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The Uniform Residential Landlord and Tenant Act, also known as URLTA, is a sample law governing residential landlord and tenant interactions, created in 1972 by the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws in the United States. Many states have adopted all or part of this Act. [1]
Texas law only allows cities to permit local rent control ordinances in certain cases. The city must determine that there is a housing emergency and a state of disaster must be declared.
The common law was harsh to tenants. Texas tenants leased their property "as is" under the common law doctrine of caveat emptor, Latin for "let the buyer beware." [30] The tenant was expected to carefully inspect the property before signing their lease. Afterwards, they were expected to continue paying rent even if the property became ...
Most landlords rely on a tenant screening company to produce a tenant screening report - to compile relevant credit, [1] public records and other information needed to adequately vet prospective tenants. Information gleaned from the application, tenant screening report, and the landlord's research is used to arrive at a decision based on the ...
Can tenants in Texas be evicted for having a gun? No. As long as state or federal laws do not prohibit guns on the landlord’s property, the landlord cannot stop a tenant from owning and carrying ...
[39]: 7 [40]: 1 [41]: 1 A 2019 study found that San Francisco's rent control laws reduced tenant displacement from rent controlled units in the short-term, but resulted in landlords removing 30% of the rent controlled units from the rental market (by conversion to condos or TICs) which led to a 15% citywide decrease in total rental units, and a ...
Tenancy Deposit Scheme (England and Wales) Telephone and Data Systems, a US company TDS Telecom, a subsidiary; Thompson Dorfman Sweatman, a law firm, Winnipeg, Canada;
Eviction in the United States refers to the pattern of tenant removal by landlords in the United States. [1] In an eviction process, landlords forcibly remove tenants from their place of residence and reclaim the property. [2] Landlords may decide to evict tenants who have failed to pay rent, violated lease terms, or possess an expired lease. [1]