Sentences with phrase «for rent control»

Rafael Bautista, a member of San Diego Tenants United who recently led a march downtown calling for rent control in the city, said the county's biggest landlords are just as responsible for rising prices as market forces.

This you can get up to speed on the new Jobs and Tax Cuts act, hear the 2018 housing forecast, and how to watch for rent control dangers in your state.

They're now angling for rent control.

For the rent control ordinance, you have to live in the property (3 units and below), but you are not exempt from that until after 1 year of living in the building as your primary residence.

Under the policy, NAR encourages local and state associations to oppose legislative measures that allow for rent control or rent stabilization programs.

The new statement reiterates NAR's position that government programs that limit rent increases or impose other rent - related restrictions on landlords unfairly restrict private property rights and it encourages local and state associations of REALTORS ® to oppose legislative measures that allow for rent control or rent stabilization programs.

Espaillat called for rent control to be included in the budget during a floor speech late last month.

Yip Ly, who lives in Silver's district, stood outside Assembly chambers during Pataki's January State of the State address to advocate for rent control for New York City tenants.

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But despite an end - of - session slate of bills passing that included needed extensions for rent control, the property tax cap, the 421a tax abatement and mayoral control of New York City schools, it's likely unresolved policy questions will linger through the rest of the year.

In theory, such a deal would have to take place over the next several days, though lawmakers in previous years have passed day - long extenders measures for rent control as talks progressed.

They might be for rent control and opposed to a cap.

Cameron says if the proposal is for rent controls which have been shown to fail, it's a bad idea, but other policies could be tolerable.

Although it is tempting to argue that obtaining good title to the land is the only obligation of a real estate lawyer, case law suggests that there is also an obligation to investigate the reliability of the cash flow from a legal perspective for a rent controlled property, at least in some circumstances.

I know there is a new ordinance on the ballot, but I thought it was only changing the OMI to 2 years and changing the date built to 1995 (for rent controlled units).

Not exact matches

In the most recent scandal, Kushner Companies has been accused of faking documents for about 34 of its New York City properties and low - balling the number of rent - controlled tenants in these buildings, according to the Associated Press.

Hundreds of tenants in Toronto's Parkdale neighbourhood, for example, have been withholding payments for more than two months to protest steep rent hikes in apartments meant to be rent - controlled.

«Much as [Google] is presently a gatekeeper for almost all of the internet that is not on Facebook, and so able to extract rents from any company that wants to be seen there, it would become the gatekeeper for those parts of the physical world that it controlled.

The reality is that few renters will ever secure a rent - controlled apartment, qualify for federal housing assistance, or win a lottery for the local affordable housing those fees provide.

Rent control limits to an inflation index, usually around 2 % a year, which is why initial pricing and tenant turnover is important for better profitability.

A significant reason for SF's high rents is due to rent control: so many loser - lifer tenants skating by on low rents from the 80 - 90's at a fraction of current market rents.

The Saudi prince whom the Trump Organization sued last month for falling behind on rent says he turned over control of the luxury apartment at...

Detached homes were selling for more than $ 1.8 million in April before the province moved in to cool the market by implementing a 15 per cent tax on foreign buyers and extending rent control rules, two of 16 measures that were part of its Fair Housing Plan.

A spokeswoman for the D.C. Rental Accomomodations Division confirmed that the property was subject to rent - control laws before that.

D. Walsh, applied for a rent - control exemption on July 20, according to public records.

The apartment building in Adams Morgan, which until July was rent - controlled, was meant for District residents.

«People are finding more affordable alternatives as housing supply has increased, and rent control measures are helping to ensure rental prices remain predictable for tenants.»

But even the expansion of rent controls to newer buildings, which has been welcomed by tenant groups, hasn't made finding an affordable rental easier, said Mary Todorow, research / policy analyst with the Advocacy Centre for Tenants Ontario.

Housing is becoming increasingly expensive to build due to government fees and regulations on building in most cities, and government programs merely subsidize this process at a cost to the taxpayers; and rent control has been a disaster because that immediately kills off any new construction and reduces the incentive for land owners and landlords to maintain their property because their income is fixed.

I don't think people can control who from which religions can rent there and what they can do with the space they rent beyond the normal city controls for any rental space in the neighborhood.

Run by radicals for approximately twenty years, Berkeley has experienced the virtual ruin of its public school system, a vastly increased municipal bureaucracy, a greatly diminished housing stock (thanks to stringent rent controls and other restrictions on property rights), increased crime and drug abuse, widespread corruption, and wholesale waste of public funds.

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Last year, news emerged that Ann and her husband Nicolas had claimed more than # 80,000 in rent for a London property owned by a trust controlled by their children.

Legislative leaders, meanwhile, have been hesitant in speaking with reporters, even when it comes to providing routine updates on a variety of issues due to expire in the coming days, including rent control for New York City as well as the 421a tax abatement.

That measure was ultimately bundled together with rent control laws for New York City.

But Assembly Speaker Sheldon Siver exited a closed - door meeting with Gov. Andrew Cuomo to say he expected the major pieces of legislation — a tax cap, SUNY tuition increase scheme, rent control for New York City — will be taken up and passed by the end of the day.

Now, de Blasio faces a Republican - led Senate in year that mayoral control of city schools is up for renewal as well as rent - control regulations.

They are due to return to the Capitol on Monday, the same day rent control regulations for New York City are due to expire — a prospect that Cuomo has warned could create «chaos» should they be allowed to lapse.

Linking an extension of rent control to the passage of an education investment tax credit is an undesired package for the Democratic conference, Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie told reporters on Monday at the Capitol.

The final day of the session is scheduled for Wednesday, but Cuomo has pledged to keep lawmakers in Albany beyond that in order to reach a deal on rent control.

The legislative session concludes June 17, but rent control for New York City is due to expire next Monday.

By Corey Johnson A contributor to WestView in his seventies offered he could not live in the West Village if it were not for his rent - controlled apartment — but even so, he was still having trouble making ends meet on a fixed - income.

The final version of the tax - cap law, enacted in tandem with a rent - control extender, said the levy limit «shall remain in full force and effect at a minimum until and including June 15, 2016, and shall remain in effect thereafter only so long as» the rent laws continue beyond their own expiration, next set for June 2015.

Another issue that she promised to address, and the crowd at the campaign event cheered the most for, is strengthening rent control and increasing affordable housing.

Hawkins also advocates for an expansion of rent control statewide.

De Blasio traveled to Albany in June to lobby for an extension of mayoral control, as well as changes made to the 421a tax abatement and an extension and strengthening of rent control laws in New York City.

Eight people were arrested outside the governor's Manhattan office after they blocked traffic during a protest over planned hikes on rent - controlled apartments, two days before a hearing that will determine the new monthly cost for tenants.

Mr. Rangel spoke to the Observer shortly after addressing a rally for more tenant - friendly rent stabilization — including the elimination of preferential rents, preventing landlords from removing vacant apartments from the rent control program and making charges for major capital improvements temporary rather than a permanent — in his native Harlem.

Both fall short of what Mr. Cuomo, Mayor Bill de Blasio and tenant leaders called for: an end to vacancy decontrol, whereby a property owner may remove an apartment from the rent control program if it becomes unoccupied.

With talks on a new rent regulation bill going nowhere, the Assembly Democrats introduced a bill late Friday that would simply extend as is a host of expiring laws — including rent regulations for two years and mayoral control of city schools for three.