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Housing Rights Initiative files massive discrimination case in Illinois

Housing Wire

The Housing Rights Initiative (HRI) is taking aim at 165 real estate agents, brokerage firms and landlords in its latest series of lawsuits filed in Chicago. The suit alleges that real estate professionals discriminated against low-income families who were looking to use Housing Choice Vouchers.

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California Realtors discuss post-wildfire changes in Black neighborhoods

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The California Association of Black Real Estate Professionals (CABREP) hosted a webinar on Tuesday with key officials from CAR. Kalin led a segment on best practices for legal matters that agents may face when assisting Altadena residents. Landlords cannot raise rents by more than 10% until then.

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Navigating movement in the mortgage industry series: Post-closing matters are important too

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For the other locations, Seller, Buyer and Landlord will need to enter into separate assignment and assumption of lease agreements. For those locations that Buyer has no interest in, Seller will have to keep the leases and deal with the remaining lease liabilities (which may involve an indemnification escrow as described above).

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California attorney general cracks down on rental price gouging

Housing Wire

Through the investigation, the attorney generals office learned that after being evacuated in the Eaton fire, the family contacted their real estate agent to find a rental property and inquired about a home in Glendale. The allegations are the result of a review of complaints received by the California Department of Justice (DOJ).

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Real estate industry is in flux after shocking guilty verdict in commission lawsuit trial

Housing Wire

billion in damages, many questions still remain about what this means for the real estate industry, as the defendants still await Judge Stephen Bough’s final judgment. It found the National Association of Realtors , HomeServices of America and Keller Williams guilty of collusion to maintain high commission rates.

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

Housing Wire

But as many as 200 real estate agents , brokerage firms and landlords are alleged to have violated this law by discriminating against applicants with federally subsidized Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers, according to an undercover investigation conducted by the Housing Rights Initiative (HRI).

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Zillow to list housing discrimination protections

Housing Wire

The update expands Zillow’s Local Legal Protections tool, which was created in 2018 to help LGBT home searchers identify if their rights were protected by local laws in certain jurisdictions. Still, federal law does not prevent landlords from rejecting all housing vouchers.

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