He especially called for passage in the City Council of an "anti-warehousing bill" that would prohibit landlords from keeping apartments vacant while people remain homeless.

Across the Hudson River in New Jersey, state regulations prohibit landlords from turning a profit on electricity.

Rental guidelines are less stringent during the winter, but Southampton's town code prohibits landlords from renting a house to more than five unrelated people.

He also said that the Assembly would approve legislation that would prohibit landlords from evicting tenants for as long as the rent law remains expired.

Municipal law, he said, expressly prohibits landlords who receive such benefits from "discriminating against tenants or potential tenants with Section 8 vouchers."

For several years, there have been public hearings on a bill to prohibit landlords from warehousing vacant apartments.

The law allows the governor to declare a rent protection emergency, which would prohibit landlords from raising rates more than twice the rate of inflation for the preceding nine months.

New York City's Administrative Code prohibits landlords and co-op boards from refusing to rent or sell to anyone with a legal occupation, including musicians.

It prohibits landlords from renting property to illegal immigrants.

On May 12, 2007, Farmers Branch became the first community in the nation to prohibit landlords from renting to most illegal immigrants.