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Federal lawmakers have introduced a bill to allow landlords to give tenants in federal subsidized housing 3-day eviction notice, according to reports. Landlords had been required to give 30 days’ notice to tenants in federally subsidized housing before evicting them for non-payment of rent, after COVID-19 protections had ended. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) had made the 30-day eviction rule permanent. It has served as a buffer to state laws in 20 states that allow landlords to evict tenants with three days’ notice or less, which include Missouri, New Jersey, California and Ohio. According to the New York Times, about 3.7 million families live in public... Read more
Thousands of Iowa’s renters could see less notice for evictions following an Iowa Supreme Court ruling. The decision ends a federal COVID-19-era requirement that...
Gov. Gavin Newsom issued an executive order Friday prohibiting landlords in Los Angeles County from evicting tenants who open their doors to wildfire victims. “At a...
A new law was recently signed by Governor Healey in Massachusetts that aims to protect tenants from the negative impact of eviction records. This law, part of the...
Los Angeles City Council members introduced a motion during a meeting Tuesday that would prevent landlords from raising rents or evicting people impacted by fires that...
More and more owners are filing for evictions in some Sun Belt cities as tenants increasingly struggle to pay rent. Evictions are up by more than 35% compared to pre-pandemic averages in half a dozen cities, most of which are in Sun Belt states, new data from Princeton University’s Eviction Lab shows. During the past 12 months, filings grew by 46% in Gainesville, Florida, compared to pre-Covid-19 years. The Eviction Lab also reported increases of 43%, 42% and 35% in Las Vegas, Houston and Phoenix, respectively. Rates are also high in Minneapolis-St. Paul and Columbus, Ohio, which registered 44% and 37% increases in eviction filings. Total eviction filing notices for the 34 cities... Read more
Peter Avitabile sat in his pickup truck outside his Rockland townhouse — a place he hadn’t set foot in for two years — fuming about the tenant who refused to...
When pandemic-era tenant protections expired, rents immediately soared, and eviction filings surged last year more than 50% over pre-pandemic levels in some U.S....
A landlord can terminate a Section 8 lease if there is just cause. A Section 8 lease is a contract between a landlord and a tenant who receives rental assistance...
Navigating the complex terrain of squatter rights is an essential task for landlords. Understanding what squatter rights are, why they exist, and how they can impact...
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