Seattle Landlord Wins Appeal Over City Regulations
A Seattle affordable-housing operator can proceed with a lawsuit alleging that city rental regulations caused severe financial losses, following an Oct. 26 ruling by the Washington Court of Appeals.
The court reversed the dismissal of...
HUD DEI Agreement Requires Changes To Multnomah County Housing Assistance Screening
Multnomah County and its Homeless Services Department have agreed to change how applicants are prioritized for housing assistance following a federal civil rights investigation, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development announced Oct....
Eviction Filings Increase In Southwest Oregon
Experts say eviction filings are almost twice as high as before the pandemic, driven by rising costs and stagnant wages.
Eviction filings in southwest Oregon were 23% higher over the past year than the average...
Court Sides With Oregon, Allows RealPage Rent-Pricing Case To Move Forward
Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield’s work to hold RealPage accountable in a rent-pricing case will move forward, after a judge rejected the company’s attempt to throw out a lawsuit accusing it of using software...
Don’t Guess the Next Move: Fair Housing’s Legal Escalation Mindset
Five steps to stop and escalate when is legal guidance the best next step for a property manager as a routine question or operation moves into legal territory.
By The Fair Housing Institute
Property managers make...
Two Landlords To Pay $9.3 Million In Rent Price-Fixing Scheme
Washington, D.C. Attorney General Brian L. Schwalb has announced that JBG Associates, L.L.C. (JBG Smith) and Mid-America Apartments (MAA) will pay a total of $9.3 million to settle allegations of rent price fixing and...
San Francisco Landlords Win- Beat The Vacancy Tax In Court
A voter-approved ballot measure called the vacancy tax - intended to tax owners of San Francisco apartments that have been vacant for six months or more - violates property owners’ rights under California law,...
Washington Landlords Lose COVID Eviction-Moratorium Compensation Case
U.S. District Judge Barbara Rothstein has dismissed a lawsuit brought by rental property owners seeking compensation for losses they said resulted from Washington's COVID-era eviction moratoriums.
The court emphasized that both Ninth Circuit precedent and...
Court Test In Washington Over Rent Control Law
Washington State Court hears constitutional challenge to Washington's rent control/rent cap law by manufactured housing park owners.
By Aaron Kirk Douglas
Spokane County Superior Court heard arguments July 22 in a lawsuit by manufactured housing park...
Oregon Jury Awards Tenant $32,000 Over Landlord Retaliation
A Multnomah County jury has found a landlord violated Oregon law by retaliating against a tenant who had refused to pay a repair bill by raising his rent, Oregonlive.com reported.
Portland tenant Jonah Spring had...