“The number of people who are now renters in our country has skyrocketed,” says Faizah Malik, an LA-based attorney and tenant rights advocate who has worked on housing issues for almost 15 years.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Roger Valdez writes about housing economics and policy. The best way to help people struggling with rising rents is to build more ...

A New Jersey appeals court on Monday solidified the amount of money in back rent a tenant must pay to avoid an eviction in a precedent-setting decision that went against the arguments of a landlord ...

The ACLU Foundation of Northern California and two partner law firms filed a lawsuit against major landlord Equity ...