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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]
New Jersey was the first state to pass a just-cause eviction law in 1974. [1] Interest in these laws has grown in recent years with California passing a just-cause eviction law in 2019 [4] and Oregon passing a bill enumerating valid causes for evicting tenants the same year. [5] Washington passed a similar bill in 2021. [6]
In the United States, eviction procedures, landlord rights, and tenant protections vary by state and locality. [2] Historically, the United States has seen changes in domestic eviction rates during periods of major socio-political and economic turmoil—including the Great Depression, the 2008 Recession, and the COVID-19 pandemic.
Landlord–tenant law governs the rights and responsibilities of leasehold estates, like in an apartment complex. Landlord–tenant law is the field of law that deals with the rights and duties of landlords and tenants. In common law legal systems such as Irish law, landlord–tenant law includes elements of the common law of real property and ...
Two KC area tenant unions are on strike, withholding a combined $60,000 in rent over poor living conditions, while demanding rent caps, new ownership, and lease reforms.
Accordingly, the Act permits landlords to "establish the initial rental rate for a dwelling or unit" following voluntary departure by the prior tenants or following for cause evictions. [180] For cities then with vacancy control, this preemption started the process of "vacancy decontrol" which was phased-in over three years.
The ruling does not explicitly call for a rewrite of Kansas’ disorderly conduct law, but Brett said she expects it will also have to be changed. “The language of the statute is identical.
Not letting tenant peace on property via repeated attempts to enter a dwelling. Harassment about rent not paid, or not paid in full. Disconnecting water supply or electricity, without proper notice; Sexual harassment including "sex for rent" [7] Harassment with the intention to evict a tenant: "Retaliatory eviction" [8]