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A 1971 law took away New York City's ability to regulate rents and gave the power to the state government. [ 25 ] The Omnibus Housing Act of 1983 transferred the responsibilities for rent regulation in New York City from the New York City Conciliation and Appeals Board (CAB) to the New York State Division of Housing and Community Renewal (DHCR ...
On July 15, 2019, an assortment of landlords and landlord groups initiated a legal challenge to the law in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York. [21] In a 125-page complaint , [ 21 ] the plaintiffs claimed that the Rent Stabilization Law – as modified by the HSTPA – violated their rights under Due Process Clause of ...
The new law does not apply to buildings built within the prior 15 years, or to single-family homes (unless owned by corporations or institutional investors). [51] It also includes a requirement to show "just cause" for evictions, and retains "vacancy decontrol", meaning that rents can increase to market rate between tenants. [51]
In property law, the American rule of possession states that a landlord is obligated only to deliver legal possession, but not actual possession, of a leased premises to a tenant. Thus, if a tenant arrives at a leased premises only to discover that it is still inhabited by a previous tenant who is holding over, or by squatters, it is the tenant ...
A Border Patrol agent walks along a border wall separating Tijuana, Mexico, from San Diego. The number of migrants attempting to enter the U.S. is expected to continue to increase this month.
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In 2019 Oregon's legislature passed a bill which made the state the first in the nation to adopt a state-wide rent control policy. This new law limits annual rent increases to inflation plus 7 percent, includes vacancy decontrol (market rate between tenancies), exempts new construction for 15 years, and keeps the current state ban on local rent ...
The tenant has kept three parrots — Layla, Ginger, and Curtis — ‘to ameliorate the effects of anxiety and depression,’ according to court filings A New York landlord tried to evict a ...