What is the weight of a promise? A promise is a powerful thing. In law and in business, not every promise carries weight. Some promises are just words, while others can land you in court if you break ...

In the absence of consideration or an agreement under seal, a tenant may be able to fall back on promissory estoppel where they have relied upon a clear representation by the landlord in relation to ...

Landlords cannot threaten, harass, intimidate, coerce tenants based on their perceived immigration status,” said Tim Macdonald, the legal director of the ACLU of Colorado, which filed ...

The Ohio Tenant-Landlord Act of 1974 has been protecting the rights and responsibilities of tenants and landlords for more ...

Nevada cities and counties don’t have a lot of options when a landlord ignores poor conditions that are putting tenants in ...

One month after the fires, many renters still can’t move back to their homes because their landlords won’t say when, or if, ...

A village in Westchester has joined a small list of New York municipalities to implement "good cause" eviction protections ...

There's trouble in paradise. A 52-unit apartment complex two blocks from the beach in Santa Barbara is at the center of a ...

A 37-year-old faces life in prison after prosecutors say he killed his 74-year-old landlord because he believed the owner was ...

On Wednesday, D.C.'s mayor introduced the RENTAL Act, which adds protections for landlords and developers to address what the ...

But in the landlord-tenant relationship, how much or little should either know about each other? Do you have to be friends to have an equal relationship? Can you be friends? Should you?

The court has ordered a competency examination for Justin Lannigan, the Milwaukee man accused of killing his landlord on ...