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New Virginia Law Gives Tenants More Time and...

Tamiaka Bryant has rebuilt her life from scratch before. She doesn’t want to have to do it again.  Originally from North Carolina, Bryant saw her hometown of New Bern pummeled by Hurricane Florence in 2018. Flooding and heavy winds caused an estimated $100 million in commercial and residential damage, prompting the city to spend the next several years drafting a resilience and hazard mitigation plan.  But not long after the storm, Bryant realized she needed to leave.  “I just came up here with the car and a box of clothes,” she said. Bryant had completed a successful phone interview with the Country Club of Virginia, and Richmond has been her home ever since.  At one point, she... Read more

A new federal housing law is putting limits on some of the country’s largest buyers of single-family homes. But for the typical independent landlord, the story is...

Oregon multifamily owners who have considered converting their apartment communities to smoke-free housing under the new law may want to start planning now. Beginning...

If there is one fair housing topic that has generated a disproportionate amount of litigation, complaints, training questions, and frustration over the past decade, it...

A 1031 exchange allows investors to defer capital gains taxes by reinvesting sale proceeds into a new property of equal or greater value. Use this strategy to preserve...

Virginia Clean Slate Law Imposes New Restrictions...

Virginia’s new “Clean Slate” law, effective July 1, 2026, significantly expands the availability of criminal record sealing and introduces new compliance obligations for employers, housing providers, insurers, and background screening companies. Organizations that rely on criminal history information should review their policies, applications, and procedures now to ensure compliance and avoid potential penalties. What Is in the New Law While much of the Act addresses eligible offenses and the sealing process, two provisions may impact those who obtain and use criminal history information as part of background investigations for employment, school, housing, and insurance... Read more

Mayor Zohran Mamdani released the highly anticipated findings from his administration’s “Rental Ripoff” hearings on Thursday and laid out a list of ways that the...

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity (FHEO) issued an enforcement memorandum on May 22, 2026,...

After racking up almost 2,000 violations, two Bronx landlords have been ordered to pay tens of millions of dollars in penalties over the conditions of their...

The city of Los Angeles will begin tracking how large corporate buyers impact the housing market by studying ownership of rental properties.  The Los Angeles Housing...