Topic
Student Housing
26 published works
The Landlord Law Blog
Student lets and Ground 4A: is signing early worth the risk?
On 12 October, I wrote a post about student lets and ground 4A. In that post, I suggested using holding deposits where landlords want to reserve the right to use…
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…
Property Legal Insider
Government publishes new National Student Accommodation Strategy
By David Fitzgerald, Aoife Smyth
The Irish Government has published its National Student Accommodation Strategy 2026–2035 (the Strategy), setting out a decade-long roadmap to deliver approximately 42,000 additional student beds through a combination of purpose-built…
Property Legal Insider
New rent control rules: insights from ALG’s Audio Lab
By Aoife Smyth
We are pleased to share with you our Audio Lab series examining the new residential residential rent control regime which took effect on 1 March. In these podcasts we examine…
Nonprofit Law Prof Blog
Catalbasoglu: Why Is University Housing Tax-Exempt
Hacibey Catalbasoglu has published Why Is University Housing Tax-Exempt?, 99 New York University Law Review 1721 (2024). Here is the abstract:In this Note, I challenge three dominant theories behind property…
Administrative and Regulatory
California Supreme Court Reverses First District Court of Appeal’s Decision in UC Berkeley People’s Park Student Housing Case
By Breana M. Inoshita, Kathryn L. Oehlschlager
The California Supreme Court, on June 6, 2024, reversed the First District Court of Appeal’s decision regarding UC Berkeley’s Long Range Development Plan (LRDP) EIR. The Supreme Court’s unanimous decision…
Property Legal Insider
Legislation limiting student accommodation leases to the academic year ready to be signed by President
By Aoife Smyth
A short update to confirm that the legislation referred to in our last post, which limits the letting / licensing of student-specific accommodation to the academic year, passed all remaining…
Property Legal Insider
Bill published to limit student accommodation leases to the academic term
By Aoife Smyth
The Irish Government has this morning published the Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No.2) Bill 2024 (the Bill), which is the draft legislation intended to limit leases and licences of student-specific accommodation…
Property Legal Insider
Government moves to confine student leases to the academic year
By Aoife Smyth
In a development of interest to those owning and managing student accommodation, the Irish Government has recently announced its intention to introduce legislative changes aimed at "protecting" students from year-long…
Tucker Arensberg Blog
SCHOOL DISTRICT MUST PROVE STUDENT IS NOT A RESIDENT
David J. Mongillo, Esq., dmongillo@tuckerlaw.com, (412) 594-5598 G.W. v. Avonworth Sch. Dist., 297 A.3d 28 (Pa. Commw. Ct. June 2, 2023). The Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court confirmed, among other evidentiary issues,…