Sweltering in your rental? Here's what your landlord is legally required to do during a heatwave

There is no requirement for air conditioning in a rental property despite the state's regular heatwaves. In the Northern ...
10TV.com

Who’s responsible when a tenant’s dog bites? Ohio Supreme Court weighs in

COLUMBUS, Ohio — When a cocker spaniel service dog bit a child at a mobile home park while leashed to some playground equipment, the boy’s mother sued the dog owner and the landlord. The case has ...
Law

Compliance Requirements for Mailing a RPAPL 1304 Notice; Defining 'Disabled Person' for Purposes of Succession: This Week in Scott Mollen's Realty Law Digest

Foreclosures—Each Borrower Must Receive a Separate Mailing of the RPAPL 1304 Notice—Court of Appeals Kessler Decision Did Not Eliminate Requirement That Each Borrower Receive a Separate Mailing of the ...
The Globe and Mail

Critics call for scrapping other parts of Ontario plan to overhaul tenant eviction rules

It only took four days for the Ontario government to walk back major portions of its plan to allow faster evictions of tenants, but critics say the proposals still undermine tenant rights and should ...
The Financial Times

Bring on the renters’ rights bill — tenants deserve better than uncertainty and beige decor

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Seated at my desk one quiet morning a few short weeks before the Christmas break, a decade ago, an email ...
Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Melbourne 'affordable' housing tenants face 17 per cent rent increase

The operator of a new public-private affordable housing complex in Melbourne has hit residents with a rent increase of 17 per cent less than a year after they moved in. The Flemington development is ...
The Irish Times

Average Dublin City Council tenant pays just €77 rent per week. That may have to rise

Local authorities are responsible for the provision and management of local authority – or council – housing, but they face many obstacles. Many of these are Government-inflicted: critical staff ...
Investopedia

Eviction: Definition and How It Works Under the Law

Investopedia contributors come from a range of backgrounds, and over 25 years there have been thousands of expert writers and editors who have contributed. Doretha Clemons, Ph.D., MBA, PMP, has been a ...
NerdWallet

Joint Tenants With Right of Survivorship (JTWROS): Definition and Uses

Understanding the pros and cons of JTWROS accounts can help determine how to title jointly owned assets. Many, or all, of the products featured on this page are from our advertising partners who ...
The Boston Globe

Dedham developer plans $500 million lab, housing project off Route 128

A Dedham developer is in the early stages of planning a large-scale project that could, at full buildout, be more than twice the size of the town’s Legacy Place shopping center. The Supreme Cos., a ...
Inside Housing

One-third of surveyed Scottish tenants lack confidence their landlord will fix damp and mould

A new survey has revealed one-third of Scottish social housing tenants lack confidence that their landlord will fix damp and mould problems. A new survey has revealed one-third of Scottish social ...