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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]
Eviction rates are rising across the nation, with filings up more than 50% than the pre-pandemic average in some cities, according to the Eviction Lab. At the same time, rents are soaring. Real ...
Elo-Rivera introduced the Residential Tenant Protections ordinance in late 2022, which increased tenants rights. The ordinance which passed in the City Council by a vote of 8–1 in April 2023 banned no-fault evictions with some exceptions. Evictions for renovations of units would require permits to be posted on the premises.
The rental crisis was already worrying before the pandemic: Roughly 7.6 million Americans faced eviction each year from 2007 to 2016, according to a recent report from The Eviction Lab and U.S ...
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In September 2016, Kim authored the Evictions Protections 2.0 bill to protect tenants from "no fault" evictions, which had seen an uptick. [77] This rise in "no fault" evictions coincided with a spike in market rent, causing landlords to evict tenants in rent controlled units in order to rent spaces at the higher market rate. 83% [ 77 ] of the ...
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California’s Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a law Saturday to bolster eviction protections for renters and close a loophole in an existing law that has allowed ...
Eviction Lab is a New York-based lab that publishes and maintains the only dataset of evictions in America, plus an interactive map that covers the years 2000 to 2018. Its mission revolves around the idea that stable, affordable housing is essential for achieving economic mobility and overcoming poverty in the United States.