Real Estate & Property Law

New Minnesota Laws Offer Protection For Tenants In Foreclosed Homes
In Minneapolis, Minnesota, Minnesota Public Radio reports: [T]housands of renters in Minnesota are living in foreclosed properties and the state has already tried to ease the burden on them by passing a set of laws designed to protect renters' rights...

New Housing Law Protects Tenants Nationwide Against Being Blindsided By Surprise Foreclosure Evictions
The Associated Press reports:Buried in a housing law signed this week by President Barack Obama are protections that will help thousands of renters stay in their homes ? at least for awhile ? after their landlord has been foreclosed on...

It is illegal to evict any tenant in New Jersey just because the landlord owns a dwelling with a mortgage that is being foreclosed
After receiving complaints from tenants who received letters telling them that they had to vacate foreclosed premises, New Jersey Public Advocate Ronald Chen wrote to three real estate agencies and their attorneys in December 2008 to inform them that it is illegal to evict any tenant in New Jersey just because the landlord owns a [...

Wamu Temporarily Blocked From Booting Tenants In 17 Duplexes As Foreclosed Landlord Files 11th Hour Bankruptcy

Sheriff Tom Dart: The Right Idea, The Wrong Solution. Protecting Tenants Whose Landlord Has Been Foreclosed
I’ve written before about how the foreclosure crisis has impacted tenants in Connecticut. The situation is sickening. I represented a 100 year old woman who lived alone in an apartment for close to 20 years and always paid her rent on time...

Tenants In Foreclosed Boarding House To Fight Off Eviction; Say New Law Prohibits Landlord From Giving Them The Boot
In Hyannis, Massachusetts, the Cape Cod Times reports:A group of tenants who received eviction notices last week at a local lodging house may be among the state's first to find protection under a federal foreclosure law signed this spring by President Barack Obama...

Dumb New York Laws
Stupid Laws in the Empire State

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Stupid Laws in the Lone Star State

Dumb California Laws
Stupid Laws in the Sunshine State

Dumb Foreign Laws
Stupid Laws of Other Countries

Landlord Entry Right and Tenant Privacy
When can a landlord enter a rented dwelling

Fair Housing Act
Prevent discrimination by landlords

Rent Controlled Apartments
Landlord to pay $10 million settlement after forcing out low income tenants and then selling the buildings for a profit.

Racketeering Class Action Filed on Behalf of Foreclosed New York State Homeowners
Racketeering Class Action Filed on Behalf of Foreclosed New York State Homeowners

California Labor Laws
alleged violations of California labor laws such as overtime pay, discrimination and harassment.

US Army Corps of Engineers
Class action dismissed for allegedly failing to protect New Orleans from the levee breach.

Racist Voicemail
Stamford Board of Education pays student $37,500 settlement after failing to protect her from racial discrimination.

$5.5 MIllion Settlement
Landlord loses Class Action