FTC, CFPB Send Notice Letters to Landlords Regarding Pandemic Eviction Moratorium

Letters remind landlords of their obligations as part of the CDC’s moratorium.

FTC, CFPB Send Notice Letters to Landlords Regarding Pandemic Eviction Moratorium

View of the headquarters building of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) in Washington DC. – Washington DC – February 21, 2020 (Shutterstock) By FTC The acting heads of the Federal Trade Commission and Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) have sent joint notification letters to the nation’s largest apartment landlords, which collectively own more than 2 million […]

Executive Orders on Evictions are Expiring. New Ones are Being Issued. Here’s What You Need to Know

Executive Orders on Evictions are Expiring. New Ones are Being Issued. Here’s What You Need to Know

By Allison Dikanovic, THE CITY Some of the pandemic-prompted rules concerning evictions in New York changed again this week — spurring potential confusion for both tenants and landlords. Here’s what you need to know: What’s going on with evictions? First things first: Eviction cases are starting to work their way through Housing Court. But tenants should […]

What Rent Drop? Listed Prices Aren’t Budging Where COVID-19 Hit Hardest

What Rent Drop? Listed Prices Aren’t Budging Where COVID-19 Hit Hardest

By Rachel Holliday Smith, THE CITY In some parts of the city, rents have dropped since the COVID-19 crisis began. But for neighborhoods that felt the effects of the coronavirus most, listed prices have risen slightly, according to a new analysis. The annual rental report by the apartment-listings site StreetEasy paints a very different price picture between […]