Mountaineer rental assistance program is ending, officials say

August 10, 2022

CHARLESTON, W. Va. – A statewide program that helped renters with housing costs during the COVID-19 pandemic is coming to an end.The West Virginia Housing Development Fund (WVHDF) recently announced changes to ...

Top 3 Ways to Save Money When Renting an Apartment – Harlem World Magazine

William E. Wilkinson

August 8, 2022

Apartment Rentals

Times are tough these days when it comes to the rising cost of living. Renters are especially struggling to budget and save money with skyrocketing inflation as well as rising cost of rent due t...

Vancouver plans to ask voters to renew property tax for low-income housing

William E. Wilkinson

August 6, 2022

Apartment Rentals

The city's biggest community resource for tackling low-income housing will expire at the end of 2023 unless voters agree to renew it. In 2016, Vancouver voters approved a property tax to raise $42 million ...

11 questions to ask yourself when renting an apartment

William E. Wilkinson

August 4, 2022

Apartment Rentals

Join our newsletter Get the best home decor ideas, DIY tips and project ideas straight to your inbox! Thank you for registering with Realhomes. You will receive a verification email shortly. There was...

Albany residents battle landlord over living conditions

William E. Wilkinson

July 31, 2022

Apartment Rentals

ALBANY — Charles Singleton recalls the noise his water heater made when it ruptured in his bathroom ceiling in May 2020. It sounded like a bomb.The ensuing flood destroyed a collection of memorabilia stored in ...

Man threatened with eviction despite successful request for housing assistance

William E. Wilkinson

July 29, 2022

Apartment Rentals

INDIAN LAND, SC (WBTV) — For weeks, WBTV has been telling you about the sticker shock of people struggling to pay rent in the Carolinas. A viewer contacted WBTV about South Carolina promising financial aid, th...

Rental agreements with apartments in Manhattan

William E. Wilkinson

July 27, 2022

Apartment Rentals

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Prices drop in Seattle’s luxury condo towers as housing market cools

William E. Wilkinson

July 24, 2022

Apartment Rentals

Not even a panoramic water view, 24-hour concierge, and on-demand Tesla rentals can dodge a slowing real estate market. The Emerald, a 40-story luxury condo tower two blocks from Pike Place Market, recentl...

Nowhere to live: Rents in Canada rise as house prices fall

William E. Wilkinson

July 22, 2022

Apartment Rentals

OTTAWA, July 22 (Reuters) - Home prices in Canada are falling rapidly after surging during the coronavirus pandemic, but that offers little relief to consumers who are dealing with soaring rents and the power t...

Mesa Waitlist for Rental Assistance Program to Open Next Month

William E. Wilkinson

July 21, 2022

Apartment Rentals

MESA, Ariz. (3TV/CBS 5) — A Mesa program that helps low-income families with rent will begin accepting pre-applications starting next month. The City of Mesa Housing Authority has announced that it will open t...

Trei launches apartment rentals in Berlin’s Fürstenberger Strasse

William E. Wilkinson

July 19, 2022

Apartment Rentals

Trei Real Estate has just started the rental process for its apartment complex on Fürstenberger Strasse in Berlin. The building is expected to be completed by the third quarter of this year. Trei...

Oregon Housing Chief Andrea Bell on rolling out rent assistance, tackling ever-growing affordability crisis: Q&A

William E. Wilkinson

July 17, 2022

Apartment Rentals

Andrea Bell took the reins of the Oregon Housing and Community Services agency during a time of upheaval: The agency was in the process of rolling out its pandemic emergency rental assistance program with mixed...

Sellers shift to hot market rentals

William E. Wilkinson

July 15, 2022

Apartment Rentals

(iStock/Illustration by Kevin Rebong for The Real Deal) When Devin Someck, a director of Living New York, began receiving unsolicited offers to rent Unit 4B at 204 Montrose in Williamsburg, he and the seller d...

What’s up with the crazy housing market?

William E. Wilkinson

July 13, 2022

Apartment Rentals

But if you need a home now — and can handle the roller coaster — the world seems a little brighter when you squint. Yes, your monthly payments will be higher than they would have been if you had purchased a fe...

Seoul property prices show signs of slowing

William E. Wilkinson

July 11, 2022

Apartment Rentals

(123rf)South Korea's overheated housing market is showing signs of slowing, as house prices in Seoul have fallen slightly in recent months amid lingering inflation and rising interest rates that are squee...

Housing market softens as stocks and interest rates change momentum

William E. Wilkinson

July 9, 2022

Apartment Rentals

Comment this storyCommentAfter a dizzying rise in real estate prices enriched and energized sellers buyers in frenzied bidding wars, there are signs that the US housing market is beginning to cool amid new inve...

Naas apartment project to increase rental availability

William E. Wilkinson

July 7, 2022

Apartment Rentals

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Philly Affordable Housing Program hopes to ‘turn the key’

William E. Wilkinson

July 5, 2022

Apartment Rentals

In middle-income neighborhoods where property prices are often below the city median, renters looking to buy their first home are competing — and often losing — with buyers who can afford t...

