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| Tigard Two-alarm fire damages apartments (KGW NewsChannel 8 Portland) Tualatin Valley Fire and Rescue responded to a fire at the Main Street Village Apartments in the block of 12000 Southwest Main Saturday night. Crews found heavy black smoke coming from a third-floor unit. Witnesses said windows exploded due to the heat and pressure of the smoke. Sun, 17 Aug 2008 04:32:02 GMT | ||
| Neighbors stall apartment plan (Boston Globe) A plan to build a 150-apartment development on a parcel in Wellesley's Lower Falls has been scaled down and set back by months, maybe years, following neighbor opposition. Sun, 17 Aug 2008 05:03:18 GMT | ||
| 4 families displaced by apartment fire in east Oak Cliff (Dallas Morning News) A three-alarm fire Saturday morning destroyed 12 units in an east Oak Cliff apartment complex and displaced at least four families. Sun, 17 Aug 2008 07:51:51 GMT | ||
| Apartment house bares all (Erie Times-News) PROBLEM: Garbage, but no siding The Millcreek Township enforcement office recently complained about the apartment house at the corner of McKee and West Ridge roads in the township. Sun, 17 Aug 2008 06:40:50 GMT | ||
| Apartment Death Now a Homicide (KOLR - KSFX Ozarks) Springfield Police are confirming their investigation into a body found with stab wounds at a north Springfield apartment is now a homicide investigation. Sun, 17 Aug 2008 04:35:20 GMT | ||
| Landlords to be billed (Baltimore Sun) County seeks to recover undeserved tax breaks Hundreds of Howard County homeowners who also own rental properties soon will receive bills for undeserved property tax breaks they received under Maryland's Homestead Tax Credit program. Sun, 17 Aug 2008 07:45:27 GMT | ||
| Rising rents drain wallets nationwide (Zawya) 17 August 2008 Jeddah - A shortage of apartments has led to a practice of 50 percent rent hikes by landlords, according to an Al-Madina report. Many Saudi residents have said they had no choice but to accept the increase in rents in order to keep living in their homes. Sun, 17 Aug 2008 08:07:33 GMT | ||
| If landlord delays fixes, 'repair and deduct' (San Francisco Chronicle) Q: I live in an old Victorian building that has been converted to apartments. I notified the landlord 2 1/2 months ago that my heater (an aging wall heater) was not working and that I had the utility company out twice last winter to service it. The landlord... Sun, 17 Aug 2008 07:37:37 GMT | ||
| Trump To Become Ed McMahon's Landlord (WLBZ Bangor) BEVERLY HILLS, C.A. (AP) -- Donald Trump will soon be Ed McMahon's landlord. He's saving McMahon's 7,000-square-foot Beverly Hills mansion from foreclosure by buying it and leasing it to McMahon. Fri, 15 Aug 2008 18:54:20 GMT | ||
| Emergency landowner/ tenant rule in bovine TB area to be amended (Crookston Daily Times) The emergency rule allowing landowners, tenants, and their agents designated in writing, to take deer without a permit in the landowner/tenant shooting zone in northwest Minnesota will soon be amended, according to the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR.) Sun, 17 Aug 2008 05:41:09 GMT | ||
| TV Review: 'Big Brother' exit Q&A: Libra Thompson (Entertainment Weekly) Sun, 17 Aug 2008 06:12:43 GMT | ||
| Fire closes restaurant, displaces six tenants (Worcester Telegram & Gazette) GARDNER - An early morning fire yesterday in the basement of the Village Spa, the small East Broadway eatery more commonly known as "T-Paul's," closed the restaurant indefinitely and displaced the tenants who live in the two apartments above it. Sun, 17 Aug 2008 07:23:05 GMT | ||
| Done Deals: 2 new tenants for Bartlett medical plaza (Memphis Commercial Appeal) Bartlett Medical Plaza has added two new tenants to its space at 6570 Stage Road in Bartlett. Sun, 17 Aug 2008 05:09:48 GMT | ||
| Relocated mobile home tenants in Milpitas would get more aid (The Milpitas Post) An idea to grant thousands of dollars in extra relocation monies to tenants of area mobile home parks saw initial city approval last week. Sun, 17 Aug 2008 03:57:04 GMT | ||
| Fresh start on horizon for tenants of complex (Courier-Post) Janet Taunitas knows the weak spots, the sections of her apartment floor that creak and bow under foot. Sun, 17 Aug 2008 07:15:22 GMT | ||
| Once-homeless artist savors chance to give back to Hearth (Boston Globe) When 81-year-old artist Peter Phelps offered to make paintings for his fellow tenants at the Spencer House in Roxbury, there was one thing he didn't count on. Sun, 17 Aug 2008 05:01:07 GMT | ||
| A renters' guide to damage deposits (Everett Herald) Question: We just bought a house and we are moving out of our apartment. Our landlord is being very difficult about our damage deposit, which is quite large, and I'm afraid they will try to keep it unfairly. How can tenants protect their deposits from unjustified claims? Sun, 17 Aug 2008 07:02:19 GMT | ||
