Articles — retaliatory eviction

What’s up, gang. I’m back with another Legislative Update.   In last week’s update I told you about HB 250, the Squatters Bill that you need to support. If you missed that update, you can find it here. Today I’m going to talk about five other bills, one that you’ll likely want to support and four that I suspect you’ll want to oppose.   First, let’s talk about the one you need to support, House Bill 173.   HB 173   HB 173 prohibits any local government from adopting or enforcing an ordinance that creates or maintains a registry of...

There's been a lot of talk in Lexington about adopting a set of proposals being called the "Tenant's Bill of Rights". That talk sounds good. We're all in favor of rights for everyone - so why not rights for tenants? No one in history worth remembering ever opposes a "bill of rights", right? This crusade is an excellent example of framing an issue to gain sympathy and support from those who don't have the time or the interest to look further into the issues. But here's the truth of the matter: tenants in Lexington already have a "bill of rights"....

I’ve gotten a lot of questions recently about a landlord’s ability to refuse to renew a lease, and it seems like there’s a lot of misinformation out there. Most landlords have heard that they can “non-renew a lease for any reason” or that they “don’t have to give a reason”. Both statements are partly true, but don’t tell the entire story. That’s my goal today. Unless the lease says otherwise, a landlord is free to refuse to renew a lease for any reason that is (1) non-discriminatory and (2) non-retaliatory. In other words, you can refuse to renew a lease...