Legal Department

A federal appeals court has ruled that landlords can ask potential or current tenants about their criminal history, reversing a lower court decision in part and upholding part. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the...

House Bill 2001 is likely to bring a number of changes for landlords in Oregon who will need to adjust course in their business practices yet again. By Bradley S. Kraus Attorney at Law Partner, Warren Allen, LLP As...

How the Fair Housing Act has been applied in the courts and in administrative proceedings is at the roof of a "discriminatory effects" rule change the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)...

The Arizona attorney general has reversed an opinion by her predecessor and says source-of-income ordinances are OK in Arizona, according to her opinion. Attorney General Kris Mayes said “legal errors were made” and reversed a...

Compliance monitoring is a checks-and-balances procedure to be done regularly to assure Fair Housing policies are met. By The Fair Housing Institute When was the last time your office did a compliance audit of your documentation...

An Oregon judge has sided with landlords over the City of Eugene’s attempt to cap tenant screening fees at $10, according to reports. Two property management groups had sued the city over a city-imposed $10...

The State of Arizona and City of Tucson have gotten into a spat over the city’s source of income protection ordinance for renters passed in September of 2022. Former Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich ordered...

Landlords may not realize that, without a proper settlement document over tenant disputes and payments, they may cause headaches for themselves down the road. By Bradley S. Kraus Attorney at Law Partner, Warren Allen, LLP The landlord/tenant arrangement...

Ask attorney Brad is a feature with attorney Bradley S. Kraus and this week the question is about how to prove a tenant is smoking marijuana in violation of lease and what action to...

Dealing with tenant-on-tenant discrimination complaints, or disputes that arise between tenants, takes proper investigative measures to determine what actually happened and where landlord liability figures in. Bradley S. Kraus Partner, Warren Allen LLP As the calendar turns,...