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Opinion: tools for landlords to help low-income tenants

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The federal Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) program is a powerful tool to help low-income families find apartments they can afford, but the program isn’t reaching its potential because far too few landlords participate in it. Why don’t landlords participate? The challenge at hand is ripe for bipartisan action. million households.

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Realtor.com acquires DIY landlord platform Avail

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which operates Realtor.com , announced Tuesday it has acquired Avail , a platform that provides online tools, educational content and support for do-it-yourself landlords and tenants. We believe that Avail is uniquely positioned to meet the needs of the DIY landlords and tenants in a large, growing and underserved market.

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How to minimize tenant turnover using online property management tools

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Every landlord or property manager deals with tenant turnover whether they own one condo, a slew of single-family homes, multiple apartment complexes, or even commercial buildings. Using a cloud-based rental management tool helps you receive payments and rental applications online, and advertise your properties. Wrapping it Up.

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Yardi’s rent-setting software illegally drove rent prices up for millions of renters: lawsuit

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By outsourcing the management of rental pricing to RENTmaximiser, Yardi’s rent-setting tool, property management companies failed in complying with the antitrust laws, according to the lawsuit. Defendants who agree to use RENTmaximizer understand that its purpose is to foil the operation of the competitive market.”

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5 trends that will reshape the real estate market in 2024

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The landscape of real estate is undergoing significant transformations in 2024, driven by a confluence of technological advancements, shifting market dynamics and evolving consumer behaviors. The housing market’s conditions, characterized by soaring prices and limited availability, have compounded these challenges.

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Zillow to list housing discrimination protections

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The update expands Zillow’s Local Legal Protections tool, which was created in 2018 to help LGBT home searchers identify if their rights were protected by local laws in certain jurisdictions. Still, federal law does not prevent landlords from rejecting all housing vouchers.

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FHFA extends multifamily forbearance through June 30

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31, but the FHFA has extended that till June 30, 2021, provided landlords are also extending benefits to their renters. How to gain more listing visibility in a shifting housing market. Forbearance options for multifamily mortgages backed by the GSEs were set to expire on Mar. According to the Washington D.C.

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