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Opinion: tools for landlords to help low-income tenants

Housing Wire

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

Housing Wire

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

Housing Wire

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. Additionally, the use of this software prevented landlords from courting would-be renters through the use of different discounts, said the lawsuit.

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Zillow to list housing discrimination protections

Housing Wire

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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D.C. real estate firms fined $10M for discrimination

Housing Wire

When landlords break the law and refuse to accept vouchers, it’s reminiscent of Jim Crow-era housing discrimination policies intended to restrain opportunities for Black residents,” Racine said in a statement. We’re sending a message to all landlords: If you follow this playbook, you will face consequences.”.

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Figure and Apollo complete ownership transfer via blockchain

Housing Wire

In other recent proptech news, Baselane launched its property-focused banking platform to simplify rental property finances for individual landlords. The post Figure and Apollo complete ownership transfer via blockchain appeared first on HousingWire.

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Can a Landlord Terminate a Lease to Sell a House?

Mashvisor

what happens if you ever decide to sell your rental property while there is an active rental lease on it…can a landlord terminate a lease?