Woodstone Limited Partnership et al v. City of Saint Paul, Minnesota et al
Case Number:
0:22-cv-01589
Court:
Nature of Suit:
Constitutional - State Statute
Judge:
Firms
Government Agencies
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May 22, 2023
Loosened St. Paul Rent Regs Escape Landlords' Challenge
A Minnesota federal court upheld St. Paul's rent stabilization ordinance in the face of landlord litigation, citing a host of circuit court and U.S. Supreme Court rulings shielding similar rent regulations from constitutional challenges.
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November 29, 2022
St. Paul Rent Regs Don't Help Tenants, Say Landlords
St. Paul, Minnesota, landlords renewed their push to upend a rent stabilization ordinance passed by voters, arguing that the regulation entirely fails to alleviate tenants' rent burdens or to increase the city's supply of affordable housing.
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November 15, 2022
St. Paul Tenant Groups Kept Out Of Rent Control Suit For Now
A Minnesota federal judge declined to let three tenant rights organizations and two renters intervene in a suit challenging St. Paul's rent stabilization law, but said the court may decide later on whether they can make an entrance at the appeals stage.
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November 08, 2022
St. Paul Says Affordability Crisis Justified Rent Hike Caps
The city of St. Paul, Minnesota, urged a federal judge to uphold a rent stabilization ordinance passed by voters, arguing that a deficit of affordable housing and a mounting population of rent-burdened tenants warranted legislation capping annual rent increases.
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October 21, 2022
St. Paul Tenant Organizations Want In On Landlords' Rent Suit
A group of tenant rights organizations asked a Minnesota federal court Friday to let it enter two landlords' suit challenging St. Paul's rent stabilization ordinance.
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October 18, 2022
St. Paul Landlords Seek Quick Win In Rent Cap Suit
Two apartment building owners seek summary judgment in their federal court case against the city of St. Paul, Minnesota, over a recently enacted rent stabilization ordinance, claiming it is unconstitutional and violates their property rights.
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September 15, 2022
St. Paul, Apartment Owners To Argue City's Rent Cap
The city of St. Paul, Minnesota, and a pair of apartment owners are headed to summary judgment in a case that aims to block a law approved last year enacting one of the strictest rent control laws in the country.
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June 17, 2022
Apartment Owners Sue To Stop Broad St. Paul Rent Cap
Two apartment owners say a new rent control ordinance in St. Paul, Minnesota, that's among the strictest in the country has devalued their properties by forcing them to charge rent below market value, in a suit arguing that the new law amounts to an unconstitutional taking.