“More and more tenants” are asking their landlords to serve them Section 21 notices so they can access council housing, a law firm has claimed. Landlord Action, a solicitor firm which specialises in evictions and housing law, said tenants “regularly” ask their landlord clients to serve them eviction notices, rather than the other way round. […]
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Ames City Council dedicates $25,000 to help displaced Welch Avenue tenants
Sarah Harper credits her declining health to a series of concerning issues at her Welch Avenue apartment. She is one of roughly 35 Ames residents who will be forced to move on Saturday because their landlord has not kept his properties up to code. The Ames Inspection Division notified tenants at 228 and 232 Welch […]
‘Cat-sized’ rats taking over Dupont Circle apartment building, tenants say
WASHINGTON (DC News Now) — Tenants at a Dupont Circle apartment building are searching for a solution to the building’s rampant rat problem. Neighbors at The Flats at Dupont Circle on N Street NW told DC News Now the apartment building’s management and maintenance staff have been ineffective in remedying the rodent issue. Tenants told […]
Mice, mold, broken AC, rent hikes has tenants of this Asbury Park building upset
ASBURY PARK – Some residents of the 550 Cookman Ave. apartments owned by Sackman Enterprises have complained of mice infestations and broken air conditioning, but say their landlord seems more interested in collecting their ever-rising rent than fixing the problems. Residents of building, which has 26 apartments, claim that they have faced significant negligence and […]
Tenants in luxury Overland Park apartments say they’ve reported A/C issues for months
OVERLAND PARK, Kan. — Residents at an Overland Park luxury apartment complex say they’ve been dealing with inefficient or non-working air conditioning for months. Now, because of a heat advisory, what was an inconvenience at apartments that lease for up to almost $3,000 per month is potentially dangerous. Taylor Swift ‘still swooning’ over Travis Kelce’s […]
Elderly tenants suffer with no air condition at Huntsville apartment complex
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WHNT) – As temperatures outside are nearing the triple digits, several people living in a housing unit in downtown Huntsville say their air conditioning units haven’t been working for nearly two years. Tenant John Stanners told News 19 that the increased temperature inside of the Russel Erskine Apartments is unbearable and something must […]
One of Towne West Square’s original tenants is leaving for NewMarket Square
Helzberg Diamonds, a staple at Towne West Square since it opened in 1981, is leaving for NewMarket Square at 21st and Maize Road. “The New Market Square location is a terrific off-mall type location that will allow us to continue to serve customers on the west side of town,” said Marti Greathouse, Helzberg’s director of […]
NYC considers ending broker fees for tenants, angering real estate industry
NEW YORK (AP) — It’s a familiar and agonizing experience for legions of New York City renters: before moving into a new apartment, a tenant must first shell out thousands of dollars in fees to a real estate broker, even if that person was hired by the landlord. The hefty one-time payments, known as broker […]
Successor to demolished Eastland Center mall now open, ready for tenants
The successor to the former Eastland Center mall is now officially open and ready for business tenants to arrive. Built on the site of the demolished shopping mall along Eight Mile and Vernier Road in Harper Woods, Eastland Commerce Center is a new development of three massive warehouses that can be set up for light […]
James Pak, Biddeford landlord convicted of killing 2 teenage tenants, dies in prison
May 25—A Biddeford landlord who was serving a life sentence for killing two teenage tenants has died in prison. James Earl Pak, 86, died just before 5 a.m. Saturday in Mountain View Correctional Facility in Charleston, according to the Maine Department of Corrections. The department said Pak was attended by medical personnel when he died […]
Frustration mounting for tenants of apartment complex in downtown Springfield
Frustration is mounting over the condition of one of Springfield’s premier downtown living quarters. The owners of Lincoln Tower Apartments at 520 S. Second St., Illinois-based Lincoln Tower Holdings, LLC and Delaware-based Strategic Lincoln, LLC, have been taken to court by the city of Springfield over a crumbling underground garage for residents and other fire […]
Tenants at ABQ apartment complex struggle to get around after fire damages elevator
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – It’s been one issue after another for residents at a downtown Albuquerque apartment complex, Downtown @ 700. What started as a fire inside one of the units in the building, later led to further problems. “We’re doing what we can to help them out,” said Debbie Davis, chief administrative officer for Supportive Housing […]