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Tenants Coronavirus/COVID-19

Allen Matkins

What is the outlook for the office sector right now?

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“The 'flight to quality' continues. Office building landlords with space available in upscale buildings (with state-of-the-art amenities) located in hot submarkets are very active right now. Most companies have realized...more

Rosenberg Martin Greenberg LLP

Maryland Appellate Court Addresses Obligation of Tenant Shut Down By COVID Order To Pay Rent

Nearly four years after the depths of the COVID-19 pandemic, issues concerning the legal consequences of executive and legislative orders shutting down business operations are still working their way through appellate courts...more

Freiberger Haber LLP

The First Department Dismisses COVID-19 Based Frustration of Purpose and Impossibility Related Defenses In Rent Arrears Action

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Among the problems resulting from COVID-19, is the pandemic’s effect on business. Numerous businesses were forced to close due to lock downs and supply chain issues. The economic slowdowns and business closures caused by...more

Patton Sullivan Brodehl LLP

Court Rejects Commercial Tenant’s Argument for Relief From Rent Due to “Temporary Frustration of Purpose” During Pandemic

Earlier this year, Money and Dirt covered a then recent case, West Pueblo Partners, LLC v. Stone Brewing Co., LLC, which was one of the first California cases dealing with the aftermath of the Covid-19 pandemic and the legal...more

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Federal Court: New York City COVID-19 Guaranty Law Unconstitutional

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On March 31, 2023, U.S. District Judge Ronnie Abrams of the Southern District of New York issued her highly anticipated ruling in the latest iteration of Melendez et al v. The City of New York, et al. Judge Abrams granted...more

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A Renter’s Bill of Rights in Wisconsin, Oh My!

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Owners and managers of multifamily rental properties are facing a growing number of challenges. The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) reported more than 1,900 formal complaints were...more

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A Coda to the Covid Pandemic: Do Local and State Closure Laws Provide Cover for Tenant Nonpayment of Rent?

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In what may turn out to be a lesson on the limits of the application of equitable doctrines supporting rent relief in the face of good lease drafting, a California court of appeal panel in San Diego has taken a narrow view on...more

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U.S. House Bill Proposes Excluding Pandemic Evictions From Consumer Reports

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On January 20, Representative Steve Cohen (D-Tenn) introduced the Keeping Evictions Off Credit Reports Act, H.R. 1594, in the U.S. House of Representatives seeking to prohibit evictions due to the COVID-19 pandemic from...more

Lasher Holzapfel Sperry & Ebberson PLLC

Commercial Tenant Evictions and What You Need to Know in Seattle

Mayor Bruce Harrell officially ended the City of Seattle Civil Emergency Proclamation on October 31, 2022, which affects the requirement for landlords to negotiate payment plans with commercial tenants that qualify as a small...more

Miller Canfield

Sunset of Certain Bankruptcy Code Changes

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As we previously reported, the Bankruptcy Code saw many changes in 2020 and 2021. Some of the changes that were enacted under the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 ("CAA") will soon end....more

Allen Matkins

PropTech Update - November 2022

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With likely recession encroaching, PropTech seen as cost-cutting tool in CRE - Bisnow – October 11 A rolling series of challenges, from the pandemic to labor shortages to an unfolding economic downturn, have increased focus...more

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UK COVID-19 – Arbitrator of protected rent arrears must make award in line with compliant proposal

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In one of the first published arbitration awards under the Commercial Rent (Coronavirus) Act 2022 (“CRCA”) in which the Arbitrator made an award based on the parties' formal proposals, the tenant (Bills Restaurants Limited)...more

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UK COVID-19: Tenants are now out of time to trigger the arbitration scheme on COVID arrears

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The Commercial Rent (Coronavirus) Act 2022, which came into force on 24 March 2022, introduced a binding arbitration scheme to deal with arrears of commercial rents which accrued during the pandemic, referred to in the Act as...more

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The Ongoing Effects of COVID-19 in Landlord-Tenant Law

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New York City enacted Administrative Code Section 22-1005, known as the "Guaranty Law" prohibiting enforcement of personal guaranties supporting commercial leases, in May 2020. The law applies to defaults that occurred...more

Lowenstein Sandler LLP

Practicing on the Front Lines of Landlord-Tenant Regulations and Housing Law

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Host Rachel Maimin is joined Kimberly Skadan, Civil Practice Supervising Attorney Trainer at The Legal Aid Society, to discuss current issues in housing law, including whether regulations skew more favorably towards the...more

Harris Beach Murtha PLLC

Important Connecticut Supreme Court Landlord-Tenant Decision Addressing the Implications of the COVID-19 Pandemic and Resolving...

On May 10, 2022, the Connecticut Supreme Court issued an extremely important decision in AGW Sono Partners, LLC v. Downtown Soho, LLC, et al. (SC 20625), addressing several COVID-19 related defenses being asserted by...more

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Residential Evictions: What Tenants Need to Know (Spanish) - April 2022

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IMPEDIMENTO DE ACCESO- ¿Pueden impedirme el acceso a mi domicilio por no pagar el alquiler durante la pandemia de COVID-19? Puede suceder. La posibilidad de calificar para la protección contra el desalojo depende de...more

Lowenstein Sandler LLP

Residential Evictions: What Tenants Need to Know - April 2022

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

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Residential Evictions: What Tenants Need to Know (Spanish) - March 2022

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IMPEDIMENTO DE ACCESO- ¿Pueden impedirme el acceso a mi domicilio durante la emergencia sanitaria por la COVID-19? Puede suceder. La posibilidad de calificar para la protección contra el desalojo depende de los...more

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Residential Evictions: What Tenants Need to Know - March 2022

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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 of a sworn certification....more

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The Hong Kong 2022-23 Budget - Key Updates on Real Estate Sector

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The 2022-23 Budget was delivered by Paul Chan, the Financial Secretary of the HKSAR Government (the “Government”) on 23 February 2022, in the midst of the rapid worsening of this fifth wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in the...more

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The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Affirms the Constitutionality of Local Ordinance Requiring Landlords to Pay a Tenant Relocation...

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On February 1, 2022, the Ninth Circuit released its opinion in Ballinger v. City of Oakland 1 affirming the district court’s dismissal of a lawsuit in which the plaintiffs claimed that the City of Oakland’s Uniform...more

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Los Angeles County Eviction Moratorium Extended

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Due to the economic fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic, many local governments in California have passed eviction moratoriums prohibiting landlords from evicting residential tenants who fail to pay rent. Although those...more

Stikeman Elliott LLP

Canada Introduces New Pandemic Support for Commercial Tenants, Focusing on Tourism, Hospitality and Other Hard-Hit Businesses

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On December 17, 2021, Bill C-2, federal legislation that creates two new rent support programs, became law. As their names suggest, the Tourism and Hospitality Recovery Program (THRP) and the Hardest-Hit Business Recovery...more

Bond Schoeneck & King PLLC

New York State’s Eviction Moratorium Has Expired

Background - New York State—the state with the highest share of renters in the United States—allowed its eviction moratorium to expire on January 15. State officials enacted the Tenant Safe Harbor Act (TSHA) at the...more

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