Property Management News

In People vs. Commons West, LLC, the Cortland County New York Supreme Court ruled the New York Source of Income Antidiscrimination statute (“SOIA”) to be unconstitutional. The New York Human Rights Law (Executive Law article 15) was amended in April 2019 to make it an unlawful discriminatory practice to refuse to rent or lease housing accommodations to any person, or group of persons, based on their “lawful source of income “ As defined in the Human Rights Law, “lawful source of income” specifically includes “any form of federal, state, or local public assistance or housing assistance including … section 8 vouchers … whether or not such income or credit is paid or... Read more

The California Apartment Association urged the court to hear a major property-rights challenge to tenant protections in NYC The Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to hear a challenge to New York’s rent control and eviction laws, putting an end to a case that might have had dramatic implications for California cities’ own tenant protection measures. A group of New York landlords had sought to overturn the state’s Rent Stabilization Law, arguing that its price and eviction controls violated the Constitution’s “takings clause,” which protects against the government taking private property without just compensation. The California Apartment Association and the San Francisco Apartment... Read more