Topic
Rent Control
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Washington Adopts Statewide Rent Control: What Landlords Should Know
By Emily Kelly, Kelly Rutledge
On May 7, 2025, Washington became the third state to enact statewide rent control, joining Oregon and California. House Bill 1217, effective immediately, limits annual rent increases, extends notice requirements, and…
Property Legal Insider
Government to consider potential alternatives to rent pressure zones
By Aoife Smyth
The Irish press has reported this week that Taoiseach and head of the incoming government, Micheál Martin, has indicated that rent pressure zones (RPZs) may be phased out when their…
Solum Space Law Blog
Staying Protected from Rent Increases and Price Gouging During California’s Wildfires
By Matt Kohanbash Esq. California is once again in the midst of devastating wildfires—this time centered around Pacific Palisades and the Eaton Fire near Altadena. In response, state and local…
inversecondemnation.com
SCOTUS Declines To Review NYC Rent Control Challenge
Here's the latest in a case we've been following. This morning, in this Order, the Supreme Court denied cert in two cases which seemed to have a good chance at a…
Property Legal Insider
The Planning and Development Act 2024
By Rachel Kemp, Alison Fanagan, Niamh Collins
The Planning and Development Act 2024 (the Act) was passed by the Dáil on 9 October 2024 and signed into law by the President on 17 October 2024. It replaces…
The Right Coast
Argentina Scrapped Its Rent Controls. Now the Market Is Thriving. – WSJ
BUENOS AIRES For years, Argentina imposed one of the world s strictest rent-control laws. It was meant to keep homes such as the stately belle epoque apartments of Buenos Aires…
Whitman Legal Solutions Blog
Rent Control’s Unintended Consequences
One Tuesday morning, my teenage son sent me a text containing a photo of a broken violin tailpiece. The tailpiece holds the strings on one end (the pegs hold the…
A Lawyer's Blog
LANDLORD TENANT LAW: STANDARD FOR COMMON LAW FRAUD RE: RENT STABILIZATION
1532-1609 OCEAN AVE LLC v. HERTZAN, 2024 NY Slip Op 24180 - NY: City Court, Civil Court 2024:This is a nonpayment proceeding commenced against Dena Hertzan ("respondent") on the basis…
Adam Leitman Bailey's Blog
Recently Passed Real Estate Nightmare Legislation
A review of some of the most noteworthy landlord-tenant related legislation of 2023 and early 2024 involving criminal background checks, stopping short-term tenancies, flood histories and rent regulation. While readers…
inversecondemnation.com
We Heard You, Justice Thomas: NY Property Owners File New Takings Cert Petition Challenging Rent Control
As we noted here ("SCOTUS Denies Review To Remaining Rent Control Takings Petitions: "Important and pressing question" (Just Not In This Case)"), a small silver lining in the Court declining…