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California’s Proposed Vacancy Tax Bill Watered Down to Reporting Requirement

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A bill recently introduced in the California State Senate would have imposed a tax on commercial buildings that have prolonged vacancies, but has been rewritten after facing strong opposition. Authored by California State...more

Kohrman Jackson & Krantz LLP

“Residents First” Proposal Introduced to Cleveland City Council

This month, a proposal dubbed the “Residents First Legislative Package” (the “Proposal”) was introduced to Cleveland City Council. The Proposal is aimed at combatting vacant and dilapidated buildings in the City of Cleveland...more

Maynard Nexsen

South Carolina Abandoned Building Incentives at Risk of Going Away

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Mark Harmon, Nexsen Pruet Government Affairs Advisor, discusses upswings and downswings in the economy and how those downswings often result in the departure or closure of businesses, and subsequently, the abandonment of...more

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SB 939: Relief for Commercial Tenants Could Spell Disaster for Landlords

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On May 22, 2020, the California Senate Judiciary Committee passed Senate Bill 939 (SB 939), a bill intended to provide relief to certain commercial tenants (as more particularly discussed later in this alert) from economic...more

Lathrop GPM

[Webinar] Insurance Recovery Legislative Update - June 16th, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm CDT

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Policyholders whose businesses have been interrupted as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic have made claims under their property insurance policies for loss of business income, but they are almost universally denied. As the...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Housing in California in 2020: A Look Ahead and a Lesson in Try, Try Again

Indisputably, 2019 was an important year for housing in California. As we noted in our prior blog post, Governor Newsom signed legislation creating statewide rent control, preventing discrimination against people paying rent...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

The Wait for NFIP Reform Continues

For the 11th time in the last two years, the House has passed yet another short-term extension of the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP). The NFIP remains the largest source of flood coverage in the U.S.; this extension...more

Carlton Fields

Florida Legislature Passes Sweeping Assignment of Benefits Legislation

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Significant changes appear to be in the pipeline for Florida property insurers after the Florida legislature passed sweeping assignment of benefits (AOB) reform legislation last week....more

Mayer Brown

Connecticut Makes Favorable Changes to its Commercial PACE Financing Program

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On July 11, 2017, the Connecticut General Assembly enacted H.B. 7208 (“Revised C-PACE Statute”) to make several minor changes to the existing statute governing the State’s commercial property assessed clean energy (or...more

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The Texas Tree Mitigation Fee Credit Bill is Resurrected from the Dead

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Many developers must remove existing trees in order to build new homes or buildings. Some cities have required developers to pay fees, known as tree mitigation fees, as a condition for permitting the removal of the trees....more

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Illinois House Revenue Committee Holds Hearing on Vacancy Fraud Act

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While overall there is little activity in the General Assembly, the House Revenue Committee is meeting today for a hearing on an interesting piece of property tax legislation. The hearing is on HB4363, which would create the...more

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