Fighting Tenancy Rights
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Croatia faces a new challenge to its record on refugee return in the European Court of Human Rights.
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Residents will get a chance to tell the city council what they think about an ordinance that would halt the conversion of single-family houses into rental units for at least six months.
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Taking Questions: Lucas A. Ferrara, a partner at Finkelstein Newman Ferrara, is taking questions from readers through Jan. 30 on tenant-landlord issues.
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Legal action is launched over a row about whether a new hospital plans to leave enough space between beds to prevent the spread of infections.
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The National Association of Realtors is still talking out of both sides of its mouth.
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More and more businesses are sticking mandatory arbitration clauses into their contracts, forcing consumers to give up their right to sue if they want to conduct business, and consumer groups have made the elimination of these clauses a top priority.
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Several proposals are under consideration that should produce a lively floor fight.
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As the U.S. mortgage crisis forces more properties into foreclosure, even renters are feeling the pain.
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The housing minister presents her proposals that council tenants ought to be expected to actively seek work as a condition of their tenancy
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Here's an uncomfortable housing  scenario that's getting more common in this soft market: You  put in a contract on a new house. You can't sell your old  house. The sellers are getting pushy.
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By Alan Lowenthal  Since I began in the California Legislature eight years ago I have noticed a new tactic being employed by advocates for the business community. It basically goes something like this; pass it and we will sue.
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Campaigners against the expansion of Britain's airports mount a legal challenge to the government.
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The roaring commercial real estate market is getting too hard for property owners to resist.
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HONG KONG A 67-year-old public housing tenant Sunday forced the Hong Kong government and three of the world&#39;s largest financial institutions to postpone indefinitely a $2.73 billion real estate offering.
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Thousands of tenants put up with poor housing because they fear eviction if they complain, a charity says.
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By The Sacramento Bee, Calif.  May 29--Sacramento County's landmark affordable housing law is under attack, and the real threat isn't the court system, but a new majority on the Board of Supervisors.
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LONDON, Oct 16  (IPS) - An information rights activist has warned against  the growing power of the  "landlords" of cyberspace.