Californians will vote this November on whether to grant cities more power to enact rent control after petitioners garnered enough signatures across the state to put it on the general election ballot.
Read moreMillions of families living in federally subsidized public housing would pay more for rent under a proposal unveiled Wednesday by Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson.
Read moreThe Small Property Owners Association—San Jose and 17 of its members brought a federal complaint against San Jose, challenging a “Rent Registry” ordinance that asks intrusive questions about each “rent-stabilized unit” in the city, in violation of the Fourth Amendment.
Read moreThe Wisconsin Supreme Court heard oral arguments Friday in a case centered around whether operating a home as a vacation rental constitutes commercial activity.
Read moreTenants of a Los Angeles apartment complex who refused to pay huge rent spikes last year and were then served eviction notices scored a victory Thursday when they reached a settlement agreement with their landlord to stay in their homes.
Read moreA city ordinance regulating landlords’ ability to force tenants to leave their apartments by buying them out does not violate the landlords’ constitutional rights, a Ninth Circuit panel ruled Thursday.
Read moreTwo residents of Mountain View, California, claim the city’s Rental Housing Committee failed to implement a voter-approved rent-control ordinance, the Community Stabilization and Fair Rent Act, in Santa Clara County Court.
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An Ohio couple claims San Francisco’s condo conversion ordinance allows the unconstitutional seizure of their property by requiring them to offer their tenant a chance to live in their apartment indefinitely.
Read moreA civil rights group claims in court an apartment complex in southeast Washington, DC refused to lease apartments to people who tried paying parts of their rent and security deposits with temporary subsidies for those who are homeless or living in shelters.
Read moreAn Indiana fair-housing organization claims in federal court that Indianapolis-based Rainbow Realty runs a predatory rent-to-own scheme that targets minority neighborhoods and leaves many buyers empty-handed.
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As the Legislature considers lifting Oregon’s 32-year-old ban on rent control, tenants’ rights advocates and developers gathered this week to debate affordable housing in Portland, the nation’s hottest housing market.
Read moreProtect Our Neighborhoods sued the Palm Springs City Council in Superior Court, challenging its failure to regulate conversion of single-family homes to short-term vacation rentals.
Read moreA Ninth Circuit panel punted a lawsuit over San Francisco’s now-defunct rent ordinance back to a federal judge Monday, so he can consider vacating a judgment stopping the city from enforcing it.
Read moreThe owner of an Islamic learning center claims in a federal complaint against his former landlord that a forced relocation made him lose 20 students.
Read moreHitting a LexisNexis subsidiary with a class action, a law firm says Matthew Bender & Co.’s self-proclaimed authority on landlord-tenant law in New York is anything but.
Read moreLandlords sued Los Angeles in a federal class action this week, claiming a rental ordinance gives city officials and employees law enforcement-like powers that violate protections against unlawful searches and seizures.
Read moreNew litigation from a man who appears to be Bradley Beal of the Washington Wizards accuses a Maryland landlord of confiscating Beal’s security deposit, and hitting him with a six-figure demand for property damage and unpaid rent, months after Beal became the highest-paid player in team history.
Read moreLandlords pushed the Minnesota Supreme Court in a lively hearing Wednesday to make tenant consent a prerequisite for city authorities to conduct safety inspections.
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