| Apartments offering freebies, other deals (The Arizona Republic) A glut of vacant apartments and competition from rental homes is spurring landlords to cut deals to new tenants. Sat, 16 Aug 2008 15:56:35 GMT | ||
| Massive fire follows explosion at Candlewood Apartments (South Bend Tribune) MISHAWAKA -- A loud explosion preceded a massive fire late Friday at Candlewood Apartments on Edison Road near Grape Road, residents said. Mishawaka firefighters were still working to douse remaining hot spots as of about 11:30 p.m. Sat, 16 Aug 2008 11:14:19 GMT | ||
| Two Kingsport men jailed after shootout at Lee Apartments; 12-year-old girl injured (Kingsport Times Two Kingsport men were arrested late Friday after an argument outside Lee Apartments turned into a shooting match that injured two bystanders, including a 12-year-old girl. Sat, 16 Aug 2008 16:11:47 GMT | ||
| Inspectors Force Residents To Evacuate Irving Apartments (NBC 5 Dallas Fort Worth) The city of Irving is helping people who live in the Vista Del Lago Apartments relocate after building inspectors say the complex is too dangerous to live in, NBC 5 reports. Sat, 16 Aug 2008 01:16:36 GMT | ||
| Investigator reviews fire at Edmond apartments (The Oklahoman) EDMOND — Firefighters are continuing their investigation of a fire at the Oxford Oaks Apartments, 1920 E Second St. Tim Wheeler, chief of fire prevention, said the Thursday morning fire doesn't appear to be suspicious. Fire damage was contained to an upstairs apartment. There was minor smoke and water damage to other apartments in the eight-unit building, Wheeler said. No one was home when the ... Sat, 16 Aug 2008 05:20:58 GMT | ||
| City Evicts Hundreds, Condemns 200 Irving Apartments (FOX 4 News Dallas - Fort Worth) Hundreds of people were evicted from their apartments in Irving Friday night after city code enforcement officers condemned the buildings, saying they were too poorly maintained to live in. Sat, 16 Aug 2008 04:30:15 GMT | ||
| UPDATE: Investigators search for cause in Candlewood Apartments fire (22 WSBT South Bend) MISHAWAKA — For the second time this year, Mishawaka firefighters had to battle a massive apartment fire. The call for help came in around 10 p.m. Friday night from Candlewood Apartments on Grape and Edison roads. Sat, 16 Aug 2008 04:24:22 GMT | ||
| Tax credits awarded to Park Place Apartments (Cleveland Advocate) The Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs (TDHCA) has announced that the Park Place Apartments, located at 100 Campbell Street in Cleveland, will be awarded 9 percent Competitive Housing Tax Credits for 2008. The apartment complex is owned by Community Housing Concepts (CHC), a Denver, Colorado based non-profit organization. Sat, 16 Aug 2008 07:05:26 GMT | ||
| LHFA to build senior apartments in eastern New Orleans (New Orleans Times-Picayune) The Louisiana Housing Finance Agency unveiled plans on Friday to redevelop the Gaslight Square Apartments, a development in eastern New Orleans that sustained heavy damage during Hurricane Katrina. Fri, 15 Aug 2008 20:57:53 GMT | ||
| Harlem Apartments Owner Faces Default (WNYC New York Public Radio) The owner of a large group of mostly rent-controlled apartments in Harlem will likely go into mortgage default. The Rockpoint Group and Stellar Management have warned creditors they can't make the S.... Sat, 16 Aug 2008 00:35:23 GMT | ||
| Apartment residents waiting to retrieve belongings from fire-damaged units (Austin American-Statesma Nearly three weeks after a fire gutted their building at the Retreat at Barton Creek, an apartment complex on South Lamar Boulevard, several residents say they still don't know if any of their belongings can be salvaged. Sun, 17 Aug 2008 01:05:18 GMT | ||
| 3 alarm fire damages 7-story apartment building (7 News Boston) ROXBURY, Mass. -- A three alarm fire broke out in a 7-story apartment building late Friday night. Sun, 17 Aug 2008 01:58:18 GMT | ||
| Minn. Man Apparently Drowns In Apartment Pool (WCCO Minneapolis - St. Paul) Ramsey County authorities say a Little Canada man apparently drowned while swimming in a pool at an apartment complex. Sun, 17 Aug 2008 02:18:55 GMT | ||
| Car hits tree, crashes into Phoenix apartment killing 2 (ABC 15 Phoenix) Two people were killed after their car veered off the road and crashed into an apartment in Phoenix on Saturday morning. According to Phoenix police, 43-year-old Bonnie Stiehl and 41-year-old Anthony Garcia were traveling in a pickup truck westbound on Camelback Road around 3 a.m. Sat, 16 Aug 2008 20:13:37 GMT | ||
| 2 Dead After Pickup Rams Apartment (CBS 5 Phoenix) Phoenix police say two people are dead after a pickup truck they were riding in slammed into an apartment building on Camelback Road. 12:35 p.m. Sat, 16 Aug 2008 19:35:35 GMT | ||
| Families displaced after east Oak Cliff apartment fire (Dallas Morning News) A three-alarm fire Saturday morning destroyed 12 units in an east Oak Cliff apartment complex and displaced at least four families. Sat, 16 Aug 2008 18:21:36 GMT | ||