Many landlords on waiting list for grant to repair apartments

William E. Wilkinson

July 1, 2022

Apartment Rentals

WATERTOWN, New York (WWNY) – More than 200 rental property owners in Jefferson County have applied for a grant of up to $10,000 for repairs. Only 50 of these requests have been accepted.It's a simple matter of...

How vacation rentals affect the cost of housing in the Sonoma Valley

William E. Wilkinson

June 30, 2022

Apartment Rentals

The last decade has seen a meteoric rise in the number of vacation rentals in the Sonoma Valley, but that comes at a cost: annoyance from neighbors and, according to academic studies, higher rents loca...

RI leaders cut the ribbon on affordable rental housing in East Greenwich

William E. Wilkinson

June 27, 2022

Apartment Rentals

EAST GREENWICH, RI (WPRI) - Governor Dan McKee, U.S. Senator Jack Reed and other heads of state and organizations gathered Monday for a ribbon-cutting ceremony at the new apartments on Brookside Terrace ...

Squeeze in housing market pushes renters into bidding wars: NPR

William E. Wilkinson

June 24, 2022

Apartment Rentals

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County urged to create more affordable housing | News, Sports, Jobs

William E. Wilkinson

June 22, 2022

Apartment Rentals

HOLLIDAYSBURG — As rental rates rise and homes sell, Jim Hauck of the Blair County Department of Social Services said it's time to consider creating affordable housing for resid...

Window for Covid-19 rental assistance requests closes soon

William E. Wilkinson

June 20, 2022

Apartment Rentals

MARQUETTE, Mich. (WLUC) – Community Action Alger Marquette reminds residents that the application window for the COVID Emergency Rental Assistance (CERA) program will close this month. The Michigan State Housi...

Williamsburg residents give resounding ‘no thanks’ to short-term housing rentals – Daily Press

William E. Wilkinson

June 18, 2022

Apartment Rentals

WILLIAMSBURG — The Williamsburg Planning Commission on Wednesday rejected a proposal that would allow some homes to operate on short-term rentals.The unanimous vote came after a number of Williamsburg residents...

Report: Austin real estate market shows signs of calm

William E. Wilkinson

June 17, 2022

Apartment Rentals

Although sales fell and inventory increased, the median price continued to climb. AUSTIN, Texas – New data released by the Austin Board of Realtors (ABoR) indicates that the real estate mar...

Application period opens for Westvalley housing | News, Sports, Jobs

William E. Wilkinson

June 15, 2022

Apartment Rentals

MacKenzie Overlook, an affordable housing complex on Westvalley Road, is seen here under construction on Tuesday. The application period for un...

A few considerations on how to find the best apartment for rent in Colorado

William E. Wilkinson

June 13, 2022

Apartment Rentals

The best apartment for rent in Colorado can be elusive, but by following these tips, you can increase your chances of getting one. These tips include negotiating wit...

City’s of Custer, Hill City bans residential holiday home rentals

William E. Wilkinson

June 11, 2022

Apartment Rentals

BLACK HILLS, SD — Towns in the Black Hills area are cracking down on vacation home rentals. In a measure initiated on Tuesday, Hill City residents voted 158 to 138 to ban vacation homes in residential areas...

Austin City Council Tries Affordable Housing Proposal Again

William E. Wilkinson

June 8, 2022

Apartment Rentals

AUSTIN (KXAN) — The Austin City Council will take up an idea on Thursday to get more affordable housing built in the city. The council is considering adding a new level to its vertical mixed-use dev...

Are you looking to rent a villa or an apartment in Abu Dhabi? Here’s everything you need to know

William E. Wilkinson

June 7, 2022

Apartment Rentals

Dubai: If you are new to Abu Dhabi and looking for an apartment or villa, it is important to equip yourself with the rental guidelines and procedures you need to follow. Whether you prefer a studio...

Affordable Housing Organizations Demand Rent Control and Inclusive Zoning from PCs

William E. Wilkinson

June 3, 2022

Apartment Rentals

Written by Penelope Graham Now that Ontario's Progressive Conservatives are firmly in power for the next four years, housing advocacy groups across the province expect to see action. In particular, it's...

Investor-owned housing becomes a key issue for Metro Atlanta officials

William E. Wilkinson

June 1, 2022

Apartment Rentals

Meanwhile, local officials in Cobb County and College Park said they've seen more developers enter into "build-to-let" deals in which they build an entire subdivision with an agreement to sell the homes to an i...

Airbnb will suspend all accommodation listings in China from July

William E. Wilkinson

May 31, 2022

Apartment Rentals

Another big news is hitting the already fragile tourism industry: Airbnb is shutting down its home listing business in China, effective late July. According to an announcement from Airbnb, starting at 11 a.m. t...

