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Law of the Land
MA Appeals Court Reverses Enforcement of Lodging House Bylaw Where Appellant Had Received Prior Approval for a Comprehensive Permit With Greater Occupancy
This post was authored by Yann Camara, Touro University Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center Plaintiff, SLV Bridgewater PO, LLC (“SLV”), appealed from a Superior Court judgment upholding a cease and…
SDNY Blog
Judge Caproni: NY Law Targeting AI Rent Recommendations Likely Sweeps Too Broadly
In an opinion Tuesday, Judge Caproni preliminarily enjoined New York's Attorney General from enforcing a new law that bars landlords from setting rents based on recommendations from algorithmic pricing software,…
Nearly Legal: Housing Law News and Comment
Back with a Bano
By Z
R (on the application of Bano) v London Borough of Waltham Forest [2026] UKSC22 Bano has its origins in the acceptance of a housing duty on 23 February 2017, concluding…
Herold Gie News
VARSITY BLUES: IS YOUR STUDENT RES CONSIDERED YOUR “HOME” UNDER THE PREVENTION OF ILLEGAL EVICTION AND UNLAWFUL OCCUPATION OF LAND ACT
By HGAdmin
The concept of what would be considered a ‘home’ in its nature is complex to interpret, it has a wide meaning and to an extent creates injustices such as unlawful…
Indian Constitutional Law and Philosophy
The Limits of Socio-Economic Rights Enforcement: the Kenyan Court of Appeal’s Affordable Housing Act Judgment
Introduction The recent judgment of the Kenyan Court of Appeal upholding the Affordable Housing Act of 2024 presents us with an interesting case study on the limits of the judicial…
The Landlord Law Blog
Landlord Law Newsround #455
Another week and another Newsround, let’s see what has been in housing news this week. Calls to unfreeze Local Housing Allowance There are renewed calls to unfreeze LHA payments as…
Hawai'i Appleseed Blog
Five housing questions on Oʻahu’s November ballot—and why they matter
By Arjuna Heim
Once a decade, Honolulu residents get to decide what to change in the city charter—the document that creates the framework for how our local government operates. This November, Oʻahu voters…
The Landlord Law Blog
Landlord Law Newsround #454
Another week and another Landlord Law Newsround, let’s see what the team has found in the news this week. Government questioned over data integrity The government was questioned over how…
JURIST
Consumer groups urge state attorneys general to investigate Zillow, Compass and other real estate platforms over housing market practices
By Abigail Russell | U. Pittsburgh School Of Law, US
Nineteen consumer advocacy organizations sent a letter Wednesday to the National Association of Attorneys General, urging state attorneys general to investigate Zillow, Compass and other major real estate platforms over…
JURIST
US appeals court allows Trump administration to proceed with homelessness program overhaul
A US federal appeals court on Wednesday allowed the Trump administration to move forward for now with changes to a federal homelessness program, temporarily pausing a lower court ruling that…