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Sullivan & Worcester

Housing Bill Becomes Law, But It’s Not Just About Housing

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On Tuesday, August 6th, Governor Healey signed into law House Bill 4977, “An Act relative to the Affordable Homes Act.” The 181-page Bill provides for $5.1 billion in capital funding to support housing production and...more

Cozen O'Connor

Cozen Currents: Is Harris the Answer?

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The Cozen Lens - While it’s becoming ever clearer Vice President Harris is likely to be the Democratic nominee following President Biden’s decision to step aside, it’s less clear what the impact will be on the presidential...more

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Florida’s New Statutory Home Warranty: What Home Builders Need to Know

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Florida Governor Ron DeSantis recently signed H.B. 623 into law on April 15, 2024, creating a new section 553.837, Florida Statutes, which will require builders to provide a one-year warranty for all newly constructed homes. ...more

Shutts & Bowen LLP

Florida Senate and House Approve Amendment to Live Local Act

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In 2023, the State of Florida adopted the Live Local Act (the “Act”), which seeks to incentivize the development of affordable housing by the private sector primarily by preempting local zoning laws and providing tax...more

Kohrman Jackson & Krantz LLP

“Residents First” Proposal Introduced to Cleveland City Council

This month, a proposal dubbed the “Residents First Legislative Package” (the “Proposal”) was introduced to Cleveland City Council. The Proposal is aimed at combatting vacant and dilapidated buildings in the City of Cleveland...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

Public Finance Tennessee Legislative Update from the First Session of the 113th General Assembly

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In the First Session of the 113th General Assembly, Tennessee legislators sponsored numerous bills that impacted local governments in some measure. Due to this uptick in legislative activity, the Bass, Berry & Sims Public...more

Hogan Lovells

Actualités Législatives et Réglementaires – Avril 2023

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Le bureau Parisien de Hogan Lovells a le plaisir de vous adresser sa lettre d'information mensuelle qui vous présente les Actualités législatives et réglementaires du mois d’avril 2023. Ces Actualités législatives et...more

Winthrop & Weinstine, P.A.

New Draft Legislation in Minnesota to Impact Multifamily Housing Sector

The Minnesota Legislature has been very busy this session, with an especially heightened amount of activity relating to housing; numerous bills have been introduced that would have a major impact on both market-rate and...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Real Estate Update Q1/2023: Neuerungen im Immobilienwirtschaftsrecht

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Das neue Jahr 2023 bringt einige wichtige Gesetzesänderungen für die Immobilienbranche mit sich, die Ihre Aufmerksamkeit verlangen. In unserem Real Estate Update werfen wir einen Blick auf ausgewählte Gesetzesänderungen, die...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

COVID-19 Update: Draft Legislation Sparks HOPE of a New Commercial Real Estate Preferred Equity Facility by the Department of...

U.S. Rep. Van Taylor (R-TX) has circulated a draft bill that would require the Department of the Treasury (the “Treasury”) to establish and administer a facility to guarantee certain preferred equity investments in commercial...more

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General Assembly Approves Legislation Allowing All Counties Except Cook County to Waive Interest Penalties for Late Property Tax...

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Last week, the General Assembly adopted legislation that attempts to clarify the power of county boards to waive all or a portion of the interest penalty of 1.5% per month that is normally applied to late property tax...more

Pullman & Comley, LLC

2020 Environmental Legislative Update No. 2: “Be Careful What You Wish For” - The End of the Transfer Act?

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Two major environmental bills have come forward on the Senate side. One, proposing changes to the Transfer Act, is largely what might have been expected from the working group created by PA 19-175 to study further...more

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2020 Environmental Legislative Update No. 1, "Stream of Consciousness" Edition

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Welcome back to the Environmental Legislative Updates for the 2020 Connecticut General Assembly’s “short session.” Since all is well with the Rule of Law in general, let’s see what new Rules and Laws our legislators have in...more

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Cooperative and Condominium Tax Abatement Safe from Prevailing Wage Requirement

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Coops and condos will not need to pay their service employees prevailing wages to keep their units eligible for the Cooperative and Condominium Tax Abatement (the abatement). The abatement reduces property taxes between 17.5...more

Hogan Lovells

Coming soon: New electrical safety standards for PRS landlords

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New draft Electrical Safety Regulations have been laid before Parliament but what do they mean for landlords in the private rented sector? When and where will they apply?...more

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Interim Code rights – the Telecommunications Infrastructure (Leasehold Property) Bill

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What are interim Code rights? Operators have been having issues in relation to non-responsive owners of multi-let buildings where the Operator’s customer occupies part of the building as a tenant. This means that there is...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

Congress Agrees to Extend NFIP Through September 2020

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As part of legislation to fund various federal government agencies after December 20, 2019, the House of Representatives and Senate agreed to extend the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) until September 30, 2020....more

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Local Land Use On Location

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Montgomery County, Maryland - Montgomery County has launched Thrive Montgomery 2050, an initiative to update the County’s General Plan for the first time since the 1960s. The County Planning Board seeks public input to...more

Hogan Lovells

Sustainability – where are we now?

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What are the main sustainability issues currently affecting the real estate industry?  And what are the practical implications – will they cause a change in behaviour? Recent months have seen schoolchildren going on...more

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2019 Connecticut Environmental Legislative Update, “Beaujolais Nouveau” Edition

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Welcome to our Environmental Legislative Updates. Throughout Connecticut’s legislative session, these updates highlight developments concerning environmental law and policy. ...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Newsletter of the Real Property Section of the Mississippi Bar - Mississippi Bar Association

LEGISLATION - The following bills affecting real property are still alive in the Mississippi legislature following the March 5 deadline for committees to report general bills originating in the other house: HB...more

Carlton Fields

Florida Legislature Passes Sweeping Assignment of Benefits Legislation

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Significant changes appear to be in the pipeline for Florida property insurers after the Florida legislature passed sweeping assignment of benefits (AOB) reform legislation last week....more

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Uniform Law Commission Proposed New Drone Legislation

New model legislation introduced by the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws (Uniform Law Commission) seeks to give property owners the right to the airspace above their property from 200 feet and below....more

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In California, Proposed Legislation To Increase Insureds’ Recoveries From Their Insurance Policies

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After devastating wildfires, California legislators proposed greater wildfire insurance protection, drafting a set of bills. The most important proposed changes are as follows...more

Butler Weihmuller Katz Craig LLP

AOB Reform Bill Passes Florida House, Senate Future Uncertain

On January 12, 2018, the Florida House of Representatives passed a bill (HB 7015) that would dramatically affect the way contractors and their lawyers use assignments of benefits (“AOBs”) in first-party property insurance...more

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