Legal

Coliving guru Christine McDannell interviews international law attorney Tim Rezendes and real estate lawyer Jonathan Mills on her podcast show. If you’re a coliving company thinking about expanding across borders, this is definitely a must watch.

An in-depth paper from a tenant/landlord litigation lawyer Michelle Marratto Itkowitz about several legal issues pertaining to coliving including compliance with rent stabilization and anti-discrimination laws.

For coliving operators, finding the right tenants is extremely important since part of the coliving value proposition is a robust community of friends. Even more important, however, is for coliving operators to ensure their renting practices abide by local laws and regulations. This New York Times piece covers New York City landlords showing bias against renters on housing assistance and can be a valuable warning for coliving operators to ensure their tenant selection process is legal.

This article from Brick Underground examines the legal issues for tenants to keep in mind when thinking about living in coliving environments. While the focus of the article is specific to the notoriously difficult rental market in New York City, the three tips should be taken into account for all potential coliving tenants.

This piece from coliving legal experts Jonathan Mills and Andrew McCormack covers the important legal differences between the Master Lease and Property Management Agreement. As coliving operators have learned through the covid-19 pandemic, the legal language in rental agreements is extremely important, particularly when there are market downturns. This article is a great place to start to learn the basics.

Summing up some of the key takeaways from the 2019 National Alliance to End Homelessness conference, this piece recounts the legal history of shared living in the US and the many regulatory restrictions that are still in place today.

This 17-minute video podcast features Jonathan Mills and Matt Kyle from Osborne Clarke as they discuss the legal issues for coliving operators with respect to health and safety during the pandemic.

This article from Herbert Smith Freehills covers the different legal categories of how coliving can be classified by laws across the UK as well as the planning law repercussions depending on which category buildings are classified under.

For any real estate business, making sure the company and customers are properly insured is extremely important. In this piece Forbes Editor Jason Metz covers the basics of renters insurance and why it’s a good idea for coliving residents to consider it.

India has one of the fastest growing real estate markets in the world and laws around tenancy will play a big part in how the sector is shaped over the coming decades. This piece from Alpha Partners provides a brief overview of the Indian real estate sector as well as the Model Tenancy Act of 2020.

For coliving operators, finding the right tenants is extremely important since part of the coliving value proposition is a robust community of friends. Even more important, however, is for coliving operators to ensure their renting practices abide by local laws and regulations. This New York Times piece covers New York City landlords showing bias against renters on housing assistance and can be a valuable warning for coliving operators to ensure their tenant selection process is legal.

This 2021 presentation from the City of Alexandria provides a rare look inside the process of creating public policy to facilitate coliving developments. The city’s proposed Coliving Initiative is proposing to change certain zoning laws in order to incentivize higher density living units to combat the housing affordability crisis in the city.

A September 2021 article out of Los Angeles describes the approval process for two coliving developments in West Hollywood. A quick but valuable read for those looking to see behind the curtain of how city planners think about the advantages and disadvantages of coliving.

Aaron Gadiel, a Partner at Australian law firm Mills Oakley, provides an in-depth analysis of proposed housing legislation in New South Wales called State Environmental Planning Policy (Housing) 2021. In this article Gadiel makes the argument that the proposed policy aimed at increasing housing supply would actually reduce housing opportunities without significant changes.