A New York Appeals Court affirmed an award of treble damages to a tenant whose landlord overcharged for rent, saying the penalty of treble damages is not “reserved for landlords that systematically and deliberately charge unlawful rents.”
Read moreDubbed by supporters as the “strongest tenant protections in history,” New York legislators passed new rent-control laws Friday that curtail landlords’ power.
Read moreThe California Legislature faces key decisions this week, including trying to reign in police use of force, prevent rent spikes, and alter labor laws affecting workers in the gig economy. Friday is the deadline for the Assembly and Senate to pass or reject bills that originated in each chamber. If they survive, they will be considered by the opposing chamber before lawmakers adjourn in September.
Read moreFaced with a housing shortage and skyrocketing rents, Oregon is poised to become the first state to impose mandatory rent controls, with a measure establishing tenant protections moving swiftly through the Legislature.
Read moreThe parties embroiled in a lawsuit over a voter-approved initiative to limit the number of vacation rentals in South Lake Tahoe are in mediation, according to the lawyer for the plaintiffs.
Read moreThe city of South Lake Tahoe said on Wednesday it would comply with a court order to halt the implementation of a law that set significant restrictions on vacation rentals within city limits.
Read moreA married couple who rented out their house accuse Oakland, Calif., in a federal complaint of having passed a law that “retroactively, illegally, and unconstitutionally requires rental property owners to pay thousands of dollars in ‘relocation’ payments to tenants before the owners can repossess the property for their own use.”
Read moreDelivering a parting gift to outgoing Democratic Gov. Jerry Brown, California voters rejected a Republican-led attempt to repeal Brown’s recently enacted $52 billion transportation plan known as the gas tax.
Read moreA push to alleviate California’s affordable housing crisis through increased rent control is sputtering at the finish line, according to a statewide poll released Wednesday.
Read moreCalifornia housing leaders gathered in San Diego Thursday to seek solutions for the statewide housing crisis, including the push for local and state rent control measures before the November elections.
Read moreAs the affordable housing crisis continues to grip residents across California, a new study found that most low-income seniors in the state shoulder insurmountable housing costs.
Read moreCalifornians 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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