tenants
How To Talk Your Way Out of An Evil Rent Increase
It's actually possible, legal and advisable to try to negotiate your landlord's unconscionable rent increase. We spoke with some tenants who were successful.
Tenants Are Suing Landlords for Allegedly Price-Fixing Rents with Software and the Feds Could Get Involved
The DOJ has requested to participate in a lawsuit by tenants alleging that landlords colluded using RealPage software to artificially inflate rents.
Tenants Are Fighting to Influence the Bank That Funds Their Landlords
Failed Signature Bank is in FDIC receivership, and tenants are seizing the opportunity to push for repairs and stronger regulations around lending.
Genius Landlord Tells Court He Is ‘Lost at Sea,’ Is Fined $56,790
Landlord Giuseppe Sutera showed up to court and claimed to be just “a man,” and said that the real Sutera was “lost at sea.”
Tenants of America's Biggest Landlord Form Union to Fight Evictions, Rent Hikes
The Blackstone Tenants Union (BTU) in San Diego aims to fight evictions and rising rents since the corporate landlord ended a COVID-19 eviction pause.
A Landlord Allegedly Kidnapped His Tenants and Left Them in a Cemetery
He was apparently fed up with eviction restrictions, law enforcement sources told VICE News.
Demand for Rented Properties Reaches All-Time High, Says Report
A new report from Arla Propertymark shows that in July, the average letting agent had 97 prospective tenants – up from 79 in June.
The Tenant Uprising Is Here, and It’s Fierce
Activists have stormed courthouses, showed up at a mayor’s house, and even used power tools to get back into one apartment.
No, Coronavirus Hasn't Made Living in London Affordable
Reports from estate agents show a drop in London rent costs since the start of the pandemic. Is this really good news for tenants?
New York City Tenants Want the State to Cancel Their Rent. So They’re Going on Strike.
“People don’t have the money to pay the rent, and what we’re asking them to do is politicize that experience,” said Tara Raghuveer.
Renters Can’t Wait. Here’s Why Canada Needs a National Rent Freeze Now
Coronavirus emergency money won’t make it in time for people whose rent is due April 1.
Tenants and Landlords Are Terrified Coronavirus Will Mean Evictions
“We don’t make enough to have savings."