Articles for Tenant, search results for rents

Minister defends 4.5 percent rent increase amid tenant advocacy pushback
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Minister defends 4.5 percent rent increase amid tenant advocacy pushback

NL Times  

Housing Minister Mona Keijzer has rejected calls from tenant advocacy groups to reduce the proposed 4.5 percent rent increase for social housing tenants. The Woonbond, the Netherlands’ largest tenant advocacy group, recently withdrew from negotiations, calling the increase excessive and a burden on renters already grappling with the housing crisis. “The government has spent years systematically dismantling the social housing …

Tenants Increase Housing Rents Woonbond Keijzer Woonopstand Tenant Advocacy
L.A. moves to prohibit landlords from evicting tenants in order to remodel units
2 months, 1 week ago

L.A. moves to prohibit landlords from evicting tenants in order to remodel units

LA Times  

Fidela “Bertha” Villasano, 89, was evicted from the Lincoln Heights apartment where she lived for 55 years, so her new landlord could remodel her unit. Under the city’s “just cause” eviction rules, landlords can evict tenants only for specific reasons, one of which is to “substantially remodel” their properties. of Greater Los Angeles, said “people don’t go through the permitting …

Tenant Tenants City California Rules Hernandez Apartment
Sky-high rents have Mumbai residents living on the edge
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Sky-high rents have Mumbai residents living on the edge

Hindustan Times  

Among the swanky skyscrapers of India's financial capital Mumbai, hundreds of dangerously dilapidated buildings facing demolition are crowded with families risking their lives rather than braving impossibly high rents. "It was like seeing a biscuit that crumbles after you put it in tea," said office worker Vikram Kohli, recalling how he narrowly missed being killed when a four-storey building partially …

Tenant Buildings Building Apartment Rent Mumbai Residents
Tenant organizations call for lower maximum rent increase
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Tenant organizations call for lower maximum rent increase

NL Times  

According to tenant organizations, the maximum rent increase for social housing should be lowered, as tenants are finding it increasingly difficult to make ends meet. According to the interest groups, housing associations and the government should ensure that housing remains affordable by allowing rents to rise by a maximum of 3.2 percent. Last year, the Cabinet decided that rents for …

Housing Tenant Rent Maximum Woonbond
Rivervale tenant hit with $250-a-week rent rise, as Perth house rents jump for ninth straight quarter
1 year ago

Rivervale tenant hit with $250-a-week rent rise, as Perth house rents jump for ninth straight quarter

ABC  

Perth suffered the biggest increase in rental prices in 2023 and has continued its record-long stretch of rising rent, with one tenant being hit with a $250-a-week price hike. Key points: Perth rent prices have increased for the ninth consecutive quarter Some tenants are reporting weekly rent increases of $250 The city's rental vacancy rate has hit 0.4 per cent …

Prices Rental Rivervale Rent Increase Perth House
Inside the world’s largest AIDS charity’s troubled move into homeless housing
1 year, 1 month ago

Inside the world’s largest AIDS charity’s troubled move into homeless housing

LA Times  

After her eviction, Alisha Lucero returned to her apartment to find her belongings thrown away. The foundation’s problems, he said, are similar to those faced by other Skid Row landlords: operating old buildings while serving a troubled tenant population without sufficient support from the city. “Eviction makes it hard for families to find decent housing in safe neighborhoods & has …

Social Media Housing Public Health Tenant Social Services Buildings Tenants
With rents set to rise early next year, L.A. City Council faces next test on tenant protections
1 year, 2 months ago

With rents set to rise early next year, L.A. City Council faces next test on tenant protections

LA Times  

Councilmember Hugo Soto-Martínez, center, introduced a proposal to try to stave off the end of the city’s rent freeze for RSO units. That proposal was the subject of heated debate Wednesday in the city’s housing and homelessness committee, which is chaired by Councilmember Nithya Raman, another progressive who led the city’s earlier tenant protection efforts. “Any city where we’ve frozen …

Housing Tenant Proposal City Council Los Rents
Are you a renter in California? Here’s what to know about tenant protections lawmakers are considering
1 year, 7 months ago

Are you a renter in California? Here’s what to know about tenant protections lawmakers are considering

LA Times  

California lawmakers introduced several new bills this year to tighten protections for tenants against high rents and evictions. Here are two bills to help renters that cleared a major hurdle and one proposal that flopped this week as the Legislature took action before a key deadline on Friday: Passed: Limiting security deposits The Assembly easily approved a bill to ban …

