Glenn S. Demby

Glenn S. Demby, Esq. is the contributing editor of Commercial Lease Law Insider and Fair Housing Coach, published by the Habitat Group. His newsletters have won numerous awards from the National Association of Real Estate Editors and the Specialized Information Publishers Association.

Feature

HUD to PHAs: Prepare for Funding Shortfalls & Cut Operating Costs

Dec 9, 2025

Glenn S. Demby

A recent notice lays out a menu of cost-cutting options grouped into three categories.

Screening Applicants

How to Avoid Discrimination When Rejecting Applicants Because They Have a Criminal Record

We outline seven ways to avoid liability risk.

Dec 8, 2025

Glenn S. Demby

We outline seven ways to avoid liability risk.

Recent Court Rulings

Daughter Wins Last Chance to Prove She Inherited Her Mom’s Section 8 Voucher Rights

Dec 5, 2025

Glenn S. Demby

In 2016, a New York City Housing Authority-owned and managed public housing site converted to semi-private ownership under the PACT program. When a tenant who obtained a Section 8 project-based voucher after the conversion died, NYCHA sought to evict her adoptive daughter who was living the unit...

Feature

Managing Vacancies: Collect Rent from Small Tenant While Searching for Big Tenant

Put 10 protections in your landlord termination option.

Nov 25, 2025

Glenn S. Demby

CLLI_1225_MLC_Term-Option.pdf

Put 10 protections in your landlord termination option.

Drafting Tips

Get 5 Lease Protections When Granting Free Rent to Tenants

State in a clear and precise way exactly what the concession does and doesn’t cover.

Nov 24, 2025

Glenn S. Demby

CLLI_1225_MLC_Free-Rent.pdf

State in a clear and precise way exactly what the concession does and doesn’t cover.

Landlord Loses

Guarantor’s Liability Ends When Tenant Surrenders, Not When Landlord Accepts Surrender

Nov 21, 2025

Glenn S. Demby

An investment advisor tenant stopped paying utilities in March 2020; it stopped paying rent in June; and it surrendered the office in November. The landlord sued the tenant and the corporate officer who signed a good guy guaranty on its behalf ...

Landlord Loses

Subtenant That Vacates on Time Need Not Pay Holdover Rent to Tenant

Nov 20, 2025

Glenn S. Demby

Best Buy subleased retail property to Factory Direct on the condition that it return the premises in a “condition and repair equal to the condition and repair thereof at the commencement of said term” and pay 150 percent of the fixed rent if it held over. Factory Direct vacated before the sublea...