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landlord-tenant

Help Keep HOME Line Running!

June 14, 2010

To raise money for its operating costs, HOME Line is keeping a treadmill turning for at least two days and two nights. You can watch all the Treadmill-A-Thon action on HOME Line’s live feed: I will be keeping the treadmill turning from 3-4 CDT today. Or trying, anyway. If you want me to go faster, [...]

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Consumer Complaints Up, But Resources Are Down

August 5, 2009

The latest survey of front-line consumer agencies shows that while complaints went up, the resources to help consumers went down. 62% of the agencies reported that they received more complaints in 2008 than in 2007, and 47% of the agencies suffered budget cuts just prior to or during the survey period, with one being eliminated [...]

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Rental property foreclosures affect tenants, too

June 10, 2009

Local channel KARE 11 on the effect of rental foreclosures on tenants. This video features HOME Line, a Minnesota tenant advocacy hotline doing great work to help tenants dealing with their landlord’s foreclosures.

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Avoid utility charges that are not yours

June 10, 2009

Never assume the next tenant will put utilities in their own name. Or if you move out and leave behind a roommate or sublease to someone, never assume they will do it, either. When you move, make sure you call your utility providers to let them know you are moving and that they should remove [...]

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Landlord Asks Mother To Pay “Early Termination Fee” After Son Fails To Honor Lease By Dying

April 26, 2009

Words fail me. Landlord Asks Mother To Pay “Early Termination Fee” After Son Fails To Honor Lease By Dying | Consumerist

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Landlord takes tenant’s toilet, gets $10,000 fine

January 23, 2009

Landlord takes tenant’s toilet, gets $10,000 fine | MSNBC

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Chicago sheriff goes rogue, refuses to carry out foreclosure evictions

October 10, 2008

Over-leveraged landlords are losing their rental properties in droves, and banks have no interest in being landlords. As a result, renters are often innocent victims of the foreclosure epidemic. Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart has decided to take measures into his own hands. He announced a moratorium on evictions for homes, apartment buildings, and condominiums [...]

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Struggling couple live in tent with girl, 3

October 3, 2008

Struggling couple live in tent with girl, 3 | CNN

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Nursing home evictions

August 18, 2008

Nursing home evictions | Wills, Trusts & Estates Prof Blog

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Your landlord could be worse

July 9, 2008

The Macys, a San Francisco couple, bought a million-dollar, six-unit apartment building in San Francisco, and decided to move out all the tenants and raise the rents (this is, of course, illegal in SF, but the Macys are not the sort of people who worry about legalities). When the tenants fought the eviction notices, the [...]

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