Nathan Cummings (Yale University, Law School) & Anika Singh Lemar (Yale Law School) have posted Anticipating the Impact of the White House’s Blueprint for a Renter Bill of Rights (32 Journal of Affordable Housing & Community Development Law 119 (2023)) on SSRN. Here is the abstract:
Part I of this Essay on the 2023 White House’s Blueprint for a Renter Bill of Rights provides some context for how the Blueprint came to be, including the organizing efforts and negotiations that led up to its release, and examines how it fits into the broader history of tenants’ rights issues at the federal level. Part II traces the Blueprint’s key prescriptions back to their origins at the state and local level, looking at how notable recent campaigns and victories by tenant advocates are embodied in the document’s text. Part III provides some very preliminary thoughts on the potential legal ramifications of the Blueprint’s federal policy measures.