Although the rights and laws of loft law owners are being debated in the halls of the legislature as we write, no field of law has seen a greater slowing in development than Loft Law landlord-tenant rights. However, that does not change the fact that there have been such developments, both legislatively and in the common law. Like mainstream landlord-tenant law, Loft Law saw a significant legislative change just months prior to the revelation of the Coronavirus. To this was added another set of statutory changes in 2021, actually during the pandemic, and a handful of cases decided during that same time period.

Legislative Changes—The 2019 Law

Like for mainstream landlord-tenant law, the more dramatic statutory enactment was in 2019, but, predictably, it has taken the entire period since for case law construing it to be reported in the major research systems. While undoubtedly there is more such material in the pipeline, the cases that have already come down clarify some important points in the new legislation.

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