Security Housing Democrats Senate Legislature Measure Bill
Man says tenant interview in Bengaluru harder than Google’s
1 year, 9 months ago

Man says tenant interview in Bengaluru harder than Google’s

Hindustan Times  

Relocating to a new city and hunting for a rented apartment can be daunting for many. Recently, a man took to LinkedIn to share that he failed to clear a tenant interview in Bengaluru despite clearing the interview with tech-giant Google. Here’s my short journey to clearing tenant interviews,” wrote Ripu Daman Bhadoria on LinkedIn, who works at Google as …

Bengaluru Tenant Google Interview Man Share Tenant Interview
Subletting By Tenant Impermissible Under Bombay Rent Control Act Unless Contract Allows It : Supreme Court
1 year, 9 months ago

Subletting By Tenant Impermissible Under Bombay Rent Control Act Unless Contract Allows It : Supreme Court

Live Law  

In a recent ruling, the Supreme Court reiterated that it won’t be lawful to sublet after the enactment of the Bombay Rents, Hotel and Lodging House Rates Act, 1947 unless the contract itself expressly provides so. “The aforestated provisions make it crystal clear that, in the ordinary course and notwithstanding anything contained in any other law, unless the contract itself …

Supreme Court Tenant Lease Hotel Act Premises Bombay Rent
The New Yorkers in crisis over skyrocketing rents
2 years, 7 months ago

The New Yorkers in crisis over skyrocketing rents

BBC  

The New Yorkers in crisis over skyrocketing rents Getty Images In major cities across the globe, including New York City, rent prices have gone through the roof. Sam Chandan, professor of finance at New York University in New York City, and director of its Center for Real Estate Finance Research, says the renters most feeling the squeeze are those in …

Pandemic New York City Cities City New York Getty Images Manhattan
L.A. is poised to ban tenant harassment. Here’s what the proposed law covers
3 years, 7 months ago

L.A. is poised to ban tenant harassment. Here’s what the proposed law covers

LA Times  

Los Angeles is poised to ban landlords from harassing tenants, under a new law meant to beef up legal protections for renters facing coercion and mistreatment. The L.A. ordinance, as proposed, will define “tenant harassment” as a “knowing and willful course of conduct” aimed at a specific tenant or tenants that causes harm and has “no lawful purpose.” Here are …

Law Court Harassment Landlord Tenants Ordinance City La
So you want to lower your rent? Here’s how to negotiate
4 years, 3 months ago

So you want to lower your rent? Here’s how to negotiate

CNN  

Vacancy rates are rising for rental homes and apartments in cities across the country – and that puts renters in a prime spot to negotiate. “Some landlords are offering concessions, like one month of free rent,” said Hal D. Gavzie, director of leasing at Douglas Elliman in New York City. “If you take the time to step into the landlord’s …

Landlord Tenant Work Know Morris Your Landlord Karni
Maharashtra govt orders landlords to postpone rent collection by 3 months; no tenant to be evicted
4 years, 8 months ago

Maharashtra govt orders landlords to postpone rent collection by 3 months; no tenant to be evicted

India TV News  

Maharashtra government has ordered landlords in the state to postpone rent collection by at least three months. "Landlords have been instructed to postpone rent collection by at least three months. Hence, rent recovery should be postponed for at least three months and no tenant be driven out for non-payment of rent," the official circular read. The state government today also …

Maharashtra Pay Rent No Tenant Rent Collection
Amid housing crisis, Culver City is the latest town to cap rents
5 years, 4 months ago

Amid housing crisis, Culver City is the latest town to cap rents

LA Times  

Culver City passed a temporary rent control measure early Tuesday, seeking to help tenants in the once-sleepy town that’s now a fashionable Westside haunt. Culver City approved a temporary rent control measure early Tuesday morning, joining a handful of other Southern California cities that have boosted tenant protections as the state grapples with an affordability crisis. “Other cities would benefit …

Tenant Control Buildings Tenants City California Cap
META: Renting: An explanation of complicated estate agent jargon, from sublet to inventory
5 years, 6 months ago

META: Renting: An explanation of complicated estate agent jargon, from sublet to inventory

The Independent  

Stay ahead of the curve with our weekly guide to the latest trends, fashion, relationships and more Stay ahead of the curve with our weekly guide to the latest trends, fashion, relationships and more Stay ahead of the curve with our weekly guide to the latest trends, fashion, relationships and more SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about …

Property Tenancy Landlord Agreement Our Weekly Guide Rent Tenancy Agreement