Housing and Landlord-Tenant

Practice Areas > Housing and Landlord-Tenant

The firm specializes in helping landlords set up their business to avoid litigation and to reduce liability exposure if litigation is necessary. The firm represents both residential and commercial landlords and tenants in evictions and has experience litigating landlord-tenant matters in both state and federal courts. With in-depth knowledge of state and federal housing programs, as well as the law, management and business aspects of the landlord-tenant relationship, the firm is uniquely qualified to assist clients in navigating the complexities of the landlord-tenant relationship.

The firm has almost 30 years of experience in:

  • Summary process cases representing both landlords and tenants in residential and commercial evictions
  • Preparing documents for tenancies ~ leases, notices to terminate (private, public and subsidized housing), security deposit documents
  • Litigating landlord-tenant issues in state and federal courts
  • Property management of multi-family properties
  • Representing landlords' associations
  • Mobile home park rent control
  • Security deposits
  • Discrimination cases in state and federal systems
  • Code enforcement ~ State Sanitary Code issues
  • Government subsidy programs ~ federal and state and including "for cause" evictions
  • Specialized housing ~ community residences, sheltered housing programs, motel and lodging houses, condominiums and mobile home communities
  • Buying and selling multi-family properties

 

 

Copyright © 2004-2008 Ciota, Starr & Vander Linden, LLP. All Rights Reserved.