“David Hoffman (left) and Anton Strezhnev (below, right) have posted ‘Leases as Forms’ on SSRN. The Article makes use of a database of 170,000 residential leases filed in connection with 200,000 eviction proceedings in Philadelphia between 2005 and 2019. Unsurprisingly, the leases include unenforceable terms and have gotten more pro-landlord recently. Black tenants are more likely to be subject to eviction for crime or drug use on the premises. Surprisingly, unlawful terms are more likely to appear in leases for more expensive rental properties in the richer, Whiter parts of the city …” (more)
[Jeremy Telman, ContractsProf Blog, 23 March]
First posted 2021-03-23 21:00:04
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