Landlord And Tenant
Maryland 2020 Regular Session
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Real Property - Ground Leases - Past Due Ground Rent [SB-170]
[Real Estate ]
[Housing ]
Clarifying that a ground lease holder may not bring any suit, action, or proceeding against the current leasehold tenant or a former leasehold tenant to recover the ground rent that was due and owing before the date the current leasehold tenant acquired title to the leasehold interest if the ground lease was not registered in accordance with certain law prior to the date the current leasehold tenant acquired title, notwithstanding any other provision of law.
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Wicomico County - Landlord and Tenant - Repossession for Failure to Pay Rent - Procedures [SB-176]
[Housing ]
[Real Estate ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Authorizing a landlord in Wicomico County to repossess property for failure to pay rent in a certain manner if judgement is given in favor of the landlord; requiring the landlord to provide a written notice of an intended repossession to a certain tenant in a certain manner; establishing a certain rebuttable presumption; requiring a sheriff to notify the District Court if the sheriff reasonably believes notice of the intended repossession has not been provided; applying the Act prospectively; etc.
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Wicomico County - Landlord and Tenant - Repossession for Failure to Pay Rent - Procedures [SB-176]
[Housing ]
[Real Estate ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Authorizing a landlord in Wicomico County to repossess property for failure to pay rent in a certain manner if judgement is given in favor of the landlord; requiring the landlord to provide a written notice of an intended repossession to a certain tenant in a certain manner; establishing a certain rebuttable presumption; requiring a sheriff to notify the District Court if the sheriff reasonably believes notice of the intended repossession has not been provided; applying the Act prospectively; etc.
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Tennessee 111th General Assembly
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As enacted, revises provisions governing the notice required for termination of a residential tenancy in certain situations involving an unauthorized subtenant or other unauthorized occupant. - Amends TCA Title 66. [HB-1606]
[Housing ]
[Real Estate ]
[Consumer Protection ]
As enacted, revises provisions governing the notice required for termination of a residential tenancy in certain situations involving an unauthorized subtenant or other unauthorized occupant. - Amends TCA Title 66.
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
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Estates and Trusts - Rule Against Perpetuities [HB-94]
[Real Estate ]
Limiting a statutory exception to the common-law rule against perpetuities that provides that the rule does not apply to an option of a tenant to purchase all or part of the premises leased by the tenant to an option that is exercisable only during the term of the lease; and providing for the prospective application of the Act.
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
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Estates and Trusts - Rule Against Perpetuities [SB-152]
[Real Estate ]
Limiting a statutory exception to the common-law rule against perpetuities that provides that the rule does not apply to an option of a tenant to purchase all or part of the premises leased by the tenant to an option that is exercisable only during the term of the lease; and providing for the prospective application of the Act.
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to civil rights. [HB-225]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Housing ]
[Insurance ]
[Real Estate ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Human Rights ]
Amend KRS 344.010 to include definitions for "sexual orientation" and "gender identity"; amend KRS 344.020, relating to the purpose of the Kentucky's civil rights chapter, to include a prohibition against discrimination because of sexual orientation and gender identity; amend KRS 344.025, 344.040, 344.050, 344.060, 344.070, and 344.080, relating to prohibited discrimination in various labor and employment practices, to include sexual orientation and gender identity; amend KRS 344.100 and 344.110 to conform; amend KRS 344.120 and 342.140, relating
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
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AN ACT relating to criminal damage to rental property. [SB-11]
[Crime ]
[Housing ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Property Tax ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 512 to specify that a tenant who, having no right to do so or any reasonable ground to believe that he or she has such right, intentionally or wantonly defaces, destroys, or damages residential rental property is to be charged with violating KRS 512.020, 512.030, or 512.040 as appropriate.
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to leasing of retail booths. [HB-201]
[Real Estate ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Small Business ]
[Housing ]
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 383 to address booth rentals; provide remedies, including a booth operator's lien on personal property in the booth, for contract breach.
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Real Property - Residential Rental Property - Annual Eviction Moratorium [HB-20]
[Real Estate ]
[Housing ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Prohibiting the enforcement of an eviction from residential rental property that serves as a tenant's primary residence between December 18 and January 8 of the following calendar year, inclusive; and providing for the suspension of certain time limited enforcement requirements for a landlord.
