Rachel Monroe How much a landlord can raise rent in California under the Tenant Protection Act (AB 1482): the 5% plus CPI cap, the 10% annual ceiling, which units are exempt, the required notice periods, and how local rent control changes the answer.
What “squatters’ rights” mean in California: the five-year adverse possession rule, the difference between a trespasser and an established occupant, and the lawful unlawful detainer process an owner uses to remove a squatter through the courts.
A California eviction hardship extension is a court-ordered stay of execution that gives a tenant who lost an unlawful detainer case more time to move. This article explains when a stay is available, how a tenant requests one, the legal standard courts apply under Code of Civil Procedure sections 918 and 1179, and the limits on how long an extension lasts.
How squatters’ rights work in Pennsylvania: the 21-year adverse possession rule, the narrow 10-year path added in 2018, the quiet title lawsuit an occupier must win, and how owners remove a squatter through ejectment rather than eviction.
Ohio has no fast squatter removal. “Squatters’ rights” means adverse possession, which takes 21 years of open, hostile, exclusive occupation. Removing a squatter runs through the same forcible entry and detainer eviction process used for tenants.
What New York law requires in a residential lease: when a lease must be written, the one-month security deposit cap, capped application and late fees, the non-waivable warranty of habitability, occupancy protections, and the clauses courts refuse to enforce.
The situations where New York law lets a tenant break a lease early without owing the balance, the written-notice rules for each, and how the landlord’s duty to mitigate limits what a tenant owes when no exception applies.
Illinois does not dictate a standard lease form, but state and federal law require specific disclosures and forbid certain clauses. Here is what a residential lease must contain and what it cannot.
A plain-language guide to rent stabilization in NYC: what it is, how to tell if an apartment is covered, how the annual Rent Guidelines Board increase is set, how stabilized and rent-controlled units differ, and how to raise a dispute with DHCR.
Illinois has no cap on deposit size, but sets firm return deadlines: 30 days for an itemized statement, 45 days to return the deposit.
What “squatters’ rights” means in New York City: the 10-year adverse possession standard, the 2024 law that excludes squatters from tenant protections, and the court process for removing a squatter under the Real Property Actions and Proceedings Law.
A plain-language guide to New York eviction notices: the 14-day rent demand for non-payment, the 30/60/90-day termination notice for holdovers, the 14-day post-warrant notice, and the service rules that make each notice valid.