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Landlord vs Tenant Friendly States
Hello,
I hope everyone in the US had a great Thanksgiving.
I am currently compiling a list of landlord vs tenant friendly states. I hope that this can serve as a reference for others. Feel free to make corrections or add feedback - I realize that states can be landlord friendly but cities can be tenant friendly or vice versa.
LANDLORD FRIENDLY
SUNBELT
Arizona
Texas
Florida
Alabama
Georgia
Louisiana
Mississippi
South Carolina
North Carolina
Arkansas
Colorado
Oklahoma
Utah (moderate)
New Mexico (moderate)
MIDWEST
Ohio
Indiana
Michigan* (I hear they're trying to make it tenant friendly / make evictions difficult, perhaps limited to certain cities)
Illinois* (not Chicago)
Wisconsin (moderate)
Iowa (moderate)
North Dakota
South Dakota
Missouri
Tennessee (moderate)
WEST
Wyoming
Idaho
Alaska
Montana
SOUTH
West Virginia
Virginia (moderate)
Kentucky
NORTHEAST
Pennsylvania
New Hampshire (moderate)
TENANT FRIENDLY
NORTHEAST
Maine
Vermont
Rhode Island
Delaware
New York
Maryland
Connecticut
Massachusetts
Washington, D.C.
New Jersey
MIDWEST
Minnesota
Kansas
Nebraska
WEST
Oregon
Washington
Hawaii
SUNBELT
California
Nevada
Source: Various articles and Turbo Tenant