Tag Archive: tenants rights

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Landlord Tenant News: May 1 to May 7, 2010

L.A. City Council narrowly agrees to consider four-month rent hike moratorium. Wells Fargo reducing rents at Page Mill. Foreclosures hit 6,560 Chicago rental buildings in 2009. On the Chopping Block: The Office of the Tenant Advocate Tenant Advocates Back One-Year Rent Freeze in Los Angeles. ilicon Valley apartment rents nudge upward.

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SF Appeal Tenant Troubles: Why Can’t We All Just Get Along?

It is rarely justifiable for a tenant to campaign for the eviction of another tenant.

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Landlord Tenant News: March 6 to March 12, 2010

A New Breed of Guard Dog Attacks Bedbugs; East Palo Alto council approves revised rent law; Supes, mayor agree on new tenant protections; Census About to Hit the Mail: Renters Among Hardest to Count

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Tenant Buyouts: The Agreement

If you have negotiated a move-out agreement with your landlord, you have to get that agreement in writing. Any landlord who balks at this is going to screw you, end of story. If I was a landlord lawyer I’d say the same thing about a tenant. Unfortunately, in my experience, I find that tenants are [...]

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