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Housing Crisis Hits Renters: Are You Obligated to Pay Rent During Foreclosure?
KGET.com
February 2nd, 2009
A Bakersfield family seeks answers to common questions around renters' rights in foreclosure situations.

Freddie Mac Extends Eviction Suspension Until March, Launches Rental Option for Foreclosed Borrowers, Tenants
Freddie Mac
January 30th, 2009
Freddie Mac will allow borrowers who have had their homes foreclosed on to stay in the properties as tenants under negotiated rental agreements.

Meltdown Madness
by Nick Turse, Mother Jones
January 29th, 2009
This Mother Jones article looks at the number of foreclosure and mortgage crisis related suicides and incidents of violence. In many cases, people were driven to desperate measures after receiving eviction notices.

Rental Prices to Come Down in Ventura
by Michael Sullivan, Ventura County Reporter
January 29th, 2009
Despite falling rental prices in Ventura County, many families are unable to afford the rents.

For San Francisco Landlord, Bell Tolls on a Heavy-Debt Plan
by Jonathan Karp, The Wall Street Journal
January 28th, 2009
The Wall Street Journal reports on a notorious San Francisco landlord's recent deal to deed 51 of its properties back to the lender.

Men Get Jail for Scamming Renters
by Teri Figueroa, North County Times
January 26th, 2009
Two men who scammed renters into renting foreclosed homes they did not own were each sentenced to 90 days in jail.

Tenants Encouraged to Socialize, but not Criticize
by Anne Barnard, New York Times
January 25th, 2009
A Queens landlord refused to renew the lease of tenants who posted comments that were critical of the apartment complex on a web forum.

NY Landlord Fined $10K for Taking Tenant's Toilet
San Francisco Chronicle
January 23rd, 2009
To get his tenant to move out, an NYC landlord removed the tenant's toilet, stove, and other fixtures.

Legal Entanglements Between East Palo Alto, Page Mill Worsen
by Jessica Berstein-Wax, San Jose Mercury News
January 22nd, 2009
Page Mill Properties has filed another suit against the City of East Palo Alto. This suit alleges that the City failed to provide the landlord with copies of a review of the East Palo Alto rent stabilization ordinance by the city of Berkeley.

Score One for Landlords
by Audrey Cooper, sfgate.com
January 22nd, 2009
A San Francisco judge has temporarily blocked certain sections of Proposition M, a voter-approved anti-harassment law.

Bay Area Rental Market
by Carolyn Said, San Francisco Chronicle
January 21st, 2009
This Chronicle article looks at projections for rents and vacancy rates in San Francisco, Oakland and San Jose for 2009.

Sparks OKs Plan to Fight Foreclosures
by David Jacobs, RGJ.com
January 20th, 2009
The City of Sparks, Nevada, is purchasing foreclosed properties that have been on the market for at least six months and using them as rentals.

New Battle Affects Home Values: No Rental-Rules
by Brad Reagan, smartmoney.com
January 20th, 2009
This blog examines the practice by homeowners associations to ban rentals.

Appellate Court Criticizes Trial Judge for Unfair Treatment of Tenants in Eviction Case
by Dean Preston, Rents & Rants
January 20th, 2009

Lembi Gives 51 Buildings Back to UBS
by J.K. Dineen, San Francisco Business Times
January 16th, 2009
To avoid foreclosure, San Francisco's second biggest landlord, the Lembi Group, deeds 51 apartment buildings back to the lender.

'It's Not My Problem'
by Andre Coleman, Pasadena Weekly
January 15th, 2009
Tenants of a Pasadena rental complex agreed to vacate their homes despite having no place to go out of the fear that an eviction would appear on their credit report.

LA's Hidden Housing Disaster
by Max Taves, LA Weekly
January 14th, 2009
The LA Weekly examines the state of affordable housing in Los Angeles.

Fannie Mae Announces National REO Rental Policy
Fannie Mae
January 13th, 2009
Fannie Mae announces its new policy regarding renters who occupy foreclosed properties.

Go East, Young Man? Californians Look For the Exit
by Michael R. Blood, Sacramento Bee
January 12th, 2009
According to the Sacramento Bee, high rents are one of the reasons that more people are moving out of California than any other state.

Mayor, Supes Must Stop Suval-Type Evictions
by Randy Shaw, BeyondChron.org
January 12th, 2009
Randy Shaw of BeyondChron comments on a trial eviction case in San Francisco.

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