Company: RWT-PA
Filing Date: 2025-03-03
Form Type: 10-K
Source: 0000930236-25-000007
Chunk: 263

Company: REDWOOD TRUST INC
Filing Date: 2025-03-03
Form: 10-K
Item: Item 1A
Chunk 263
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 future stricter rent control regulations. For example, in 2019, the New York State Senate passed the Housing Stability and Tenant Protection Act of 2019 (the “HSTP Act”), which, among other things, limits the ability of landlords to increase rents in rent stabilized apartments in New York State at the time of lease renewal and after a vacancy. The HSTP Act also limits potential rent increases for major capital improvements and for individual apartment improvements in such rent stabilized apartments. In addition, the HSTP Act permits certain qualified localities in the State of New York to implement the rent stabilization system. In addition, the California State Assembly passed Assembly Bill 1482 (“AB 1482”), which, among other things, will prevent landlords in California from increasing the gross rental rate by more than 5% plus the percentage change in the cost of living in any 12-month period and require landlords to have “just cause” when evicting a tenant that has continuously and lawfully occupied a residential property for 12 months. Such “just cause” may include, among other things, the failure to pay rent, causing damage or destruction to the property, and assigning or subletting the premises in violation of the tenant’s lease. In addition, the Oregon State House passed Senate Bill 608 (“SB 608”), which, among other things, will limit rent increases to 7% each year, in addition to inflation, and would, in most cases, require landlords to provide notice and give a reason for evicting tenants. The HSTP Act, AB 1482 or SB 608, or similar legislative or regulatory actions, may reduce the value of the single-family rental and multifamily properties collateralizing mortgage loans we own, or those underlying the securities or other investments we own, that are located in the States of New York, California, Oregon, or elsewhere, that are subject to the applicable rent control regulations. The value of residential investor term loans and multifamily mortgage loans, securities, and other investments we own may be negatively impacted by rent control or rent stabilization laws, regulations, or ordinances, which impacts may be material.

We may not be able to obtain or maintain the governmental licenses or registrations required to operate our business and we may fail to comply with various state and federal laws and regulations applicable to our business, including, for example, our business of acquiring residential mortgage loans and servicing rights and originating residential investor real estate loans or HEI. We seek to maintain our status of being approved to service residential