Housing Wire

AUGUST 29, 2024

The pandemic hangover, which has left many tenants straining to make rent, translates to lower rent collections, and in turn less cash flow, for owners. Mission-based owners also offer tenant services such as meal deliveries, after school tutoring, job placement counseling, and digital literacy training.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 15, 2024

In late August, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac introduced new minimum standards to be included in tenant leases on GSE-backed multifamily properties. It’s now available to borrowers in all parts of the U.S.

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Appraisal Buzz

JANUARY 6, 2025

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. Tenants who are evicted, particularly children, suffer serious long-term repercussions.

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Appraisal Buzz

JANUARY 16, 2025

Currently, the property management industrys reliance on legacy payout processes can lead to refund errors and delays that inconvenience tenants when moving into their new homes. Evolving Tenant Preferences Today, most renters are digital-first.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 10, 2024

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. million in civil penalties. million in civil penalties. million, Bonta’s office said.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 24, 2024

rental sector has benefitted most landlords in this country, from larger multifamily investors to smaller mom-and-pop owners. in addition to intentional property investors, the number of so-called “accidental landlords” has also been increasing since 2018, according to research from TenantCloud. The strength of the U.S.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 23, 2020

31, but the FHFA has extended that till March 31, 2021, provided landlords are also extending benefits to their renters. A recent report by the Urban Institute found that approximately 12% of landlords with mortgages are in forbearances. Of those landlords, 20% are Black and 14% are Hispanic, while 9% are white.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 4, 2024

Tenant protections are a key priority within HouseATL’s 2023 Strategic Recommendations. As detailed in HouseATL’s recent Saporta Report article , Georgia has a dire shortage of safe, decent, affordable housing and very weak tenant protection laws. The bill has reached the Senate Rules Committee.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Business Dynamic Statistics data reveal that 2021 was a year of major growth for homebuilders but steep contraction for landlords (called “lessors” in the BDS). Lessors The picture was far less rosy for real estate lessors (typically landlords and real estate investment trusts ) in 2021.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 11, 2023

In addition, her office alleges that EasyKnock violated some of Massachusetts’ landlord-tenant laws. “I Some of these changes include lowering rents for some existing tenants and complying with state landlord-tenant laws. Under the terms of the settlement EasyKnock must comply with all landlord-tenant laws.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 12, 2023

TransUnion “failed to take steps to ensure the rental background checks that landlords use to decide who gets housing were accurate,” and “withheld, from renters, the names of third parties that were providing the inaccurate information,” the agencies said in a joint statement, leading to an initial $15 million settlement. “We

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

But landlords must: Inform tenants in writing about tenant protections available during the property owner’s forbearance and repayment periods; and Agree not to evict tenants solely for the nonpayment of rent while the property is in forbearance.

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Housing Wire

JULY 16, 2024

The platform provides tools for both landlords and renters, which the company said is designed to automate and streamline the management process. “As Tenants can use the app to pay rent, generate reports for credit agencies and submit maintenance requests.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 28, 2021

of rental listings in the country are located in areas that offer tenants protection against source of income or voucher discrimination. Still, federal law does not prevent landlords from rejecting all housing vouchers. The Department of Housing and Urban Development attempted to crack down on landlord discrimination back in 2018.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 11, 2020

The company partners with institutional landlords, who then offer it to their tenants. The company plans to use the new capital mainly to grow its platform and increase adoption by landlords and renters nationwide. Till launched the analytics-driven platform in April with the goal of reducing evictions by as much as 50 percent.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 3, 2021

The regulator also extended protections for tenants that property owners must adhere to in order to access forbearance. FHFA made it clear that federal forbearance options include some caveats for property owners, in the form of protections for tenants. Landlords also can’t charge late fees or penalties for non-payment of rent.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 23, 2024

The DOJ filed a civil suit against RealPage on Friday, claiming that the company’s YieldStar and AI revenue management (AIRM) software allowed multifamily landlords to artificially inflate rents through the sharing of private information. A DOJ official said that additional landlord defendants could be added to the complaint in the future.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 1, 2023

PHAs with tenants in public housing and owners of properties participating in HUD multifamily project-based rental assistance programs would need to provide “written notification at least 30 days” before a court filing for an eviction due to rent nonpayment.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 27, 2023

The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), along with Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac , stated in the blueprint that the agencies will consider the establishment of tenant protections to limit “egregious rent increases” for properties purchased with certain types of federal mortgages.