| Two killed when truck crashes into an apartment. (12 News Phoenix) Two people were killed when the truck they were riding in slammed into an apartment building overnight. According to police, the vehicle was heading west on Camelback when it left the road, grazed a tree and crashed into a lower level apartment. Sat, 16 Aug 2008 17:43:26 GMT | ||
| O.C. apartment owners settle discrimination suit (KGET 17 Bakersfield) Owners and managers of a Stanton apartment complex will pay $618,000 to settle claims that they discriminated against families with children. Sat, 16 Aug 2008 15:48:56 GMT | ||
| Apartment plans move forward (The Glasgow Daily Times) One building on the Liberty Street Campus remains vacant, but there are plans to transform the former elementary school into an apartment building similar to the one that occupies the former Glasgow High School building. Sat, 16 Aug 2008 18:06:11 GMT | ||
| OC apartment owners settle discrimination suit for $618,000 (The Fresno Bee) STANTON, Calif. AP) - Owners and managers of a Stanton apartment complex will pay $618,000 to settle claims that they discriminated against families with children. Read comments Sat, 16 Aug 2008 09:18:43 GMT | ||
| Buy-to-let landlords in mortgage arrears (Independent) An estimated 10,000 buy-to-let landlords are more than three months behind with their mortgage, according to research from independent financial adviser Hargreaves Lansdown. More may follow and start struggling to meet their repayments as large numbers of landlords are due to come off cheap two- and three- year fixed-rate mortgage deals in 2009 and 2010. Sat, 16 Aug 2008 23:23:42 GMT | ||
| Games let down hopeful landlords (China Daily) While heralding excitement and success for many, the Beijing Olympic Games has mostly been a letdown for the capital's landlords seeking to cash in on the tourist influx. Sun, 17 Aug 2008 01:08:29 GMT | ||
| Beijing landlords reaps disappointment at Olympics (People's Daily) The ongoing Beijing Olympic Games have brought excitement and success for many, but for landlords in the Chinese capital who had hoped to reap a small fortune from the flood-in of tourists, the Game has turned out to be a big disappointment. Real estate agencies said the actual deal prices for short-term renting is largely lower than what the owners had expected, who raised their rental prices ... Sat, 16 Aug 2008 08:32:37 GMT | ||
| Olympics disappoint Beijing landlords (New Kerala) Beijing, Aug 16 : The ongoing Beijing Olympics have brought excitement and success to many, but for landlords in the Chinese capital who had hoped to reap a small fortune from the tourists, the Games have turned out to be a big disappointment. Sat, 16 Aug 2008 09:32:01 GMT | ||
| Apartments offering freebies, other deals (The Arizona Republic) A glut of vacant apartments and competition from rental homes is spurring landlords to cut deals to new tenants. Sat, 16 Aug 2008 15:56:35 GMT | ||
| City in no rush on rental inspections (The Sand Mountain Reporter) Albertville city leaders assured landlords Monday there are no plans to rush into action on a rental inspection ordinance. “There are a lot of rental houses people should not be living in because of conditions,” said Mayor Carl Pruett. Sat, 16 Aug 2008 18:22:20 GMT | ||
| Pubs ditch Sky Premier League football in credit crunch cuts (Daily Mirror) Thousands of struggling pub landlords are ditching Sky's Premiership football service, claiming the soaring costs is crippling them. Sat, 16 Aug 2008 10:04:29 GMT | ||
| Landlord badly hurt in pub fight (BBC News) A pub landlord suffers serious injuries when a brawl breaks out at a pub in Northumberland. Sat, 16 Aug 2008 10:40:45 GMT | ||
| Landlord Displays New Friendlier Sign (The Kentucky Post) A local landlord is now displaying a kinder, friendlier message for his neighbors. Two weeks ago, John Wallen unveiled a banner from an apartment building he owns with a message that got the city's attention concerning problems on his street. Sun, 17 Aug 2008 01:19:35 GMT | ||
| Suit blames shock on landlord (Connecticut Post) MILFORD — A Seymour woman is suing her former landlord in Milford Superior Court, claiming the severe shock that sent her to the hospital two years ago was caused by his failure to properly Sat, 16 Aug 2008 04:40:10 GMT | ||
| Landlord suffers serious injuries in pub brawl (Blyth and Wansbeck Today) THE landlord of an Ashington pub is in hospital with serious injuries after a fight. (16/08/2008 12:22:00) Sat, 16 Aug 2008 11:37:58 GMT | ||
| Trump To Become Ed McMahon's Landlord (WLBZ Bangor) BEVERLY HILLS, C.A. (AP) -- Donald Trump will soon be Ed McMahon's landlord. He's saving McMahon's 7,000-square-foot Beverly Hills mansion from foreclosure by buying it and leasing it to McMahon. Fri, 15 Aug 2008 18:54:10 GMT | ||
| Landlord Displays New Friendlier Sign (WCPO Cincinnati) John Wallen unveiled a banner from an apartment building he owns with a message that got the city's attention concerning problems on his street. Sun, 17 Aug 2008 01:41:26 GMT | ||
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