Oregon State

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Southside Matt

As stated by The Zebra in their History of U.S. Homeownership: how housing has changed since 1960, “The United States is in the midst of a housing crisis.” They report that 40 million renters are currently at risk of eviction. That equates to almost half of the renters in the U.S. in serious danger of losing their homes. While minority residents, primarily Black and LatinX, are disproportionately affected by this, the current economic situation has caused this to hit all races.

Homelessness being outlawed

Groton, CT

The US Sun

A MAJOR housing complex is paying its residents to settle claims it failed to maintain properties. Branford Manor Apartments in Connecticut set aside $12.25 million for current and former residents. The apartment complex has dozens of units in Groton, near the coastal city of New London. Tenants sued the landlord...

Americans can claim up to $6,000 from $12.25m housing settlement – and the amount you get is based on your age

California State

CBS News

When Flash Shelton found squatters in his mother's home in Northern California five years ago, he figured out how to work around a system that often appears to protect the squatter and not the property owner: he decided to turn the tables on the squatters."These people feel like the law allows them to do it, so why not me?" said Shelton, who has become known as "The Squatter Hunter."Shelton is now hired by property owners to target squatters living in their homes without permission. Property owners start by giving him a lease, with the legal rights that come with it."Based...

How property owners and lawmakers are turning the tables on squatters

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NewSantaAna

The FBI has seen a rise in scams targeting timeshare owners. In this kind of scam, criminals con these part-time property owners into shelling out hefty sums of cash, all under false pretenses related to their timeshare properties.

FBI warns that Mexican cartels are targeting Americans with timeshare scams

Detroit, MI

DETROIT — The federal government is laying the groundwork for a potentially major change to the nation’s largest rental assistance program, aiming to test an idea that would allow low-income tenants to pay rent directly with cash, rather than use traditional housing vouchers. On Wednesday afternoon in Detroit,...

The federal government’s new plan to (maybe) give renters straight cash

King County, WA

Bellevue, IL

The Center Square

(The Center Square) – It has been two years since Jaskaran Singh rented his Bellevue home to a couple who soon after moving in, stopped paying rent.
                The high profile Bellevue Squatters case has garnered global attention.
                The tenants living in Singh’s $2 million home, San and Youjin Kim, have been allowed to remain there because King County’s Housing Justice Project used taxpayer dollars to pay off the delinquent rent.
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Bellevue landlord gets March 2025 court date in war with squatters

Daily Mail

Farzana Rahman, who owns a condo in Durham, has lost months of income and is struggling to put her son through college after guests refuse to leave her North Carolina flat

Airbnb squatters taunt single mom with 'no trespassing' sign as she loses months of income because she can't kick them out

The summer has already been a scorcher and heat alerts across the country could lead to more records broken. Public housing residents, many elderly, children or sick, are disproportionately vulnerable to heat illness, yet there’s no federal mandate to provide them air conditioning. In fact, until last month the...

As heat waves intensify, more public housing residents may get help with AC bills

San Diego, CA

24/7 Wall St.

As inflation grows out of control, wages remain stagnant, private equity firms buy more homes and apartments than ever before, city government limits the construction of new homes, and landlords increase rent beyond reasonable levels, many people are left desperate and struggling to make ends meet or even find a place to live. This is […]
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10 Cities That Have Become ‘Impossibly Unaffordable’

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Coffee County, GA

Douglas, GA

Daily Coffee Press

A 49-year-old woman from Douglas was recently arrested for allegedly submitting a life insurance policy for her ex-husband without his knowledge. According to a Coffee County Sheriff’s Office incident report, detectives met with a man on May 7 at the Coffee County Law Enforcement Center concerning a reported case of insurance fraud.

Georgia woman charged for allegedly filing life insurance policy application on ex-husband

Detroit is the most affordable city for Black families in the U.S. While the current housing market is unaffordable for many American households, recent data show underrepresented communities are even more affected by the state of the market. According to real estate data tracker Redfin, the average Black family can afford a starter home in just 10 of the 50 most populous U.S. metros. Comparatively, the typical white family can afford a starter home in 32 of these metros.

As Starter Homes Become Increasingly Difficult to Afford, Black Households Are at an Even Greater Disadvantage

New Jersey State

NBC News

A national Latino legal and civil rights organization is suing a property management company, alleging it a young woman in New Jersey access to rental units based solely on her immigration status as a DACA recipient. The Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund, better known as MALDEF, filed the...

Civil rights group files lawsuit alleging housing discrimination against a DACA recipient

Newark, NJ

Morristown Minute

NEWARK, N.J. – Eight individuals associated with the "793 Bloods" street gang, a subset of the national Bloods gang, have been charged for their roles in a Newark-based drug trafficking organization, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced.

Eight '793 Bloods' Gang Members Charged in Newark Drug Network

Snopes

Registering for the draft does not mean you are getting called up to serve in the military next week.

Fact Check: US House Passed Bill Automatically Registering Men 18-26 Years Old for Draft?

RE: Minimum Standards for Rental Properties and Rooming Houses. Thank you for the opportunity to comment on new minimum energy efficiency standards to be proposed for rental properties and rooming houses in Victoria. Research by the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA) has shown that all-electric homes are...

Submission to Victoria Government for Minimum Standards for Rental Properties and Rooming Houses

Illinois State

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Chicago, IL

Chicago Happenings

Every year, new laws that were passed the prior year go into effect on July 1. In 2024, a number of new laws will begin this Monday. Among them include higher wages for tipped employees, a gas tax increase, and driver's licenses for undocumented immigrants.

New Laws July 1: Driver's Licenses for Undocumented Migrants, Raises for Tipped Workers, and More

Pennsylvania State

Bucks County Beacon

A Republican state lawmaker said Tuesday she opposed a bill that would make pads and tampons free for public school students because it could lead to communism. House Bill 851 would create a grant program to provide public schools with funding to distribute menstrual hygiene products free to students. It passed the Democratic-controlled House Tuesday by a vote of 117 to 85 .

Pennsylvania House Passes Bill to Provide Free Pads and Tampons for Students

Blistering heat in June broke records in various parts of the country, and as summers get hotter and longer, the White House laid out a new proposal that would set a nationwide federal heat standard to address excessive heat in the workplace. On Tuesday, President Joe Biden announced the new...

OSHA proposal aims to protect workers from extreme heat

Minnesota Reformer

In fall 2021, D.C.-area restaurant owner Naeem Mohd was presented with an unbelievable investment opportunity. Two political operatives-turned-venture capitalists would triple Mohd’s money in just 18 months if he invested $300,000 in their new California winery. The pair had been paid in grapes by a former client and had hired a well-respected Sonoma winemaker to […]
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Rep. Ilhan Omar’s husband accused of swindling investor in their California winery

Today’s Supreme Court ruling in City of Grants Pass v. Johnson, which allows state and local governments to fine and arrest people for sleeping outdoors, is cruel and counterproductive. It does nothing to end homelessness for more than 650,000 Americans who experience it daily, but rather criminalizes a population that already faces daunting barriers.

Housing Ends Homelessness – Fines and Jail Time Won’t

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Wyden joins legislation to protect tenants at risk of eviction

WASHINGTON (KTVZ) -- Senator Ron Wyden, D-Ore., said Wednesday he is co-sponsoring legislation to empower tenants and help support housing security in communities in Oregon and...

Wyden joins legislation to protect tenants at risk of eviction

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