landlords

plural of landlord
1
as in proprietors
the owner of land or housing that is rented to another agreed to pay the landlord the rent on the first Monday of each month

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as in taverners
the owner or manager of an inn a weekend workshop that is intended to disabuse would-be landlords of a bed-and breakfast that the job is one long vacation

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Recent Examples of landlords In an attempt to keep rents around the country from soaring, the Biden administration proposed in July that corporate landlords limit annual rent increases to no more than 5% in order to maintain a major tax break. Andrea Castillo, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2024 Developers and landlords should look to attract high-end tenants, reposition existing spaces, and create experiences that appeal to today’s luxury consumers and keep them engaged. Naveen Jaggi, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024 One particular use case is using this data to forecast market activity, which can enable landlords to anticipate and prepare for market fluctuations. Ryan Masiello, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024 In 2020, the partnership estimated nearly 1 million of those units had rents low enough to be deemed affordable because landlords set the price at that rate even though there was no government mandate to do so. Andrew Khouri, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2024 Capping corporate landlords' ability to buy up our housing supply, protecting local communities’ ability to regulate short term rentals, and reforming Arizona’s zoning laws will bring our housing policy into the 21st century. Ray Stern, The Arizona Republic, 3 Oct. 2024 Harris is calling for a rapid increase in home construction, $25,000 in down-payment assistance for first-time homebuyers and restrictions on corporate landlords. Liam Dillon, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2024 Predictive analytics have now empowered commercial real estate landlords to take a proactive approach to leasing and tenant engagement and have provided them with the ability to anticipate and take action on future tenant behavior to make the best decisions for their portfolio today. Ryan Masiello, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024 Springfield’s housing authority executive director, Michelle Lee-Hall, told The New York Times housing affordability problems have been aggravated by landlords pivoting to migrants willing to pay higher rent. Conor Murray, Forbes, 2 Oct. 2024

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“Landlords.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/landlords. Accessed 2 Dec. 2024.

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