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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
Seyfarth Synopsis: Montgomery County has enacted a comprehensive rent stabilization law that will limit annual rent increases for rental housing in the County to three percent plus CPI, with a maximum limit of 6%. The law...more
On March 1, 2023, Orange County, Florida's Ordinance No. 2023-06 went into effect. The ordinance creates the new Office of Tenant Services and requires landlords to comply with new rules regarding notice requirements for rent...more
A countywide eviction moratorium is also extended until March 31, 2023. The Los Angeles City Council recently passed a package of ordinances aimed at providing residential tenants in Los Angeles (the City) with permanent...more
Denver’s new ordinance regulating the licensing of residential rentals became effective Jan. 1, 2023, and provides that it is unlawful for any person to offer, provide, or operate a residential rental property consisting of...more
Landlords in Miami-Dade County must now provide certain residential tenants with at least 60 days’ written notice before terminating a tenancy or imposing a rent increase of 5 percent or more....more
Pittsburgh City Council voted to enact a program that will require registration, fees and inspections for all residential rentals within City limits, starting in May. This same program was proposed and put to vote years ago,...more
As a landlord, it is important to know that victims of domestic violence have special housing protections. As a victim, it is important to know which protections pertain to you....more
Last week, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court issued a decision that affirms the Commonwealth Court’s ruling that the City of Pittsburgh cannot require landlords in the city to participate in the federal Section 8 voucher...more
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors continues to pursue options for COVID-19 tenant protections, in anticipation of the September 30, 2021 expiration of State protections of residential tenants from eviction for...more
A three-judge panel for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Aug. 25, 2021, upheld the City of Los Angeles' current residential eviction moratorium – first enacted by the City Council in 2020 as an emergency...more
A recent California Appellate Court decision provided tenants with additional protections when it clarified that local rent control laws applied to a single-family home in which the landlord rented rooms in the home to...more
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, state, local and federal governments have swiftly enacted eviction moratoria aimed at protecting both residential and commercial tenants. While the specifics vary from jurisdiction to...more
Updated as of March 30, 2020 at 10:00 a.m. On Friday, March 27th, after an all-day videoconference-meeting, the Los Angeles City Council passed an ordinance further detailing the moratoriums on residential and commercial...more
As a follow-up to our e-blast yesterday, Orange County announced that it too will not enforce evictions during the Coronavirus Disease 19 (COVID-19) emergency. It is unclear at this time if the bar on serving writs of...more
So you’re a landlord who has a tenant who has not paid rent. You send them a timely notice of termination of the lease and a notice of eviction. The next logical step is to file suit at the magisterial judge level seeking...more
On November 14, 2019, the Philadelphia City Council passed Philadelphia Code Chapter 9-808, “Legal Representation in Landlord Tenant Court.” This new law aims to curb evictions by implementing a right to counsel for covered...more
Applicability of California’s Rent Control Laws: California Civil Code Sections 1946.2 and 1947.12 took effect on January 1, 2020, and implement statewide rent control in California for most residential properties. The rent...more
Effective January 20, 2020, eviction controls under the San Francisco Rent Stabilization and Arbitration Ordinance (Administrative Code Chapter 37) (the “Rent Ordinance”) apply to any residential units constructed after June...more
Effective September 1, 2019, the Des Moines City Council enacted an ordinance making it illegal for landlords to deny tenant-applicants based on the applicant’s utilization of governmental assistance or otherwise based upon...more
As part of his last legislative act of 2019, Governor Newsom signed 18 housing-related bills into law in an attempt to alleviate California’s housing crisis. This package included Senate Bill (“SB”) 329, which prohibits...more
Recently, Philadelphia’s Mayor signed into law Bill No. 180936-A (the “Ordinance”) which amends the city’s Lead Disclosure & Certification Law to require residential landlords to test and certify lead safety every 4 years for...more
Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law the Tenant Protection Act of 2019, AB 1482, (now California Civil Code Section 1946.2 and 1947.12), on October 8, 2019, joining only Oregon in enacting a statewide rent control law....more
Vacasa is the First STR Platform to Directly Connect to Google Hotels - ("Google Signals Its Vacation Rental Ambitions With Vacasa Direct-Connect," Skift Travel News on Sep 5, 2019) Big news from our friends at Vacasa...more
On August 13, 2019, the Sacramento City Council voted to adopt by a 7-1 margin a rent control and tenant protection measure known as the Sacramento Tenant Protection Act (the “Act”). Citing increasing rent statistics, an...more