The city of Baltimore will ask a federal appeals court to reconsider the outcome of a lawsuit that challenged an ordinance giving landlords the right to take immediate possession of items left behind when an eviction takes place. The tenants ...
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A federal jury awarded $186,000 to a Baltimore couple who lost their belongings under a city ordinance that gives landlords the immediate right to take possession of items left behind when an eviction takes place.
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A Baltimore ordinance that declares all personal property left behind after an eviction abandoned violates the rights of tenants, a federal judge found in a new opinion.
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Maryland Legal Services Corporation took another step toward implementing statewide access to counsel in eviction cases.
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Maryland's legal community is preparing for seismic changes to landlord-tenant cases.
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Rents have exploded across the country, causing many to dig deep into their savings, downsize to subpar units or fall behind on payments and risk eviction.
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Maryland’s attorney general urged state legislators to raise the landlords’ filing fee in evictions from a near national low of $15 to $80.
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Building a robust access to counsel program for Marylanders facing eviction will take millions and a commitment to reshaping rent court proceedings, a new report argues.
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When courts closed for several months after the onset of the coronavirus pandemic in Maryland, the legal aid system – and the funding that helps sustain it – also grinded to a halt. The Maryland Legal Services Corporation, which funds ...
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Six months after Congress approved spending tens of billions of dollars to bail out renters facing eviction, South Carolina was just reaching its first tenants. All nine of them.
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