Topic
Eviction
252 published works
PropertyProf Blog
Williams on the Right to Housing in South Africa
Lucy Williams (Northeastern) has posted The Right to Housing in South Africa: An Evolving Jurisprudence (Columbia Human Rights Law Review) on SSRN. Here's the abstract:This Article focuses on recent South…
Fair Housing Defense
Retaliation Complaints and Eviction Actions: Here is How They Intersect
As professional apartment management team members, we MUST appropriately document the files of our residents. There just is no excuse not to get that part of fair housing compliance right…
PropertyProf Blog
Kreiczer-Levy on The Informal Property Rights of Children in the Home
Shelly Kreiczer-Levy (Academic Center of Law - Israel) has posted The Informal Property Rights of Boomerang Children in the Home (Maryland Law Review) on SSRN. Here's the abstract:Adult children living…
PropertyProf Blog
How Common is Eviction?
Harvard Magazine takes a look at the recent work of sociologist Matthew Desmond, who found shockingly high rates of forced moves in Milwaukee:Analyzing court records of formal evictions, he found…
California Trust, Estate & Probate Litigation
Can a Trustee Evict a Beneficiary or Co-Trustee From Trust Property?
In this video, I discuss the basics of whether a Trustee can evict a Trust beneficiary or a Co-Trustee from Trust real property. Albertson & Davidson, LLP has the experience…
New York City Real Estate Litigator
Proving proper non-military service investigations
By Howard Koh
Parkash v. Almonte, Bronx County Landlord Tenant Court Index No. 22722/2013 This case points out the danger to landlords that skimp on process service. Here, the danger is associated with Affidavits of Non-Military…
PropertyProf Blog
The Rights of a Tenant with no Lease
By propertyprof
Straight from the New York Times' real estate Q&A section:Q. My family has rented an unregulated full-floor apartment in a Brooklyn brownstone since early 2011. We renewed our lease in…
PropertyProf Blog
What Counts as a Partial Actual Eviction
By propertyprof
Joe Singer points us toward a New York case that erodes one of the common law's strongest protections for tenants:The New York Court of Appeals relaxed a traditional rule of…
Divorce: New York
Summary Proceedings Are Not Available to Evict Wife (Sister-in-Law of Owner)
By Neil Cahn
A wife's right to reside in what has been her marital residence for four years, and whose right to do so stemmed not merely from the home-owner's permission, but from…
PropertyProf Blog
The Effect of “Disorderly Behavior” Ordinances on Victims of Domestic Violence
By propertyprof
Sarah Goodyear looks at how municipal nuisance ordinances that target "disruptive" tenants can impact the victims of domestic violence:Imagine that you are being attacked by your abusive former boyfriend in…