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As job losses accelerate, tenants across the country organize rent strikes
Housing advocates and struggling tenants see few alternatives as the government balks at halting rent payments
03/31/2020 23:59 UTC
Texas received $2 billion in rental assistance but landlords that got paid evicted tenants anyway
“They were very well informed that that money was there and it was coming to them, yet they still pushed us out"
04/08/2022 18:30 UTC
Many "rent-stabilized" NYC apartments are not really stabilized
Stabilization should protect renters from hikes. But there's a loophole landlords are using anyway
06/27/2017 13:18 UTC
In freezing Chicago winter, protesters stage camp-in to protest unaffordable rents
Around 50 protesters set up a makeshift camp inside the James R. Thompson Center on Wednesday, Jan. 31
02/13/2018 12:00 UTC
New York’s legislature gives landlords a lesson in democracy
Lawmakers take the side of tenants over big political donors
06/30/2019 00:00 UTC
Majority of Americans support canceling rent, freezing mortgages during pandemic
Rep. Ilhan Omar's proposal may sound radical to the bankers. But actual renters and homeowners support it
04/20/2020 09:00 UTC
Rent control proposition defeated in California
The ACLU and Bernie Sanders supported Proposition 10, which would have expanded rent control in California
11/07/2018 07:18 UTC
Corporate landlords reap big profits as rents in many U.S. cities soar by double digits
Six biggest property management companies in U.S. made $1.3 billion more in 2022 on inflated rents and extra fees
04/18/2023 09:30 UTC
With affordable housing already scarce, Oakland is poised for a post-pandemic homelessness boom
Without rent relief for California tenants, housing advocates fear the pandemic will worsen the homelessness crisis
06/14/2020 18:00 UTC
With rent due and evictions looming, Warren rips McConnell for "disgraceful" obstruction
"It is cruel for Republicans to continue blocking real relief for working people during this crisis"
12/07/2020 03:22 UTC
The coronavirus pandemic is making the U.S. housing crisis even worse
Millions of Americans are now unemployed and must scramble to figure out how to pay for their home
04/19/2020 09:00 UTC
Deadbeat Trump Tower tenants not paying rent — and Ivanka's shoemaker owes $1.5 million: report
Trump has been able to count on one reliable tenant: his own PAC, which has paid nearly $37,000 in rent since March
09/04/2021 09:00 UTC
Trump golf club seeks rent relief from Palm Beach County
The pandemic had a "significant impact" on income, the finance director for Trump International Golf Club says
06/17/2020 16:38 UTC
Rep. Ilhan Omar: Cancel all rent and mortgage payments for duration of COVID-19 crisis
Minnesota Democrat wants to go beyond suspending rents and mortgages, and forgive all missing payments
04/18/2020 09:55 UTC
Baltimore’s "Kushnerville" tenants file class action against landlord
Jared Kushner's real estate company has allegedly unjustly charged tenants fees and threatened eviction
10/07/2017 16:59 UTC