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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]
Foremost, low-income renters often lack the financial means to navigate the eviction process. For example, an Alabama Law study found that only 16.4% of Illinois households received any form of legal representation for their legal problems, with housing being the second most common legal issue for low-income households. [1]
The Office of the Colorado State Public Defender provides legal assistance to individuals charged with a crime in Colorado state court who are financially unable to retain private counsel. The office consists of 21 regional trial offices, a centralized appellate office that handles appeals from every jurisdiction, and a centralized state ...
“Nearly 1.5 million renters in California are at risk of eviction, struggling to put together next month’s rent as the cost of living continues to rise,” Bonta said in a statement.
In August, the Supreme Court struck down eviction protections for most of the U.S., meaning as many as 3.5 million households are at risk of losing their homes, CBS News reported. If you're one of...
Colorado has joined more than 30 other states in temporarily suspending evictions, preventing renters from being removed from their homes during the COVID-19 pandemic. Gov. Jared Polis issued an ...
The California code 1942.5 defines the legal aspects of its use and further goes on to prohibit Retaliatory eviction, for no less than 180 days, after a series of triggering events. [18] Some form of protection for tenants against retaliatory eviction is available in 42 State statutes and the District of Columbia laws.
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]