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Glenn S. Demby

Glenn S. Demby

Contributing Editor

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.

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Recent Court Rulings

Court Nixes Resident’s Civil Rights Money Damages Lawsuit Against PHA for Fatal Fire

Oct 6, 2025
Glenn S. Demby

A 5-year-old autistic boy living in an insect-infested Philadelphia public housing building with no working smoke detectors set fire to the bugs crawling in his family’s Christmas tree, lighting a blaze that burned down the building and killed 12 people ...


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Set Ground Rules on Tenant’s Use of Patios & Outdoor Dining Spaces

Put 18 protections in leases allowing restaurant tenants to use outdoor space.
Sep 23, 2025
Glenn S. Demby
CLLI_1025_MLC.pdf

Put 18 protections in leases allowing restaurant tenants to use outdoor space.


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Traps to Avoid

Don’t Get Locked in When Granting Tenants Sublease/Assignment Processing Fee Concessions

Avoid the risks that may outweigh the benefits to waiving these fees.
Sep 22, 2025
Glenn S. Demby

Avoid the risks that may outweigh the benefits to waiving these fees.


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Landlord Wins

Landlord Entitled to Attorney’s Fees in Enforcing Attorney’s Fees Clause of Lease

Sep 20, 2025
Glenn S. Demby

Upon learning that it had closed its coffee shop, a shopping center landlord sued a tenant and guarantor for violating the “continuous operations” clause of the lease ...


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Landlord Loses

Landlord Can’t Collect Future Rent Without Lease Acceleration Clause

Sep 19, 2025
Glenn S. Demby

A shopping center leased space in its parking lot to a food truck operator for a five-year term. The tenant stopped paying rent, and the landlord sued ...


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Take 6 Steps to Verify Claims of Zero Income

Or risk having to refund overpayments to HUD.
Sep 16, 2025
Glenn S. Demby
Model-Form-1025.pdf

Or risk having to refund overpayments to HUD.


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Compliance

HUD Orders PHAs to Audit Residents’ Immigration Status

The directive has the potential to uproot mixed-status families.
Sep 15, 2025
Glenn S. Demby

The agency seems to be enlisting PHAs in the business of enforcing immigration laws.


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Recent Court Rulings

OK to Revoke Section 8 Voucher of Evicted PHA Resident

Sep 14, 2025
Glenn S. Demby

After nearly two years of participating in Section 8, a PHA resident got a double dose of bad news: Her landlord was evicting her for violating the lease and exercising its authority under HUD regulations to revoke her housing voucher. A hearing was held ...


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Recent Court Rulings

Surviving Sons Can Take Over Section 8 Subsidy Despite Not Being Listed as Household Members

Sep 13, 2025
Glenn S. Demby

In 2018, the owner of a NYC public housing property converted the premises and its residents to a Section 8 project-based voucher program via the PACT/RAD program. When the last tenant of record listed on the Section 8 lease died in 2020, the owner terminated his subsidy ...


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Don't Use 'To Code' as Sole Work Letter Standard

Sep 4, 2025
Glenn S. Demby

When negotiating the terms of a work letter with a tenant, don’t just agree to do a particular item of work “to code,” without listing any specifics or limitations. When not properly defined or limited, the phrase “to code” can be the source of confusion, miscommunication, and litigation.   


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