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...
Brokers, Property Managers Sue Co-Star Over Rental-Data Monopoly
A group of commercial landlords and brokers said in a class action lawsuit filed Friday that data company CoStar Inc. ran a hub-and-spoke conspiracy that resulted in artificially high rents.
The suit against Co-Star directly...
Balancing Lease Enforcement and Fair Housing
Balancing lease enforcement and fair housing means shifting away from standard, rigid punishments and leaning into a thoughtful, empathetic approach to compliance.
By The Fair Housing Institute
Evicting a resident is always a stressful operational hurdle,...
As Receiverships Rise In Oregon, Here’s What Multifamily Owners Should Know
As receiverships rise in Oregon the surge has not yet reached Oregon multifamily in any meaningful way- for now.
By Aaron Kirk Douglas
Receiverships have moved from a rarely used legal tool to one Oregon creditors...