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New Jersey passed the Anti-Eviction Act of 1974, becoming the first state to enact a just cause eviction law. [1] California passed the Tenant Protection Act of 2019 to remedy the state's housing shortage, leading to renewed interest in utilizing just cause eviction laws to counteract the national housing crisis. [8]
Under this proposal, landlords would be required to have a "good cause" to remove a tenant, such as non-payment or violating the lease. Good cause eviction vote stalled as City Council debates ...
Eviction, displacement, and forms of housing inequality are worsened by and related to the shortage and affordability crisis, but also have causes of their own and require distinct solutions. [26] [27] [additional citation(s) needed] Some states and cities have begun passing just cause eviction laws to protect tenants from eviction. [28]
Eviction is the removal of a tenant from rental property by the landlord. In some jurisdictions it may also involve the removal of persons from premises that were foreclosed by a mortgagee (often, the prior owners who defaulted on a mortgage).
After he complained again, he received an eviction notice. "People are really suffering, and they do need protections," Manning said. "And I think something like this could really help them."
Plus: Voters in Massachusetts reject state-mandated upzonings, Florida localities rebel against a surprisingly effective YIMBY reform, and lawsuits target missing middle housing in Virginia.
The one major proposal which did not pass was a "good cause" eviction bill, which would have made it far more difficult for landlords to evict tenants from their apartments in the absence of misdeeds by the tenants. [8] [14] The HSTPA rent regulation laws did not expel all exit paths for buildings to remove themselves from regulation though.
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