Key components of a new law aimed to increase residential tenant safety became effective on January 1, 2023. The law, codified as Florida Statutes Section 83.515, and commonly referred to as “Miya’s Law,” is named after Miya Marcano, an Orlando college student who was tragically murdered in her apartment by a maintenance worker who entered her unit with an apartment key fob. Miya’s Law imposes heightened duties on Florida landlords and property managers. Florida landlords and property managers should be aware of these changes to ensure compliance with the law.
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| 09.02.2022 |
Have you heard of Missouri House Bill 1662 (H.B. 1662)? |
| 12.20.2021 |
The COVID-19 pandemic has strained many parts of the global economy over the last two years. Included among those most affected are individuals who lost jobs (temporarily or permanently) and had difficulty paying rent on time. This has caused a ripple effect throughout the rental industry. Landlords have in turn struggled to meet mortgage payments, developers have struggled to satisfy investment requirements with respect to affordable housing projects, and market-rate developments may struggle to attract and retain tenants who can meet the market rental rates. Add to this the moratorium on evictions issued by the Centers for Disease Control for a period of time and similar moratoriums enacted by other jurisdictions and there grew a significant gap of rents owed by tenants that remained uncollected by landlords. |
| 10.20.2021 |
Information for Construction, Transportation, Aerospace/Defense, and Other IndustriesLast Friday, October 15, 2021, marked the date on which federal agencies were required to begin incorporating a clause compelling compliance with federal COVID-19 workplace safety protocols, including a vaccination mandate for covered workers, into certain existing and new federal contracts, as detailed in guidance issued by the Safer Federal Workforce Task Force on September 24, 2021, pursuant to Executive Order 14042. |
| 04.13.2021 |
Developers Need to Consider New Affordable Housing Requirements Materially Impacting Project FeasibilityAs demand for affordable housing continues to grow throughout the country, municipalities are increasingly faced with decisions of how best to structure and incentivize affordable housing development. Recently, Kansas City, Missouri passed Ordinance No. 201038 (“Ordinance”) on January 28, 2021 which sets forth requirements for residential development projects seeking incentives to require affordable housing components. It took effect on April 8, 2021. The Ordinance provides in part that projects “seeking economic incentives in the nature of the capture and redirection, abatement or exemption of taxes or other City financing contain an minimum number of affordable housing units” to qualify for those incentives. Only projects that have not submitted an application by April 8, 2021 (the “Effective Date”) seeking incentives (as defined below) will be impacted, although projects that have applied earlier will be subject to the Ordinance if the project takes longer than three years from the Effective Date to receive final approval. |
| 03.22.2021 |
As part of the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2021, Congress inserted a section titled the Corporation Transparency Act (the “CTA”) in order to combat money laundering and terrorism by creating a federal registry of the beneficial owners of limited liability companies, corporations, and other similar entities. The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FINCEN”) of the Department of Treasury will keep the registry confidential, but is authorized to share the information with governmental, law enforcement, and foreign authorities. |
| 07.29.2020 |
Landlords have several options to keep current tenants intact or reduce the financial ramifications if the tenant needs to step back from its current office footprint. |