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Good cause is required for evicting a tenant in the Low Income Housing Tax Credit program, [4] although the definition of what constitutes a "good cause" has fluctuated over time [5] [6] and can be defined by state and local governments. [7]
Just cause eviction, also known as good cause eviction, describes laws that aim to provide tenants protection from unreasonable evictions, rent hikes, and non-renewal of lease agreements. These laws allow tenants to challenge evictions in court when they are not considered to be legitimate evictions. [ 13 ]
What is Good Cause Eviction? Tenants covered by Good Cause will be able to challenge rent hikes that are more than the Consumer Price Index + 5% (8.45% upstate as of May 2024) or 10%, whichever is ...
Good cause is a legal term denoting adequate or substantial grounds or reason to take a certain action, or to fail to take an action prescribed by law. What constitutes a good cause is usually determined on a case-by-case basis and is thus relative.
Landlords in Beacon will no longer be able to increase a tenant’s rent by more than 5% without court approval or remove them without cause.
Renter advocates have sought the new protections for five years through a state bill known as Good Cause Eviction, which would force many landlords to justify rent increases greater than 3% and ...
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 ...
Strengthens and makes permanent the system that protects tenants in buildings that owners seek to convert into co-ops or condos. Eliminates the option of "eviction plans" and institutes reforms for non-eviction plans. Requires 51 percent of tenants in residence to agree to purchase apartments before the conversion can be effective.