Landlord vs Tenant Friendly States

[Jewel B.]

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