Voters in eight Maine towns approved measures on Election Day that will cap or freeze lot rent increases for mobile home park residents. Most residents own their mobile homes but not the land underneath them. And as more out-of-state corporations…
Gov. Josh Shapiro has signed House Bills 344-2025 and 558-2025, changing how landlords should disclose parking amenities and charge application fees. These amendments to the Pennsylvania Landlord and Tenant Act take effect on December 21, 2026, leaving property owners time to review their procedures…
Washington Examiner New York City’s socialist mayor, Zohran Mamdani, promised not just to freeze rents for 1 million rent-stabilized apartments in the city, but also to build another 200,000 affordable units and preserve another 200,000. Those goals just got harder because the two…
Memphis renters said they’ve experienced retaliation from their landlords after reporting housing problems, continuing a pattern monitored by the Memphis Public Interest Law Center. A report entitled, “Haunted Housing: The Reality of Being A Renter In Memphis,” from the Memphis…
Published Nov 5, 2026 at 3:46 p.m. ET Rent-controlled tenants in Elizabeth, New Jersey won a years-long legal battle on Election Day after voters approved a measure that restores a $20 cap on future rent increases, at least for a year. City leaders have tried…
Voters in eight Maine communities approved measures Tuesday to protect mobile home park residents from rising lot rents, marking a major victory for residents who have spent months organizing against escalating housing costs and corporate ownership. Every community with a…
Landlords seeking even minimal rent increases could face tribunal challenges after campaign groups encouraged tenants to contest rises. The Telegraph reports that tenants’ groups in Oxford, London and Manchester are promoting challenges even where tenants can afford the proposed increase.
Landlords are facing calls for nationwide rent controls as tribunal backlogs leave some waiting longer for increases that cannot be backdated to before a decision. The London Renters Union (LRU) has told the Guardian that challenging individual increases offered insufficient…
A government minister has rejected claims that rent controls are being introduced in England through the back door via rent tribunals. Posting on social media, housing minister Matthew Pennycook dismissed suggestions that rent controls had returned, describing them as “nonsense…
An attempt to impose strict rent control on any apartment built before 1995 in Redwood City appears to have failed in Tuesday’s election. Returns Wednesday show 8,164 “no” votes compared to 6,348 “yes” votes for a ratio of 56%-44%. Measure E would have reduced…
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