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Appeals Government 

Commercial Rent Tax

January 27, 2021January 28, 2021 BRIEF
children, referendum, rent, San Francisco, Taxes, Voting

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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Business Entertainment International 

Paris’ Virus-Battered Fan Museum Thrown Lifeline

January 25, 2021January 25, 2021 ASSOCIATED PRESS
coronavirus, culture, history, museums, Paris, rent

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.

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Civil Rights Government Health 

Rent Control

January 20, 2021January 21, 2021 BRIEF
certification, Class Action, disability, housing, Oakland, rent

A 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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Government Health Regional 

Newsom Offers Plans to Send $600 to Millions, Extend Renter Protections

January 6, 2021January 7, 2021 NICK CAHILL
California, coronavirus, evictions, Gavin Newsom, rent

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.

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Appeals Business 

Porta Potties

December 24, 2020December 28, 2020 BRIEF
Missouri, rent, retail, Taxes

The Missouri Supreme Court ruled against Charles Gott, the owner of a company called Gott’s To Go, finding that portable toilet rental is taxable.

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Appeals Civil Rights Law 

Rent Ordinance

December 7, 2020December 8, 2020 BRIEF
housing, Ninth Circuit, ordinance, privacy, rent, San Francisco

The 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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Government National Politics 

Biden Faces Tough Task of Fixing Housing Crisis

December 4, 2020December 4, 2020 CAMERON LANGFORD
Biden administration, coronavirus, evictions, housing, rent

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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Business Government Health National 

Landlords Lose Challenge to Federal Ban on Evictions

October 30, 2020October 30, 2020 KAYLA GOGGIN
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, coronavirus, evictions, Georgia, Landlords, rent

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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Business Government Health National 

Landlords Ask Federal Judge to Throw Out Ban on Evictions

October 20, 2020October 20, 2020 KAYLA GOGGIN
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, coronavirus, evictions, Georgia, Landlords, rent

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.

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Appeals Law 

Rent Control

October 8, 2020October 8, 2020 BRIEF
Ninth Circuit, ordinance, rent

The 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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Business Financial Government 

San Francisco Evictions Ban Upheld by State Judge

August 4, 2020August 4, 2020 MARIA DINZEO
coronavirus, evictions, Landlords, rent, San Francisco

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.

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Government Law 

Rent Laws

July 7, 2020July 8, 2020 BRIEF
coronavirus, injunction, Maryland, rent

A federal court in Maryland denied landlords’ motion for an injunction to block new city and county laws that forbid them from increasing rent during the pandemic.

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Consumers Government Law Politics 

Landlords Sue San Francisco Over Covid-19 Eviction Ban

June 30, 2020July 1, 2020 NICHOLAS IOVINO
California, coronavirus, evictions, housing, Landlords, rent, San Francisco

A 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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Business Government Health 

New York Landlords Lose Challenge to Eviction Moratorium

June 29, 2020June 29, 2020 ADAM KLASFELD
coronavirus, due process, Landlords, New York, rent, taking

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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Business Civil Rights Financial Government Health 

Landlords Can’t Interrupt Suspension on NY Tenant Evictions

June 5, 2020June 29, 2020 ADAM KLASFELD
coronavirus, Landlords, New York, NYC, rent

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.

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Government Health 

LA Announces $100M for Rental-Assistance Program

May 27, 2020May 28, 2020 NATHAN SOLIS
coronavirus, housing, Los Angeles, rent

The 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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Business Economy Government Health Regional 

California Senators Advance Contentious Business Relief Bill

May 22, 2020May 26, 2020 NICK CAHILL
California, contract, coronavirus, rent

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.

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Courts Health National 

Unlucky 7

May 22, 2020May 22, 2020 BRIEF
coronavirus, Landlords, rent

The 50 coronavirus-related lawsuits filed Thursday in courts covered by Courthouse News bring to 777 the number of such cases filed in May; an increasing number of landlords and tenants are suing one another over rent.

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Business Civil Rights Entertainment Media 

Secret Porn Set

May 12, 2020May 13, 2020 BRIEF
emotional distress, Massachusetts, pornography, rent, tourism

The 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. 

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Health Law 

Don’t Even Try It

May 5, 2020May 5, 2020 BRIEF
coronavirus, housing, Landlords, rent, San Diego, sex

San 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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