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Tenants’ Sex-for-Rent Scheme a Front for Extortion

August 18, 2010

Two female tenants at an apartment complex in Fairfax County, Virginia offered their landlord sexual favors in return for a month’s rent, claiming an inability to pay. The landlord allegedly agreed to the arrangement, according to a report yesterday from The Washington Post . ..

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Share Your Craigslist Success Story

Many apartment dwellers have Craigslist to thank for helping them find a home, a roommate, and more. If you’re one of these folks and you’ve got an interesting story to tell, Craigslist wants to hear it.

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Seniors Pushing Strollers Holding Dogs?

If you visit one Jacksonville Beach, Florida senior community, you may spot something out of the ordinary: residents pushing strollers while dogs — not children — enjoy the ride. According to a report yesterday from the local ABC affiliate , there’s a practical, safety-related reason behind this seemingly unusual behavior. Some dogs’ long leashes have posed a safety risk for residents with disabilities, which reportedly prompted management to suggest using strollers.

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Twenty Different Rooms in One Small Apartment?

How can you squeeze 20 different rooms into one studio apartment that’s only 350 square feet? Hong Kong designer Gary Chang came up with an answer: maximize each room at 350 square feet but experience only one room at a time

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Free or Low-Cost Housing Advice Gets Increased Funding

If you’ve got burning questions about your housing situation and need free or low-cost advice, one option to consider is  contacting a housing counselor near you that has received approval from the U.S.

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Who Decides Where Your Children Should Sleep?

Some landlords try to impose bedroom-sharing restrictions on families with children. Whatever their reasons may be, landlords who try to regulate sleeping arrangements can delay a family’s apartment search or lead the tenants to pay more money than they budgeted . ..

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Less Direct, But Still Discriminatory

Some apartment hunters think that as long as a landlord doesn’t reject an application, they can’t possibly be liable for discrimination. But many landlords have gotten into serious fair housing trouble from a practice known as “steering.” It’s not as direct as rejecting someone’s apartment application, but it’s still a violation of federal law

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Staying Cool in Record Heat

You might not be surprised to learn that last month was the warmest June on record across the planet, according to a new report from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) . July has continued the trend, already bringing several days of high temperatures and humidity to much of the country

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Carnegie Hall Loses Its Duchess After More Than 50 Years

A year and a half ago, I blogged about how Editta Sherman, a renowned photographer and long-time tenant of a rent-controlled apartment above New York’s Carnegie Hall was being asked to give up her home to make way for an expansion project. The so-called “Duchess of Carnegie” refused to leave, however, rejecting Carnegie Hall’s offer to pay relocation expenses and any excess rent for life. ..

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Getting Trapped in the Bathroom

We take it for granted that after we’re done using a bathroom, we just open the door and leave. But sometimes lock mechanisms get stuck or break, creating a frustrating situation. That’s what happened today to a tenant at an apartment building in Wels, Austria, who remained trapped in his bathroom for over an hour due to a faulty lock

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