Real Estate & Property Law

More Stories On Tenants With Landlords Facing Foreclosure
The following is an assortment of stories on tenants and the problems arising when landlords find themselves financially overextended: Sioux City, Iowa: Tenants of many apartments owned by KJM Properties and Meyer Company are getting the boot from their foreclosed buildings in the coming weeks, but in the meantime they're just doing what they can to stay warm...

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...

Connecticut AG Fires Warning Shot At Lawyers, Lenders, Real Estate Agents Using Sleazy Tactics To Illegally Drive Tenants From Foreclosed Homes
In Hartford, Connecticut, the Hartford Courant reports:New state and federal laws passed last year are supposed to protect renters in foreclosed properties from getting tossed out with little or no notice...

Lenders Lax In Maintaining Foreclosed Properties As Tenants Struggle In Rotting Homes
In Boston, Massachusetts, The Boston Globe reports: Despite a year-old city ordinance designed to keep foreclosed properties from falling into disrepair, many lenders who have taken over properties are absentee landlords...

Foreclosure Rescue Operators Using New Tenant Protection Law, Bogus Sale Leaseback Arrangements To Gum Up Foreclosure Process
The Florida Asset Protection Blog reports:To better protect tenants victimized by foreclosures against their landlords Congress passed a law which required the non-occupant purchasers at foreclosure sales (such as banks) to honor existing leases on the foreclosed property provided that the lease was bona fide and the tenants were not in default...

NJ To Crack Down On Tactics Used To Illegally Intimidate Tenants Into Moving From Foreclosed Buildings
In Newark, New Jersey, The Jersey Journal reports: On the heels of recent stories in The Jersey Journal about tenants being forced out of buildings going through foreclosure, state officials announced [Tuesday] several steps they are taking to combat the illegal practice...

Dumb New York Laws
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Stupid Laws in the Lone Star State

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Stupid Laws of Other Countries

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

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

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.

Grubb & Ellis
alleging violations of fiduciary duties to shareholders and securities laws.