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Commercial landlords and tenants have dramatically different considerations from residential landlords and tenants.

On September 2, 2021, New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed into law a new moratorium on evictions and foreclosures for residential tenants and small businesses.

A Fair Housing Defense blog reader sent me a question today that I wanted to address as it comes up from time to time.

On July 9, the FTC announced that the Department of Justice filed a complaint and proposed stipulated order against a tenant-screening company.

Many people are surprised to learn that the insurance language in their form lease needs to be checked and updated on a regular basis. Although this can sometimes be the bane of a leasing lawyer's existence

A reader who works in an apartment leasing office sent me a question related to my previous post which I wanted to answer in this space.

Under some circumstances recapture provisions can offer substantial benefits to both landlord and tenant.

Commercial leases contain numerous provisions that impose various obligations on tenants. The most commonly known obligation is the tenant's obligation to pay rent.

Womble Carlyle attorney Mark Henriques helped a North Carolina man get a second chance in a pro bono subsidized housing case.

Montgomery County has enacted a comprehensive rent stabilization law that will limit annual rent increases in the County to three percent plus CPI, with a maximum limit of 6%.

Courts in three different jurisdictions recently handed down decisions against commercial tenants in disputes with their landlords over rent obligations during the COVID-19 pandemic...

Each week, Crowell & Moring's State Attorneys General team highlights significant actions that State AGs have taken.

Since March 13, 2020, the U.S. has been operating under a declared state of emergency in response to the spread of COVID-19, with many state and local governments...

Many commercial leases pass through to tenants a proportionate share of the landlord’s operating expenses and taxes for the property based on terms expressed in the lease.

The Home Affordable Foreclosure Alternatives ("HAFA") program, effective from April 5, 2010 through December 31, 2012, offers hope for defaulted homeowners facing foreclosure under their current mortgage.