by Brian Huddleston | Aug 31, 2021 | Legislation & Case Notes, Real Estate Law
Oklahoma has a new law that allows domestic violence victims to terminate their lease early without penalty. Senate Bill 200 states that a victim of domestic violence, sexual violence or stalking may terminate a lease without penalty by providing a written notice and...
by Brian Huddleston | Aug 31, 2021 | Legislation & Case Notes, Real Estate Law
The United States Supreme Court ended the nationwide residential eviction moratorium that has been in place for nearly a year. Alabama Association of Realtors v. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 594 U.S. ___, WL 3783142 (Aug. 26, 2021) On August 26, 2021,...
by Brian Huddleston | Jan 5, 2021 | Legislation & Case Notes, Real Estate Law
UPDATE: CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky has signed an extension to the eviction moratorium further preventing the eviction of tenants who are unable to make rental payments. The moratorium that was scheduled to expire on June 30, 2021 is now extended through July...
by Brian Huddleston | Jan 1, 2021 | Legislation & Case Notes, Real Estate Law
The ability of a landlord to evict a tenant during the COVID-19 outbreak is severely limited by executive or judicial orders issued in response to the pandemic. Most courts have limited operations and some have suspended residential and commercial evictions in...
by Brian Huddleston | Sep 2, 2020 | Legislation & Case Notes, Real Estate Law
The Federal Housing Administration (FHA) announced another extension of its foreclosure and eviction moratorium through December 31, 2020 for homeowners with an FHA-insured single-family mortgage covered under the CARES Act. This extension means the FHA has now...
by Brian Huddleston | Aug 18, 2020 | Legislation & Case Notes, Real Estate Law
Today, the reservation lands guaranteed to the five tribes in the 1866 treaty area are almost entirely owned by non-tribal members as private property. This is the legacy of the Oklahoma Enabling Act of 1906 as well as various Congressional allotment acts–or...
