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FORMER convicts deserve a second chance, and have too often been unfairly stigmatized and denied opportunity. But Seattle’s new Fair Chance Housing Ordinance takes the wrong tack. By forcing landlords to accept tenants regardless of a criminal past, the city simply barters one injustice for another. Several mom-and-pop landlords, represented by Pacific Legal Foundation, have responded by challenging the ordinance as a violation of their property rights. The Fair Chance Housing Ordinance enacted last year makes former convicts akin to a protected class. Landlords are forbidden from requesting an applicant’s criminal history, nor can they deny someone tenancy because of a criminal... Read more
Any Angeleno who’s hopped online lately looking to rent a new apartment knows that the Southern California housing market is tight. There’s not a lot of inventory,...
A Craigslist ad offers a two-bedroom rental house with a “fireplace and a bar for entertaining” in a “quiet safe neighborhood” in Minneapolis. But the ad says...
It’s abundantly clear that in today’s economy, the ability to attract and mobilize highly educated people—so-called human capital—is the key factor in the the...
If you are looking to rent your home or investment property, then you are likely already looking to summer. Summer is typically the hottest season for seasonal and...
California voters this year will likely decide whether cities across the state should have more power to enact stronger rent control. Rent control proponents behind a proposed November ballot initiative that would allow cities and counties to pass strong rent control laws say they now have enough signatures to qualify the measure. “People understand that rents are out of control, that’s why I think you’re seeing this initiative move forward,” said Damien Goodmon, director of the AIDS Healthcare Foundation’s “Housing is a Human Right” campaign. Funded primarily by the foundation and backed by labor and tenants’ rights groups across... Read more
Key takeaways: The national average rent was $1,377 in April 2018, having increased by 3.2 percent year over year, and by 0.3 percent ($4) month over month, according...
The Tenant Opportunity to Purchase Act, better known as TOPA, was enacted more than 30 years ago by the D.C. Council. It was designed to protect renters from being...
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Newark is planning to follow New York’s lead and provide free legal services for low-income and vulnerable tenants facing...
How To Prevent Subletting Nightmares With the growth of short-term rental platforms, such as Airbnb, savvy renters are starting to sublet their rooms and apartments on...
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