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The Fifth Amendment's Takings clause does not provide for the compensation of relocation expenses if the government takes a citizen's property. [1] Therefore, until 1962, citizens displaced by a federal project were guaranteed just compensation for the property taken by the government, but had no legal right or benefit for the expenses they paid to relocate.
Landlords may decide to evict tenants who have failed to pay rent, violated lease terms, or possess an expired lease. [1] Landlords may also choose not to renew a tenant's lease, however, this does not constitute an eviction. [2] In the United States, eviction procedures, landlord rights, and tenant protections vary by state and locality. [2]
By billing only the owner, they can place liens on real property if not paid (as opposed to tenants they may not know exist or who have little to lose if they move without paying). Utilities also generally prefer not to have water meters beyond their easement (i.e., the property boundary), since leaks to a service line would be before the meter ...
In some states, the tenant has the right to cancel the lease and move out if the defects are severe enough and the landlord has not made repairs in a reasonable amount of time. Tenants who want to cancel their leases should seek the counsel of an attorney or a governmental agency devoted to landlord tenant issues to ensure that the conditions ...
The property of subjects is under the eminent domain of the state, so that the state or he who acts for it may use and even alienate and destroy such property, not only in the case of extreme necessity, in which even private persons have a right over the property of others, but for ends of public utility, to which ends those who founded civil ...
The nonprofit alleges the tenant owes $4,618 in unpaid rent and was served with a 30-day notice to pay or vacate on May 1. ... The tenant did not appear for a court hearing on Friday, July 12, at ...
An amendment to the Ellis Act for San Francisco County was proposed in 2014 in the California State Legislature, SB1439. [17] If enacted, SB 1439 would have required property owners who have filed an Ellis eviction to wait five years before doing so with another building. [18] The measure did not pass. [19]
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]