Topic
Eviction
252 published works
Legal Secrets
Illegal Evictions and Other Landlord No No’s (Criminal and Civil Liability) (CCP §789.3)
It's been a while, but today I heard of a renegade landlord doing self help, so here is my warning to landlords who are fed up with their tenant. Stop,…
Wills, Trusts & Estates Prof Blog
Undesirable Residents Being Forced Out Of Care Facilities Through Eviction
Long-term care facilities are in the business of taking in people that require high levels of assistance and providing them with a stable environment for their final years. However, not…
Georgia Bankruptcy Law Network
Will Bankruptcy Stop A Dispossessory Or Eviction?
By Scott Riddle
Most of the discussion in this Blog, and most other Bankruptcy websites, involve the primary benefit and goal of Bankruptcy - the discharge of debt. Many other posts are dedicated…
Land Use Prof Blog
Can being an Airbnb host get you kicked out of a rent-controlled apartment? Yep.
A California appellate court ruled today that a rent-controlled tenant engaging in Airbnb short-term rentals violated terms of a lease that required compliance with all laws, and thus the tenant…
PropertyProf Blog
Dickinson on the One-Strike Rule in Housing Evictions
Gerald Dickinson (Pitt) has posted Towards a New Eviction Jurisprudence (Georgetown Journal on Poverty Law Policy) on SSRN. Here's the abstract:The One-Strike Rule, contemplated in a model lease provision, has…
International Law Prof Blog
Nigeria Urged to Stop Large-Scale Evictions
A United Nations human rights expert has called on the Nigerian Government to immediately end unlawful large-scale evictions that are threatening tens of thousands of people with homelessness even as…
Nebraska Debt & Bankruptcy Blog
Will Filing Bankruptcy Stop an Eviction in Nebraska?
By Sam Turco
Clinical Law Prof Blog
Lowdown
Every time my students and I show up for our regular Thursday Students in Court day in the middle of Michigan in a tiny city known as Mason, we get…
In Solvency
Commercial Landlord Dispute – Dismissal for Cause and the Interplay of Sections 349 and 1112
Not uncommonly, the timing of a commercial tenant’s bankruptcy filing will correspond with a landlord seeking to evict the tenant or institute foreclosure proceedings. What is the effect of a…
Legislation Law Prof Blog
Nuisance Ordinances and the Progress in Illinois
On June 23, 2012, Lakisha Briggs was again cornered by her abusive ex-boyfriend in fear for her safety, and the safety of her three-year-old daughter. Unlike previous occasions Lakisha was faced…