As spring begins to give way to summer, legislative activity shows no signs of cooling off. Our May TOPA Alert generated many questions and comments and a further update on the pending TOPA reform legislation is included...more
On May 7, 2025, Washington Governor Bob Ferguson signed House Bill 1217 (HB 1217) into law, establishing statewide residential rent control measures, effective immediately. The legislation limits annual rent increases,...more
This month’s Alert updates recent housing legislation, including proposed amendments to the DC Tenant Opportunity to Purchase Act (TOPA), the launch of the DC RentRegistry portal, and updates to Montgomery County's rent...more
As summer 2024 winds down, the implementation of new rent control laws has attracted much attention. Providing some respite from the summer’s rent control heat is a recent win for the multifamily industry coming from the...more
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
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
Seyfarth Synopsis: Montgomery County has enacted a comprehensive rent stabilization law that will limit annual rent increases for rental housing in the County to three percent plus CPI, with a maximum limit of 6%. The law...more
On June 14, 2019, New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo signed into law the Housing Stability and Tenant Protection Act of 2019, introducing sweeping tenant protections. Below is a short summary of key changes in the new...more
The Ninth Circuit held that the City of Carson’s mobile home rent control board’s decision not to factor in debt service increases in its adjustment of a rental rate for a mobile home park did not result in a regulatory...more
In the months leading to the election, cities and counties began to adopt resolutions and other measures to advance potential rent control measures. In Los Angeles, the City Council approved a Resolution in support of...more
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