Emphasizing that the COVID-19 pandemic remains a public health emergency that continues to have an economic impact on the city, Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan issued an Executive Order to extend orders from March that prohibit...more
Legislation requires rent payment plans, mortgage relief, and foreclosure and eviction moratoriums. Residential and many commercial landlords may not increase rent and must make rent payment plans available to eligible...more
LOCKOUTS- Can I be locked out of my home during the COVID-19 emergency? No. On March 19, 2020, New Jersey Governor Philip Murphy issued Executive Order 106, which immediately suspends evictions throughout the state....more
On April 24, 2020, the Montgomery County Council passed the COVID-19 Renter Relief Act (the Act), which prohibits landlords from increasing residential tenant rents above the County’s voluntary rent guidelines, currently 2.6...more
On April 7, 2020, the Council (the “Council”) of the District of Columbia unanimously passed the COVID-19 Response Supplemental Emergency Amendment Act of 2020 (the “COVID-19 Supplemental Act”). Because this is emergency...more
Section 365(f) of the Bankruptcy Code allows the assignment of leases and executory contracts notwithstanding any provision in the contract or the applicable law that “prohibits, restricts, or conditions the assignment….” So,...more