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The Renters Rights Bill – What’s new?

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The previous government put forward a huge agenda for leasehold reform. While they managed to pass the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024 before parliament was dissolved – which introduced a ban on new leasehold houses...more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

How Detailed Site Plans and Letters of Intent Can Streamline Your Lease Negotiations

As leases get more complicated and less standardized, and with properties rarely conforming from one to another, there are two documents that can hasten the successful negotiation process and achieve a document that can best...more

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Leasing Agreements in Quebec: True Lease or Financing Lease in the Context of an Insolvency?

One of the main advantages for a debtor to seek protection under the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act (CCAA) or the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act (BIA) is the stay of proceedings that prevents creditors faced with a...more

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Part 2/2: Missing Middle Tax Exemption Updates for 2025

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The Florida Housing Finance Corporation is preparing to begin processing applications for the Missing Middle Tax Exemption for the 2025 tax year. Some of the deadlines for processing exemption applications have changed. This...more

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Crédit-bail au Québec : Imposteur ou véritable contrat de location en cas d’insolvabilité?

L’un des principaux avantages pour un débiteur de se placer sous la protection de la Loi sur les arrangements avec les créanciers des compagnies (« LACC ») ou de la Loi sur la faillite et l’insolvabilité (« LFI ») consiste en...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

Landlords’ Takings Clause Victory; Rent Control Updates for Montgomery County and Prince George’s County; Condo Conversion...

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As summer 2024 winds down, the implementation of new rent control laws has attracted much attention. Providing some respite from the summer’s rent control heat is a recent win for the multifamily industry coming from the...more

Lerch, Early & Brewer

Rockville and Montgomery County Take Differing Approaches to Rent Stabilization

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The City of Rockville and Montgomery County are addressing affordable housing with differing approaches. Both jurisdictions took action on rent control this summer, with plans for future legislation or applicable regulations...more

Whitman Legal Solutions, LLC

Navigating Pet Fees, Rent, and Restrictions

Owners Survey, about 70% of U.S. households own pets, up from 67% in the 2019-20 survey. As pet ownership increases, apartment dwellers may face the challenges of finding pet-friendly housing. Apartment leases often come...more

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Renters' Rights Bill

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On 17 July 2024, the King announced a new Renters’ Rights Bill (“RRB”) to be introduced “to give greater rights and protections to people renting their homes...” The RRB has not yet been published however the background...more

Sands Anderson PC

Virginia Real Estate Law Updates for 2024

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Effective July 1, 2024, Virginia has implemented several significant changes to its real estate laws. In this year’s installment, tenants get a whole lot of protections (kind of), HOAs are put on a tighter leash, and brokers...more

Holland & Knight LLP

Little-Known Chicago Rental Ordinance Amendment Impacts Unsuspecting Foreclosing Lenders

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A foreclosing lender must offer existing Chicago tenants a new 12-month lease or pay them a substantial $10,600 relocation fee – and the tenant can decide which one to choose. This 2021 amendment to the Keep Chicago Renting...more

Whitman Legal Solutions, LLC

Rent Control’s Unintended Consequences

Our country continues to experience economic conditions triggered by a worldwide pandemic and subsequent inflation. These conditions have mostly been outside of anyone’s control. Yet, when government officials see their...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Navigating Break Clauses in Commercial Leases: How to Avoid Breaking Bad

Exercising break clauses in commercial leases can often prove to be a legal minefield for any tenant (and, in some cases, a landlord) seeking to do so. Strict adherence to any conditions and notice requirements for the...more

White and Williams LLP

Definitions Matter in Illinois: Tenant Held Liable Only for Damage to Apartment Unit

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In Phila. Indem. Ins. Co. v. Gonzalez, No. 1-23-0833, 2024 Ill. App. Unpub. LEXIS 1372, the Appellate Court of Illinois considered whether the terms of a lease agreement limited a tenant’s liability for fire damages, a fire...more

Hinckley Allen

Easing Use Restrictions Opens Up Opportunities in Retail for Landlords and Tenants

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Use restrictions—once rigidly dictated by anchor tenants—are undergoing significant transformations leading to new opportunities for retailers and landlords. Historically, retailers wielded considerable influence, often...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

National Rent Control, Prince George’s County Enacts New Rent Control, Montgomery County Poised to Adopt Regulations for Rent...

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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

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck

Biden Calls for Restrictions on Rent Increases

On July 16, President Biden called on Congress to enact legislation to temporarily cap annual residential rent increases. Under the proposal, rental property owners with over 50 residential units in their portfolio would not...more

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Maryland Rent Control, DC Lease Assignment Tax, and Increased Indemnity Deed of Trust Threshold

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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

Lasher Holzapfel Sperry & Ebberson PLLC

Changes to Commercial Guarantees in Seattle

Landlords that lease commercial property in Seattle need to be aware of major changes to the Municipal Code. Seattle recently enacted Ordinance 126982, which introduces significant regulations for commercial property lessors...more

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Proposed Rent Control Regulations Under Review by the Montgomery County Council

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On Friday, June 14, 2024, the Montgomery County Department of Housing and Community Affairs (DHCA) delivered proposed regulations to the Montgomery County Council (Council) for review and consideration. The proposed...more

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CA Security Deposit Limits Effective 7/1

Effective July 1, 2024, California residential landlords will generally only be able to charge security deposits equal to one month’s rent with some exceptions for smaller landlords. This is pursuant to Assembly Bill 12...more

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Mandatory Disclosure Rules for All New Jersey Sellers and Landlords of Residential, Commercial and Industrial Property

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Introduction - Flood risks in New Jersey are growing due to the effects of climate change. Coastal and inland areas may experience significant flooding now and in the near future, including in places that were not previously...more

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New Prince George's County Rent Control Legislation and Other Updates

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Our prior Alert discussed the Prince George’s County temporary extension of rent control, Montgomery County rent control updates and the much-anticipated rent control regulations, rental license fee increases, new housing...more

Hogan Lovells

Landlord Certificates under the Building Safety Act: ignore at your peril!

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The Upper Tribunal (Lands Chamber) has recently given its judgment in Lehner v Lant Street Management Company Limited, absolving a tenant from paying service charge due to defects in the service charge demand....more

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Part II: Landlord Unable to Evict Despite Tenant Defaults

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Varano v. PDJM Land Tr., LLC, 103 Mass. App. Ct. 1127 (2024) - We last wrote about Varano v. PDJM in our November 2022 issue of Law of the Land. In the first iteration of Varano, the Superior Court held that a commercial...more

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