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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 that are not for "legitimate" reasons. [1] Generally, landlords oppose just-cause eviction laws due ...
There are a few "circumstantial reasons" why a landlord might want to evict a tenant, Cotton acknowledged. For instance, one of their family members might need to move in. (The bill includes a ...
Although the laws governing rent vary widely from state to state, the Eviction Lab's Garnham said that even without legal status, people have rights and can't be discriminated based on language or ...
The Biden administration issued a new eviction moratorium on August 3, 2021, intended to last until October 3. [b][7] It was applicable to counties with substantial or high transmission rates of COVID-19. On August 26, the Supreme Court struck down the moratorium. [c][8]
Other legitimate reasons for eviction include improper property use, such as illegal subletting or cannabis cultivation. [39] However, most renters are evicted for non-payment of rent. [39] In 2018, a DC eviction report found that 93% of eviction filings in DC were initiated for non-payment of rent. [40] [41]
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Two men with children, being evicted, stand with their possessions on the sidewalk, circa 1910, on the Lower East Side of New York City. 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 ...
The main Section 8 program involves the voucher program. A voucher may be either "project-based"—where its use is limited to a specific apartment complex (public housing agencies (PHAs) may reserve up to 20% of its vouchers as such [9])—or "tenant-based", where the tenant is free to choose a unit in the private sector, is not limited to specific complexes, and may reside anywhere in the ...