Landlord Says He Won’t Collect Rent During Coronavirus Outbreak
A Maine landlord is telling his tenants he will not collect rent for the month of April due to the coronavirus outbreak, and he is urging other landlords to do the same.
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Berlin Freezes Rent as Population Boom Creates Housing Shortage, Cost Spike
BERLIN (AP) – Berlin is freezing the rents of 1.5 million apartments for the next five years starting this Sunday in a controversial move to control the exploding costs that have forced many to move outside Germany’s capital city.
Democrats Applaud Martin O’Malley’s Thanksgiving Tirade, Ignore His Disastrous Policies
Democrats are ignoring Martin O’Malley’s disastrous record in Maryland as they applaud his effort to embarrass citizenship director Ken Cuccinelli at a Thanksgiving Eve school reunion.
Exclusive — Carson: Left’s ‘Propaganda’ on Housing Reforms Is ‘Garbage,’ People Won’t Be ‘Thrown Out’
Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Dr. Ben Carson responded to critics of his agency’s new housing aid reform, calling out the left’s failure to recognize the “perverse incentives” of welfare policies that “keep [people] in a very dependent situation”, during an interview on Breitbart News Daily.
Ben Carson Tours Homeless Shelter in Los Angeles
Dr. Ben Carson, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), toured a homeless women’s center on Los Angeles’s infamous Skid Row Tuesday as part of a fact-finding mission aimed at tackling homelessness and providing job training for inner-city communities throughout the United States.
South Carolina Single Mother’s Tax Return Message Goes Viral
A South Carolina single mother’s photo of her rent receipt has gone viral after she posted a message saying that instead of buying into the latest trend with the money from her tax return, she used it to pay rent to keep a roof over her family’s head.
Report: Silicon Valley and L.A. Apartment Rent Falls by 8%
A new study finds that Silicon Valley and Los Angeles basin apartment rent prices are in steep declines after four years of spiking costs.
Now There’s ‘Boatbound’ – Airbnb For Boats
Boat enthusiasts can now get their motor running without the full-time hassle of owning, thanks to a new maritime take on the Airbnb model: Boatbound.
San Francisco Man Has to Pay Triple Rent After Lover’s Suicide
Merely two weeks after Christopher Holden’s partner of five years took his own life, the management company for the San Francisco studio he and Jonathan Conte had been splitting for $1,390 a month told Holden that his rent would be nearly doubled, and that the rent-controlled price could not be honored because the apartment was under his late partner’s name.
Unlivable: Exodus from California Increases Due to Cost of Living
Crippling home prices, traffic congestion, high taxes and the rising cost of living have all contributed to an increase in “net outward migration” from California, particularly in the Bay Area.
Public Housing a Trendy Deal in San Diego
Select San Diegans will receive federal government housing subsidies along with 42-inch HDTVs, cable, Internet and on-site services upon taking up residence at the newly constructed $50 million dollar Alpha Square low-income housing project in the city’s trendy East Village neighborhood.
San Francisco Rent: $1,800 per Month for a Bunk Bed in a House with 30 People
Hipsters who cannot afford high San Francisco rent have a new option: $1,800 per month for a spot on a bunk bed with a stranger in a home with 30 other people in what is being called “co-creative” housing.
North Carolina VA Clinic Rental Cost Double the Going Rate
The Veterans Administration, with a 20-year lease etched into stone, will shell out more than $68 million over 20 years for a Wilmington, North Carolina facility it will not own, renting it instead.
Median San Francisco Rent Skyrockets to $4,225 per Month
San Francisco, home to a plentitude of left-wing ideologists contemptuous of one percenters, commands a hefty average median rent of $4,225 a month, prompting one to suspect that the enemy must lie within.
Worst Cities for Renters: Bay Area Sweeps 1, 2, 3 Spots
What are the worst three cities for renters in America? Surprise. Manhattan does not make the cut. According to Forbes, they are San Francisco, Oakland and San Jose–based on price-per-listing, market availability, median income and comparing the price of a mortgage versus that of renting.
Austin, Houston Among US Cities With Highest Rent Increases
Two Texas cities — Austin and Houston — are among the top ten metropolitan areas in the United States that had the highest percentage increases in rental prices last year. San Francisco and San Jose, California were ranked first and second, both with median rent prices of over $3,000 per month. Austin was ranked sixth and Houston eighth.
