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CEO Matthew I. Paletz Interviewed by Crain’s Detroit Business

Pandemic rent relief had ‘extreme’ impact on tenants and landlords. What happens now that it’s gone? Michigan’s COVID Emergency Rental Assistance program is coming to an end and tenants and landlords alike praised the $1.3 billion program that helped keep nearly 140,000 people from losing shelter, or having utilities turned off, as the coronavirus raged. […]

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CEO Matthew I. Paletz Op-Ed published in the Detroit News

An op-ed piece by Matt was published in the Detroit News this week. Read the article on the Detroit News website here. Non-subscribers can download the full article here.

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On Air

CEO Matthew I. Paletz Featured on Living Off Rentals Podcast

Matt was interviewed by Kirby Atwell about the current real estate landscape in the aftermath of Covid. Click here for the full video podcast. 

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The Aftermath of COVID Continues to Cause Delays in Michigan Landlord-Tenant Cases

Owners of rental properties continue to be adversely affected by the delays and disruptions emanating from the Michigan judiciary’s attempts to address the COVID pandemic. Here are three reasons landlord-tenant cases are routinely delayed and unable to be quickly resolved as intended by Michigan law. Most District Courts are Overwhelmed and Underperforming Despite Best Efforts […]

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Michigan Supreme Court Still Exercising Superintending Control of Local Courts to the Detriment of Private Property Rights

No doubt, the pandemic has taken its toll on everyone. In the business arena, the two groups that have been affected the most are restaurants and landlords. In the beginning of Covid, they were literally prevented from making a living. As it has progressed, my clients have seen their rights abrogated without due process of […]

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Michigan Manufactured Housing Abandoned Title Options

Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, countless news reports deemed the United States to be in an affordable housing crisis. Fast forward to 2022 and things have gotten steadily more precarious.  Between one of the hottest housing markets in recent memory, coupled with landlords struggling to recoup monies lost during the endless eviction moratoriums, housing prices […]

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2021 Year-End Report

  TO OUR CLIENTS, WE SAY THANK YOU Thank you all for your continuing faith, trust and support in Paletz Law. The last two years have certainly been challenging for all of us. But our resolve has been steeled and has never been stronger. We continue to strive to be yourvoice and be the best […]

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From the Desk of CEO Matthew I. Paletz December 2021

Next year will mark my 15th year at the helm of Paletz Law. We have made it through the Great Recession, a momentous family succession and are continuing to endure through the Covid-19 global pandemic. My mother, our Firm’s founder, never promised things would be easy, but who could have anticipated things would be this […]

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