NYC Mayor Wants to Crack Down on ‘Bad Landlords.’ First He Has to Find Them April 8, 2026 By JAKE OFFENHARTZ On a recent weeknight, three tenants of an aging Bronx building were trading apartment horror stories inside a packed ballroom...
Landlords Hit With $21.5M Verdict for Hiring Sex Offender Who Set Tenants on Fire December 3, 2025 Landlords in Baltimore are being held liable for hiring a convicted sex offender with a violent criminal record who then...
Landlord Gets Another Chance to Hold Broker Liable for Failed Lead Paint Disclosure November 7, 2025 By Andrew G. Simpson A federal court of appeals has revived a case over an alleged failure of insurance broker Willis of New Jersey...
New Jersey Requires Testing and Disclosure of Lead in Water Systems September 22, 2025 New Jersey has enacted new requirements around testing and disclosure of lead in public water systems. The new law (A2929/S1034)...
New York Attorney General Settles Lead Paint Complaint Against Major Buffalo Landlord September 8, 2025 New York Attorney General Letitia James announced a resolution of her office’s lawsuit to protect Buffalo children and families from...
New Jersey Sues RealPage, Claiming Collusion With Landlords Drives Up Rents April 25, 2025 By Jonathan Stempel New Jersey sued the property management software company RealPage, accusing it and 10 of the state’s largest landlords of conspiring...
Suit Claiming Racial, Income Bias in Rental Algorithm Settled for $2.2 Million November 25, 2024 By Jesse Bedayn Mary Louis’ excitement to move into an apartment in Massachusetts in the spring of 2021 turned to dismay when Louis,...
University Student Sues Sorority and Landlord Over Fall From Window September 4, 2024 A Northeastern University student and her parents are suing a sorority, its chapter president and a landlord after the student...
As US Heat Deaths Rise, Some Landlords Oppose Right to Air Conditioning August 7, 2024 By Gloria Dickie Summers in New York City are difficult for Anthony Gay and his family. A small, portable air conditioner in his...
Maryland Civil Lawsuit Alleges Harassment, Sex for Rent Scheme by Landlord July 23, 2024 By Brian Witte Maryland’s attorney general filed a civil lawsuit on Friday against an Eastern Shore landlord and his company, alleging a pattern...