaded video.
“I woke up this morning to a lot of friends and clients reaching out to me because they lost their homes over the last couple of days and they need help with places to stay right now,” Jason said. “Their families are displaced, and as real estate agents we obviously have a responsibility to help them find a place – even if it’s going to be difficult when thousands of people (are) looking for places and (there are) not nearly as many houses available.”
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He went on to call on all the city’s realtors to “come together and work hard for society.”
“This is our time to be able to give back,” a Netflix spokesperson said. “Everyone is safe, thank you.”
Several of Jason’s staff confirmed their willingness to help in the comments section, including Alexandra Jarvis, Davina Potratz, Mary Fitzgerald Bonnet, Polly Brindle and Chrisshell Stause.
“We are ready to help in OC! ❤️“, OC for saleBrindle, 38, replied and Fitzgerald Bonnet, 44, sent a flurry of heart emojis.
On Tuesday, January 7, a series of wildfires broke out in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood and the surrounding area of Los Angeles, causing massive destruction. At press time, 11 people have died as the fires have burned more than 37,000 hectares of land. In addition, more than 12,000 buildings were reported destroyed and tens of thousands of residents were forced from their homes under mandatory or voluntary evacuation orders.
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As the wildfires continue to tear through the Los Angeles area, many of those affected are beginning to figure out their next steps. Jason, for his part, lamented the next struggle for real estate he faced Friday, January 10.
“I was searching the MLS (directory) trying to help families displaced by the fires find rental properties,” he said in an Instagram Story video. “I’m seeing dozens of examples of people trying to do things like this when they can’t get $9,500 or even $9,000, and then yesterday they increase the rent by more than 30 percent to $12,000.”
While Jason noted that he “stands for free market capitalism,” he claimed that he is “brazenly exploiting” the natural disaster at this time. Staves, 43, agreed with her boss, whom she previously dated in 2021.
“This is disgusting,” Stause wrote via her Instagram stories. “Other realtors who have a moral compass, let’s please let the board know.”
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