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US Congress 116th Congress
ACHA Act Averting Crises in Housing Assistance Act [S.3088]
[Housing ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Community Development ]
[Funding ]
[Human Services ]
Creates a mechanism for the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to identify and rehabilitate public housing agency (PHA) properties that are failing and revises requirements for contracts between PHAs and HUD. After designating a property as failing based on its physical condition or residents' complaints, HUD must enter into an agreement with the PHA to establish an action plan to restore the property to good condition. HUD must require the PHA to notify the residents of the property of the timelines and deadlines established by the
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US Congress 116th Congress
Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Reauthorization Act of 2019 [HB-5319]
[Housing ]
[Native American Affairs ]
[Community Development ]
To reauthorize the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996, and for other purposes.
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US Congress 116th Congress
Eviction Prevention Act of 2019 [HB-5298]
[Housing ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Poverty ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Human Services ]
[Community Development ]
Authorizes grant programs to provide legal counsel to individuals in eviction proceedings and to collect data regarding evictions. The bill also requires a study of evictions generally. Specifically, the Department of Justice (DOJ) may award grants to states and local governments to provide legal counsel in eviction proceedings to an individual whose income is less than 125% of the federal poverty level. DOJ may also award grants to states and local governments to collect data on evictions, including with respect to race and property type. Additionally,
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US Congress 116th Congress
Consumer Online Privacy Rights Act [S.2968]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Human Rights ]
Places requirements on entities that process or transfer a consumer's data. Specifically, the bill requires such entities to make their privacy policy publicly available and provide an individual with access to their personal data; delete or correct, upon request, information in an individual's data; export, upon request, an individual's data in a human-readable and machine-readable format; establish data security practices to protect the confidentiality and accessibility of consumer data; and designate a privacy officer and a data security officer
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Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2019 [S.2843]
[Crime ]
[Firearms/Gun Control ]
[Housing ]
[Human Services ]
[Public Safety ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Modifies and reauthorizes through FY2025 programs and activities under the Violence Against Women Act that seek to prevent and respond to domestic violence, sexual assault, dating violence, and stalking. Among other things, the bill also authorizes new programs, makes changes to federal firearms laws, and establishes new protections to promote housing stability and economic security for victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, dating violence, and stalking.
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A Just Society: A Place to Prosper Act of 2019 [HB-5072]
[Housing ]
[Real Estate ]
[Community Development ]
[Economic Development ]
To create an equitable and stable rental housing market, and for other purposes.
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Affordable Housing and Area Median Income Fairness Act of 2019 [HB-4984]
[Housing ]
[Taxes ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Real Estate ]
[Community Development ]
[Property Tax ]
Modifies the means by which eligibility for low-income housing assistance and tax credits is determined. The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is prohibited from considering the New York counties of Westchester and Rockland as within the New York City metropolitan area when determining or establishing area median incomes and income ceilings and limits for the purposes of eligibility for low-income housing assistance. HUD must also assess alternative methods for calculating area median income as well as alternative metrics for use
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US Congress 116th Congress
No Biometric Barriers to Housing Act of 2019 [S.2689]
[Housing ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Prohibits owners of certain federally assisted rental units from using biometric analytics in connection with facial recognition, physical biometric recognition, or remote biometric recognition technology in any units, buildings, or grounds of such project. Within one year, the Department of Housing and Urban Development must report on any known use of such technology in federal assisted rental units in the preceding five years.
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Housing, Opportunity, Mobility, and Equity Act of 2019 [HB-4808]
[Housing ]
[Community Development ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Economic Development ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
To require Community Development Block Grant and Surface Transportation Block Grant recipients to develop a strategy to support inclusive zoning policies, to allow for a credit to support housing affordability, and for other purposes.
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Housing, Opportunity, Mobility, and Equity Act of 2019 [S.2684]
[Housing ]
[Community Development ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Construction ]
[Economic Development ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
A bill to require Community Development Block Grant and Surface Transportation Block Grant recipients to develop a strategy to support inclusive zoning policies, to allow for a credit to support housing affordability, and for other purposes.