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Key Lease Work Letter Issues When the Landlord Is Doing the Work
Nonprofit Tenants and Lease Agreements: Best Practices and Pitfalls to Avoid
Creative Housing Solutions Pop Up Across Oregon
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Practicing on the Front Lines of Landlord-Tenant Regulations and Housing Law
How Commercial Property Owners Can Collect Unpaid Rent from Commercial Tenants
Law Brief®: Robert Wolf, Alexander Tiktin and Richard Schoenstein Discuss the Continuing Foreclosure/Eviction Moratorium
Managing Apartment Turnover: From Launch to $10M Series A, with Rent Ready's Jonathan Kite
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Troutman Pepper COVID-19 Legal Issues Podcast Series: COVID-19 Commercial Leasing Trends (Part Two)
Law Brief®: Debra Bodian Bernstein and Richard Schoenstein Discuss Commercial Lease Defaults During COVID-19
COVID-19 Commercial Leasing Trends (Part One)
Williams Mullen's COVID-19 Comeback Plan: Landlord and Tenant Negotiations for Existing Commercial Leases Amid the COVID-19 Pandemic
Across the country, housing costs are steadily rising due to the growing shortage of homes available to sell or rent. With new leadership in key House and Senate committees and provisions of the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act set...more
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced a groundbreaking settlement with Invitation Homes, a large single-family rental home owner/operator, on September 24. ...more
On May 2, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) released two sets of guidance addressing the applicability of the Fair Housing Act (FHA) to two areas where, in the agency’s view, algorithmic processes and...more
Under a Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) proposed rule published April 10, new procedural protections would apply to criminal history screening of rental applicants to HUD-assisted housing....more
Last week, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, seeking public comment on its proposal to amend existing regulations that govern admission to public housing and...more
The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) recently announced the 2024 Area Median Income (AMI) and Rent Limits for counties statewide. These numbers are impactful on a number of levels, but are extremely important...more
On July 27, the Biden Administration released a fact sheet detailing new actions to develop the Blueprint for a Renters Bill of Rights, which was rolled out early this year (covered by InfoBytes here). The three new actions...more
Summary - Recently, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) released its highly anticipated Supplement to the RAD Notice (Supplement), which makes a number of changes to the current Rental Assistance...more
On July 19, the White House released a Fact Sheet announcing that the Biden-Harris administration is cracking down on junk fees in rental housing to lower costs for renters. The administration explained how rental housing...more
The White House today brought attention to new state laws and voluntary industry practices that limit fees charged to renters and increase the transparency of those fees, noting the burden such fees impose on American...more
Numerous condominiums and homeowner associations have Governing Documents, or rules and regulations that regulate leasing, including restriction to whom owners may rent. Many associations base their decisions on the results...more
On January 9, the DOJ and HUD announced they filed a joint statement of interest in a pending action alleging discrimination under the Fair Housing Act (FHA) against Black and Hispanic rental applicants based on the use of an...more
LOCKOUTS- Can I be locked out of my home for failing to pay rent during the COVID-19 pandemic? Maybe. Whether you can qualify for protection from eviction depends on your household income and your completion of a sworn...more
As of October 26, 2021- LOCKOUTS- Can I be locked out of my home during the ongoing COVID-19 emergency? Maybe. Whether you can qualify for protection from eviction depends on your household income and your completion...more
DESALOJOS RESIDENCIALES: LO QUE LOS INQUILINOS DEBEN SABER- Al 26 de octubre de 2021- IMPEDIMENTO DE ACCESO- ¿Pueden impedirme el acceso a mi domicilio durante la emergencia sanitaria por la COVID-19?...more
United States: Under the new law, cities and counties cannot adopt or enforce ordinances that require landlords to accept federal housing vouchers. On Friday, April 30, Governor Reynolds signed into law SF252, a bill...more
REMOVALS- Can I be removed from my home as a result of a foreclosure proceeding during the COVID-19 emergency? No. On March 19, 2020, New Jersey Governor Philip Murphy issued Executive Order 106, which suspended...more
On Wednesday, February 17, SF252, a bill relating to how landlords treat sources of income in their tenant and applicant decisions, passed the Senate. The bill now moves on to the House....more
On Tuesday, January 26, President Biden signed a memorandum on discriminatory housing practices and policies. The memorandum is one of a series of recent executive actions focused on racial equity, representing the...more
In Mortgagee Letter 2020-43, dated January 21, 2021, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) extended the foreclosure and eviction moratoriums for FHA insured single-family loans from February 28, 2021 to...more
Early in the response to the COVID-19 pandemic, various foreclosure moratoriums effecting Florida real estate were issued. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) issued a moratorium on all foreclosures of...more
The most uncommon year of 2020 continues on, with a most unusual Thanksgiving last week. Accordingly, it is now time for my annual Fair Housing Blog apartment community holiday decoration guide. How do we respect the...more
On September 4, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) imposed a moratorium on residential foreclosures and evictions through the end of this year. The move quickly followed comments by the Trump administration that it would...more
A couple of (well, four) quick pandemic-centric questions today: 1.As we have all seen over the past few months, some amenities at apartment communities (gyms, pools, fitness centers, community rooms, games rooms, and the...more
As I reviewed earlier, the federal eviction moratorium expired on July 25, allowing landlords in covered properties to begin the process of evicting nonpaying tenants. Since then, Congress has discussed a possible renewal of...more