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RENTAL Act Promises to Improve Confidence for Owners of Affordable and Market-Rate Housing in the District and Provides...

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Washington, DC, Mayor Muriel Bowser unveiled legislation on February 12, 2025, aimed at protecting existing affordable housing units and improving the investment climate for newer multifamily housing in the District....more

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Short-Term Rental Registry Launches in British Columbia

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On January 20, 2025, the Government made regulations under the Act (the regulations) and launched the short-term rental registry (the Registry)....more

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Recap of 2024 Arizona Tax Developments: No More City Sales Tax on Residential Rentals!

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Beginning January 1, 2025, Arizona lessors will no longer be required to collect and remit city Transaction Privilege Tax (TPT) on residential rentals. Senate Bill 1131, Chapter 204, Laws 2023 amended Ariz. Rev. Stat. Ann. §...more

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Proposed Rent Control Regulations Raise Many Questions

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As noted in our prior Alert, the Montgomery County Department of Housing and Community Affairs (DHCA) published draft regulations on February 1 to implement the County’s new rent control law. By its terms, the rent control...more

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Rent Control Regulations and Federal Legislation Alert

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If you have been following our recent Alerts, you are aware that the multifamily industry has been subject to a series of chilling legislative actions and proposals. Today’s Alert focuses on two very recent high-profile...more

Perkins Coie

Ban on Short-Term Rentals Required Coastal Commission Approval

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The Court of Appeal held that absent a distinction between short- and long-term rentals, both are permitted under city zoning ordinances, and any ban on short-term rentals that changes the status quo is an amendment that...more

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Status of Recent Legislation Impacting Baltimore City Rental Housing – Requiring Landlords to Offer to Renew Leases and Provide...

Over the last year, the Baltimore City Council has introduced and enacted multiple bills impacting rental housing that residential landlords will need to navigate: - In May 2020, the City Council passed the COVID-19 Rent...more

Shutts & Bowen LLP

Checklist for Landlords While Eviction Moratoria Are in Effect in Florida

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Times are challenging for multifamily landlords with nonpaying tenants. Landlords depend on rent to pay taxes, insurance, maintenance, management fees, debt service, and other expenses related to the property. Government...more

Best Best & Krieger LLP

Takings Claim Fails on “Ripeness” Grounds

Ninth Circuit Decision in Apartment-Condominium Conversion Program Dispute - Property owners who claimed the City and County of San Francisco’s apartment-to-condominium building conversion program’s lifetime lease...more

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Second Department Reminds: a Use Cannot Be Legally Nonconforming If It Was Never Legal to Begin With

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When determining whether a use is legally nonconforming for zoning purposes, the key consideration is whether the use was legal prior to the zoning restriction prohibiting it. A use cannot become legally nonconforming if it...more

Snell & Wilmer

Short-Term Rental Legislation & Litigation On the Way!

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The advent of the shared economy in the real estate context has provided homeowners and investors alike with expanded opportunities to generate revenue from the use of their real estate. Airbnb and VRBO are two of the most...more

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California Court of Appeal Determines State Law Preempts Local Ordinance Provisions in Specific Instances

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CEQA Case Report: Understanding the Judicial Landscape for Development - In a partially published opinion issued April 4, 2018, Small Property Owners of San Francisco Institute v. City and County of San Francisco, Case...more

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Ninth Circuit Gives Cities Boost in Regulating Rent Increases - Limitations on Rent Increases Imposed by Cities Not Considered a...

City governments’ broad powers to enforce rent control and other regulations — even if that results in lower profits for landlords — were reinforced in a recent opinion from the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. ...more

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City of Charleston Changes Workforce Housing Zoning Rules

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The City of Charleston has changed the rules governing the Mixed Use Workforce Housing District Zoning Ordinance in an effort to further diversify housing opportunities for residents....more

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