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| Man involved in housing mess owes $395,000 in taxes
by Brittany Levine, The Orange County Register
August 19th, 2010
Property manager Leo Goldberg rented units out without telling future tenants that the property was going through foreclosure. Goldberg requested advance payments and walked away with them once the bank took over the property. Goldberg is one of California's top 250 delinquent taxpayers. |
| Golden Cockroach Awarded to "Worst Landlord"
by Steve Kupferman, Torontoist
August 19th, 2010
Tenants gathered in Ontario for the presentation of the Golden Cockroach Award to MetCap Living, owner of thousands of apartment units in the Toronto area. The Parkdale Tenants Association presented the award to them with the title Worst Landlord of the Year. |
| City Council plays meeting games...
The Sacramento Bee
August 19th, 2010
Members of the Sacramento City Council moved the public comment period, where members of the public can comment on matters not on the agenda, from the beginning of the meeting to the end. Members of the public will have to wait until the entire meeting is almost over, which can be anywhere from two to six hours, to participate. |
| State Bans Wholesale Evictions
by Stephanie Kraft, The Valley Advocate
August 19th, 2010
A new Massachusetts law protects tenants caught in the foreclosure crisis through no fault of their own. Banks repossessing properties cannot evict tenants except for lease violations or nonpayment of rent.
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| Home Improvement
by Alyssa Katz, Newsweek
August 17th, 2010
Approximately 30,000 tenants gathered in East Point, a suburb just outside of Atlanta, to stand in line for a Section 8 housing application. There are 455 newly available Section 8 vouchers, which renters can use anywhere in the country. |
| Feds offer aid to renters as well as homeowners
by Kathleen Pender, The San Francisco Chronicle
August 15th, 2010
Government programs have provided renters, who make up one-third of households in the US, with stronger protections when the landlord faces foreclosure. This article quotes Ted Gullicksen of the San Francisco Tenants Union, who believes the government should do more for renters in this economy. |
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