Status of Recent Legislation Impacting Baltimore City Rental Housing – Requiring Landlords to Offer to Renew Leases and Provide Alternatives to Traditional Security Deposits
By EsqSocial Corporation 27/05/21
Over the last year, the Baltimore City Council has introduced and enacted multiple bills impacting rental housing that residential landlords will need to navigate: - In May 2020, the City Council passed the COVID-19 Rent Increase Protection Act, which prohibits property owners from increasing residential tenants’ rental fees and collecting late fees during the state of emergency. - A more recent law, that became effective on April 30, 2021, requires all new residential leases to include a...
By: Rosenberg Martin Greenberg LLP