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| Is Chase Bank a Slumlord?
by Mary C. Jones, We The People
July 31st, 2010
Foreclosed properties across Chicago are deteriorating, with banks that have taken over the properties paying them little to no attention. Tenants of a building owned by Chase Bank rallied to demand assistance with relocation after the City ordered them to vacate the building. |
| Kagan: Cal ruling on religious landlady 'outrageous'
by Bob Egelko, The San Francisco Chronicle
June 26th, 2010
"When the California Supreme Court ruled in 1996 that a landlady had to rent an apartment to an unwed couple despite her religious objections to non-marital sex, civil rights groups and gay-rights advocates applauded the court's commitment to anti-discriminaiton laws. But a number of religious organizations, mostly conservative, saw the ruling as a threat to individual freedom and backed an appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court." |
| 2009: Sacramento foreclosures touch nearly 20,000 renters
by Jim Wasserman, The Sacramento Bee
May 18th, 2010
A new report says residential foreclosures touched the lives - and leases - of 19,791 Sacramento-area renters last year. They were among more than 200,000 renters statewide who had to move out after three months or at the end of their leases, according to a report by Tenants Together, a statewide renters' rights group. |
| Renters shouldn't vote, and other pearls of wisdom
by Anna Marie Hibble , SF Gate
January 26th, 2010
Commenters on the San Francisco Chronicle's online version, SFGate, who are notorious for offensive remarks, have given rise to the debate on whether renters have as much stake in a community as homeowners. |
| Tenant Buyouts
by Dave Crow, Crow and Rose Blog
January 18th, 2010
A San Francisco tenant lawyer explains what tenant buyouts are, when a tenant can expect them, and how to respond to a buyout offer. |
 | Tenants' Rights Flashcards
TED Fellows
December 2nd, 2009
A TED fellow collaborates with Tenants & Neighbors in NYC to develop and design a boxed set of 30 flash cards on tenants' rights. |
| The Donald Sterling Rule: All Bad Deeds Go Unpunished
by Jon Weinbach, Fanhouse
November 25th, 2009
Despite a long history of bad behavior including what the U.S. Department of Justice called "willful" mistreatment of African American and Latino tenants, the National Basketball Association has refused to discipline or comment on team owner Donald Sterling's misdeeds. |
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