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HUD Grants Millions to Help End Homelessness, Prevent Evictions

Appraisal Buzz

Through the Eviction Protection Grant Program (EPGP), a first-of-its-kind federal program created to increase the availability of legal services to tenants at risk of or subject to eviction, the U.S. Legal experts supported by this funding help provide housing stability across the country.

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Zillow to list housing discrimination protections

Housing Wire

Rentals listed on Zillow will now show whether or not they lie in a jurisdiction with local laws protecting renters from discrimination based on the use of Housing Choice Vouchers. The app also lists any local laws protecting renters who use veteran’s benefits or Social Security insurance payments to pay their rent.

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Big-name brokerages among those accused of income-based discrimination in California

Housing Wire

Gavin Newsom (D) signed a bill into law that bars “housing discrimination, including discrimination through public or private land use practices, decisions, or authorizations, based on specified personal characteristics, including source of income.” In 2019, California Gov. ”

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Invitation Homes to pay $3.7 million in California rent-gouging case

Housing Wire

Invitation Homes , the nation’s largest single-family rental landlord, has reached a settlement to address accusations it violated California ‘s “rent gouging” laws, the state’s Attorney General Rob Bonta announced on Monday. The company will also take specific actions to ensure compliance with California law.

Tenants 474
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Emotional support and service pets: Fair and affordable for who?

Housing Wire

What is one of the largest fines you think a housing provider—like landlords, condo HOAs/boards, and state and local housing authority offices—has had to pay due to turning away emotional support and service animals? But like other areas of law, a lack of mens rea should determine how corrections are made in unfair housing situations.

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EasyKnock under fire for “deceptive” sale-leaseback practices in Massachusetts

Housing Wire

Campbell’s office claims that EasyKnock “engaged in an unfair and deceptive equity-skimming scheme that involved purchasing the homes of cash-strapped consumers at bargain-basement prices and then renting them back to the consumers, at times for unfair rents,” in violation of the state’s consumer protection law.

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Yardi’s rent-setting software illegally drove rent prices up for millions of renters: lawsuit

Housing Wire

accusing them of violating antitrust laws. By outsourcing the management of rental pricing to RENTmaximiser, Yardi’s rent-setting tool, property management companies failed in complying with the antitrust laws, according to the lawsuit.

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