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Housing Wire

JULY 27, 2023

Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) have all renewed their efforts to protect tenants renting in multifamily housing units as costs continue to climb, according to an announcement from the White House. “[HUD], HUD], the U.S.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 8, 2024

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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Housing Wire

JULY 29, 2022

That’s what a congressional subcommittee said happened between Fannie Mae and Invitation Homes , the single-family rental landlord that in 2017 got a $1 billion interest-only 10-year loan from the government-sponsored enterprise. There is little data to track the prevalence of such strategies.

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Appraisal Buzz

AUGUST 13, 2021

But some real estate professionals say the ban is causing financial harm to small-scale landlords and causing “uncertainty for tenants and housing providers.” ” The post District Court Upholds CDC Eviction Moratorium appeared first on DSNews.

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Housing Wire

MAY 20, 2024

These strategic integrations will provide agents in Utah, Colorado and Texas with an instant “ApplyLink” for rental listings , significantly reducing the time spent processing tenant applications. Additionally, RentSpree’s tenant screening functionality will be seamlessly integrated into the MLS listing modules.

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Inman

MAY 2, 2023

When should landlords start the eviction process? Experts share tips on how to deal with delinquent tenants. Should investment property owners be lenient with overdue rent payments?

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Appraisal Buzz

JULY 28, 2021

And while the federal government has distributed some $46 billion in rental assistance to tenants and landlords across all 50 states plus D.C., that … The post CFPB: ‘Rental Assistance Finder’ Serves Landlords appeared first on DSNews.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 10, 2025

Fee waiving RentSpree , a rental platform offering tenant screening and software services, pledged to provide monetary relief. An announcement from the company on Thursday also offered any agent, owner or landlord working with displaced residents that it would refund any application fees.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 11, 2021

The limits allow tenants to raise a defense in court if they file a form with their landlord stating that they cannot pay rent, have lost income due to the pandemic, and promise to make partial payments.

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Housing Wire

JULY 16, 2024

Biden’s new plan would cap annual rent hikes at 5% for two years for landlords who manage 50 or more rental units, which the administration said would cover 20 million units, or roughly half of all rental units in the country. Landlords who break the cap would be denied federal tax benefits. Government watchdog Accountable.US

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Urban

JULY 23, 2021

Assistance could be a lifeline for many tenants and landlords, providing vital funding for much-needed preservation of their homes and properties.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 19, 2021

Knox automates and oversees a property’s finances and taxes, insurance, leasing and legal, tenant and property care, banking, and bill pay. “Its full-service, tech-enabled platform has clearly resonated with first-time investment property owners and career landlords alike,” Hower said. Knox has shown people across the U.S.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 17, 2020

This program is set to focus on preventing evictions and paying up to three months of past due, current and future rent to landlords who are eligible. This program ends on Dec.

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Urban

JUNE 30, 2021

New survey data found that many landlords and tenants are still unaware of the assistance, and confusion about how to access it abounds.

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Housing Wire

JULY 10, 2024

But when the apartment’s landlord declared that all units in the building would be renovated and force all current tenants out, the clock began ticking for a solution. Ultimately, after gaining a senior living waiver from the state of California , the family sought to find a better arrangement. “The

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Inman

MAY 9, 2023

Here's a few more screening tips landlords might want to consider. An ineffective screening process can fail to block a potential threat to an investment property, experts told Inman.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 14, 2023

79,000 of the current beneficiaries are also formerly-homeless military veterans, while additional funding has been allocated for tenant assistance in public or low-income housing that is nearing demolition or retirement from service ($337 million), and a 15% budget increase to cover PHA administrative expenses ($2.8

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 9, 2024

Our team was very diverse in experience levels and background, and I think that helped us come up with a good solution, which was around consumer experience, tenant screening and some credit and underwriting. SW: What were some of the things your team considered? ML: One lens we used was the fraud that exists today.

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