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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 have blazed across the area for a week. The motion by Council members Eunisses Hernandez and Hugo Soto-Martínez would restrict rent hikes for one year. The proposal could help counteract a spate of illegal rent hikes that have surfaced despite an anti-price-gouging law that passed in 2018. An estimated 12,000 structures have burned since the Palisades and Eaton fires — along with some smaller counterparts — broke out a week ago. Most of them are single-family homes, and their loss will unleash a wave of new renters onto... Read more
As devastating wildfires displace thousands in Los Angeles County, Governor Newsom has declared a state of emergency. In the wake of this crisis, California’s...
We’ve all done it before: we’ve found an item in a store, brought it to the register, and asked customer service to hold it so no one else can snag it while we shop....
Effective January 1, 2025, NYC implemented the Fair Chance Housing Law, which requires a bifurcated screening process for applicants when the landlord wants to conduct a...
By Nate Bernstein, Esq., Managing Counsel, LA Real Estate Law Group Disputes involving real estate title can be complex and can involve multiple parties. Title claims...
The New York City Council passed the FARE Act, shifting broker fees from renters to landlords. The law is expected to cut upfront moving costs on units that have fees by 41.8%, StreetEasy found. Average initial lease fees could drop from just shy of $13,000 to about $7,500. New Yorkers looking for a new apartment might save more than 40% at their next lease signing. The New York City Council passed a law in November — the Fairness in Apartment Rental Expenses (FARE) Act — shifting the burden of real estate broker fees from renters to landlords. The new legislation will go into effect in June 2025. For decades, it’s been typical for New York landlords to hire brokers who... Read more
A group of Jersey City tenants living in rent controlled apartments claim their landlord’s employees placed rancid smelling fish in a vacant unit earlier this year as...
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...
The U.S. Department of Justice has sued the owners and managers of an apartment complex for discriminating against Black tenants over felony and criminal history...
Lease violation notices are a necessary part of being a landlord. They are a way to communicate to your tenants that they have violated their lease agreement and to give...
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