Year in review: A look back at some consequential events for rental housing providers in 2022

It’s been said that this year’s book at midnight turns into the footnote in the next. That’s partially true. For landlords, property managers, and real estate practitioners, a new regulatory regime that was spawned in 2022 will be more than a footnote in the new year. Some perspective is in order.
Statewide eviction protections end but some defiant locales continue to be out of step by continuing COVID-related protections.
After COVID reared its ugly head, the public policy priority was to stabilize housing, shielding residents from eviction for non-payment of rent. Rental housing providers became the only sector in society to be told to provide a free service without compensation. As moratoriums expired, we saw extension after extension, but this came to an end in the summer of 2022.