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Rent control continues to be headline news, with local legislation being enacted and national legislation being proposed. The rent control law in Prince George’s County was enacted yesterday and it appears that the rent...more
Rent control laws continue to evolve in Montgomery and Prince George’s Counties. The rent control law enacted last year in Montgomery County will become effective once regulations are adopted. Our recent Alert discussed these...more
There have been a number of new regulatory developments since our prior Alert, including updates on Prince George’s County rent control, Montgomery County tenant protections, Montgomery County Right of First Refusal (ROFR)...more
Our recent Alert focused on the D.C. Housing in Downtown program, the Montgomery County Right of First Refusal legislation, rent control in Montgomery and Prince George’s Counties, the SCOTUS rent control challenge denial,...more
Our recent Alert included details and updates on new Montgomery County rent control regulations, an expanded right of first refusal (ROFR) process, and our related advocacy efforts....more
Happy Holidays to all. We are still hopeful that Santa brings everyone some relief from rent control and other multifamily restrictions (we heard that the new BEPS Regulations preclude Santa from leaving coal for legislators...more
As a follow-up to our recent alert, here are some updates on regional and national legislative activity impacting real estate...more
The Howard County, Maryland, Council passed Bill 13-2020—the Affordable Housing Retention Act—last week. This legislation provides the County and the Howard County Housing Commission with the right to purchase rental housing...more
San Francisco’s Community Opportunity to Purchase Act (COPA) became effective earlier this month but the Mayor’s Office of Housing and Community Development (MOHCD) has clarified that sellers of multi-family residential...more
Effective June 2, 2019, San Francisco has enacted the “Community Opportunity to Purchase Act” or COPA (codified as San Francisco Administrative Code, Section 41.B.1 through Section 41.B.14). Recognizing the housing crisis...more
Owners of multifamily residential properties in San Francisco will soon have to extend purchase offers to certain nonprofit organizations, before making or soliciting offers to sell those properties to anyone else—and will...more
Following the consultation in summer 2017 on ground rents and leasehold houses the government has published its response with the following headline proposals...more