An appeals court in California upheld a ruling that determined only a simple majority vote, rather than a two-thirds majority, is required to approve a new San Francisco tax on some commercial rents to fund early child care and education programs.
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Paris City Hall has instructed the landlord seeking to close down the city’s indebted Fan Museum to extend its deadline for payment, the museum said Monday.
Read moreA federal court in California certified a class of disabled, low-income renters who say they were unable to participate in Oakland’s rent control program because many of the residential units are not accessible for them.
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Low-income Californians hit hardest by the Covid-19 pandemic would receive $600 checks from the state as well as added eviction protections under a plan announced Wednesday by Governor Gavin Newsom.
Read moreThe Missouri Supreme Court ruled against Charles Gott, the owner of a company called Gott’s To Go, finding that portable toilet rental is taxable.
Read moreThe Ninth Circuit upheld the dismissal of a suit challenging regulations relating to San Jose’s apartment rent ordinance that require landlords to provide information about rent stabilized units and condition their ability to increase rents on the disclosure of that information.
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Cancel rent campaigns, millions at risk of eviction, prospective homebuyers shut out by high prices. U.S. housing is in upheaval, but President-elect Joe Biden has vowed to give it fresh legs.
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Landlords are fuming after a federal judge upheld a nationwide order temporarily preventing them from evicting residential tenants through the end of the year to help control the spread of the coronavirus.
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A federal judge in Atlanta heard arguments Tuesday over whether a federal directive halting residential evictions through the end of the year to help control the spread of the coronavirus can stay in effect.
Read moreThe Ninth Circuit upheld the dismissal of a mobile home park’s suit against the city of El Monte over its rent control ordinance. The mobile home park argued the ordinance constitutes an unlawful taking but six of its claims are precluded as they were dismissed in state court.
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Upholding a law that protects San Francisco tenants unable to afford rent because of the Covid-19 crisis, a judge ruled Tuesday that the moratorium on evictions is a “permissible exercise” of the city’s power.
Read moreA coalition of landlords and realtors is fighting to overturn a San Francisco law that permanently bans the eviction of tenants who cannot pay rent due to Covid-19-related financial struggles.
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New Yorkers with trouble making rent during the coronavirus pandemic have a couple more months of breathing room, with a federal judge upholding Governor Andrew Cuomo’s eviction moratorium on Monday.
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New York landlords whose tenants couldn’t make rent during the coronavirus pandemic failed Friday to jumpstart evictions that Governor Andrew Cuomo put on hold for 60 days.
Read moreThe city of Los Angeles announced Wednesday a $100 million uptick to a program that could help tenants pay their rent during the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Coming to the aid of businesses short on rent, California lawmakers on Friday advanced a statewide moratorium on commercial evictions and a path for those hit hardest by the pandemic to cancel their leases.
Read moreThe owner of a home on Martha’s Vineyard may pursue her civil conspiracy and emotional distress claims against a renter who secretly used the property as a set for pornographic movies and photographs, but cannot continue with breach of contract, trespass and other claims, a federal court in Massachusetts ruled.
Read moreSan Diego’s U.S. Attorney Robert Brewer on Monday warned landlords not to “demand sexual favors from cash-strapped tenants who can’t pay rent due to Covid-19,” calling it “not only despicable — it is illegal.”
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