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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Eviction moratoriums across the country are keeping people in their apartments, but millions of Americans could not make their rent payments April 1. They cannot pay May 1 either. And when the bans are lifted, homelessness will be staring them in the face.
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The San Francisco Board of Supervisors unanimously passed two ordinances Tuesday temporarily banning rent increases and requiring a large portion of essential businesses to provide gloves, masks and other protective gear for workers.
Read moreThe FTC sued Prog Leasing aka Progressive Leasing, of Draper, Utah in federal court, claiming it has received more than 15,000 consumer complaints in 15 months about its rent-to-own payment plans.
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Low-income renters whose disabilities may have excluded them from participating in Oakland’s rent control program got the green light from a federal judge on their lawsuit against the city.
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With millions of people suddenly out of work and rent due on Wednesday, some tenants are vowing to go on a rent strike until the coronavirus pandemic subsides.
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The rapid spread of the coronavirus since it was reported in China in December has dealt an unprecedented shock to the global economy.
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Most Americans who rent their home, many of whom have lost their jobs in the sudden economic slowdown caused by the coronavirus outbreak, will not be eligible for eviction protections, despite what President Trump said this week.
Read moreThe Legal Aid Society sued the Department of Housing and Urban Development in federal court for information on its plan to withhold rental assistance to any household whose leaseholder is not an eligible immigrant, regardless of the presence of eligible U.S. citizens or immigrants in the household.
Read moreA federal class action claims that Payless Car Rental, Dollar Rent a Car, Advantage Rent a Car, et al. charge a bogus $3.50 tax on cars rented at San Diego International Airport, falsely claiming the tax is required by the Port of San Diego.
Read moreG-Max Management and a dozen others sued New York State in federal court, claiming its Housing Stability and Tenant Protection Act of 2019, on rent control, is unconstitutional.
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