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Rooney Rule Revised Provides ESG Opportunity

Green Building Law Update

As companies, most that are far afield from the NFL, look to have a positive impact on the world, in increasing numbers addressing ESG governance factors, many businesses are striving to address inequality, including matters of unequal access, historical racism, gender discrimination, lack of inclusion and more.

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Homeowners Associations Are Instituting Rental Restrictions to Fight Off Corporate Landlords

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Despite pushback from homeowners associations, rental firms argue that restrictions exacerbate an existing affordability crisis and open a doorway to housing discrimination. Though investor purchases are slowing, nearly 1 in 7 homes sold in the nation’s top metropolitan areas in 2021 were purchased by investors, the most in two decades.

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New Maryland Real Estate Laws from the 2020 Legislative Session

Green Building Law Update

Historic Discrimination. The Act delays the requirement from October 1, 2020, to October 1, 2021, for all elevators in privately owned buildings, except for direct-acting hydraulic elevators, which must comply beginning October 1, 2022. House Bill 1077 (Ch. Senate Bill 164 / House Bill 116 (Chs.

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