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Boston students are organizing to help tenants in foreclosed properties.
Unable to afford Hawaii rents (the highest in the nation), tenants of Kalihi home lived in substandard conditions because it was all they could afford. The home recently collapsed and displaced the tenants.
According to this USA Today article, many families affected by foreclosure are dealing with their housing problems by moving in with relatives. This phenomenon may contribute to increasing vacancy rates across the nation.
Page Mill Properties' attorneys and attorneys representing tenants of Page Mill Properties each made arguments regarding East Palo Alto's rent control ordinance.
SB 120 would provide greater protections to tenants in foreclosure situations
SB 290 would preserve the requirement for a 60-day notice to terminate tenancy in "no fault" evictions.
Proposal calls for banks to continue renting to tenants after foreclosure and to act as responsible landlords.
A group of tenants’ rights advocates gathered outside the Santa Barbara County Administration Building demanding that supervisors stiffen the rules governing how much relocation assistance landlords have to provide displaced renters and under what circumstances.
A group of tenants’ rights advocates gathered outside the Santa Barbara County Administration Building demanding that supervisors stiffen the rules governing how much relocation assistance landlords have to provide displaced renters and under what circumstances.
Five families in San Francisco's Mission District are facing eviction from their non rent-controlled apartments after a dispute that began last year when a new landlord increased rents by as much as $800 a month.
L.A. police warn residents of a rental scam involving foreclosed properties. Police said the scam artists would pose as property owners, and then collect cash in exchange for a promise to rent homes to victims.
East Palo Alto's biggest landlord, Page Mill Properties, suffered a legal setback Tuesday when a San Mateo County judge granted an injunction barring it from raising rents at its properties. Tenants claim Page Mill has set up sham companies to exploit an exemption to rent control for small property owners.
This post on Progress Illinois discusses a "State of Chicago Renters" report and federal housing policies that could help alleviate problems facing renters in Chicago and across the country.
San Francisco Board of Supervisors President David Chiu introduced legislation Tuesday that would make it more difficult to use the Ellis Act to evict tenants and then build a car garage.
City officials in Hemet hope to buy rental four-plexes that have gone into foreclosure and where the banks have evicted many of the tenants. Results of negotiations between the city attorney and property owners will be reported Monday.
Amid the jobless recovery, some landlords are showering flat-screen TVs, cash, rent cuts and other incentives on tenants to encourage them to renew their apartment leases and thus avoid the expense of filling empty units.
Citing high unployment and the weak economy, Los Angeles City Councilman Richard Alarcon called Wednesday for a one-year moratorium on increases for rent-controlled units.
The Massachusetts State Senate is considering the woes of tenants victimized by the foreclosure crisis. It recently gave unanimous support to a law that targeted stabilization of the neighbourhood by giving protection to the tenants from eviction due to foreclosure. The Senate gave the nod to Act to Stabilize Neighborhoods.

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