Fayetteville Mayor Addresses Affordable Housing; “the amount of the rent does not correspond”

William E. Wilkinson

May 27, 2022

Apartment Rentals

FAYETTEVILLE, NC (WNCN) – There is a need for more affordable housing throughout North Carolina, especially in Fayetteville. "People's income and how much it takes for rent or mortgages don't match...

Amid housing crisis, Burlington debates whether to give UVM space to build more dorms

William E. Wilkinson

May 26, 2022

Apartment Rentals

A rendering of a proposed dormitory on the Trinity campus of the University of Vermont. The Burlington Planning Commission is considering zoning changes that would open the door to the building's constructio...

‘Sad to see’: Mississauga rental apartment development could spell death for nearly 60-year-old motel

William E. Wilkinson

May 24, 2022

Apartment Rentals

Green Acres may no longer be the place to be.A proposal presented to the planning committee would see the Green Acres Motel, long a staple of Mississauga's Lakeview neighborhood, be torn down to build a 10-stor...

Texas among top six states with least affordable housing

William E. Wilkinson

May 20, 2022

Apartment Rentals

According to a new report from the National Low Income Housing Coalition, Texas is now among the top six states with the least amount of rental housing available for low-income families. Across Texas, there is ...

Affordable rental unit applications available in Tisbury

William E. Wilkinson

May 18, 2022

Apartment Rentals

20 affordable rental units will be ready for tenants by the fall. —Randi Baird Island Housing Trust announced in an email that applications are being accepted for 20 affordable year-ro...

Home affordability at 2007 bubble level, but crash unlikely: Blackstone

William E. Wilkinson

May 17, 2022

Apartment Rentals

A major Wall Street firm draws a striking parallel with the housing bubble.Blackstone's Joe Zidle calls the homes nearly as unaffordable as the 2007 peak. Yet he thinks an accident is unlikely because of one ma...

Our View: Shortage of affordable housing is as destructive as a wildfire

William E. Wilkinson

May 15, 2022

Apartment Rentals

“Firestorms” are a terrifying phenomenon of the massive wildfires that have swept through western forests in recent years. When a fire gets hot enough, an updraft of superheated air and ash rises high in the s...

NH delegation welcomes over $23 million to support housing for vulnerable granite staters

William E. Wilkinson

May 13, 2022

Apartment Rentals

May 13, 2022 (Washington, DC) – U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and Representatives Annie Kuster (NH-02) and Chris Pappas (NH-01) welcomed $23,347...

Wilmington’s Independence Boulevard could see new apartments, homes

William E. Wilkinson

May 12, 2022

Apartment Rentals

Plans are underway to bring more than 500 new rentals to a busy downtown Wilmington intersection.Middleburg Communities, a Virginia-based construction and property management company, is seeking to build a 290-...

Construction begins on 28-story apartment building in Tysons

William E. Wilkinson

May 10, 2022

Apartment Rentals

Construction has begun on the Heming, a new 28-story mixed-use building at 1800 Chain Bridge Rd. in Tysons that will feature 410 apartments. Heming is part of the Scotts Run mixed-use development, a 6.5 millio...

Student forced to sleep in car tricked into €600 rental fraud

William E. Wilkinson

May 8, 2022

Apartment Rentals

An international student who bought an old car to live in because she couldn't find accommodation in Dublin has now been duped into €600 rental fraud.The woman is currently couch surfing at the home of an a...

In New York, the Panel supports rent increases of more than 2 million

William E. Wilkinson

May 6, 2022

Apartment Rentals

The New York City panel responsible for regulating rents in nearly one million rent-stabilized units voted on Thursday to back the biggest increases in nearly a decade.The move, which must be officially approve...

Amazon to provide $10.6 million in loans for affordable housing in Nashville

William E. Wilkinson

May 4, 2022

Apartment Rentals

Amazon's contributions include $7.1 million in low-interest loans.The company will provide a $3.5 million grant to CrossBridge, a nonprofit organization.The money will go to affordable housing projects in East ...

HODDER: Low-income Atlantic Canadians hit hardest by rising housing costs

William E. Wilkinson

May 2, 2022

Apartment Rentals

While there was already an upward price trend in the housing market before the outbreak of the epidemic, this trend has accelerated in the past two years. With the sharp rise in inflation c...

Maine real estate fraud rises as scammers take advantage of a tight housing market and desperate buyers

William E. Wilkinson

May 1, 2022

Apartment Rentals

An April 24 view of neighborhoods around Lake Street, right, and Orchard Street, middle, in Auburn. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal LEWISTON— Today's housing market is, in many ways, the tightest it has ever bee...

As Ukrainian refugees flee west, Lviv’s apartment rental market adapts to new reality

William E. Wilkinson

April 29, 2022

Apartment Rentals

LVIV – Since Russia launched its full-scale war against Ukraine on February 24, hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of people from the east of the country have sought temporary refuge in western...

Lessons learned from housing policy during COVID-19

William E. Wilkinson

April 27, 2022

Apartment Rentals

To help American households in distress during the COVID-19 pandemic, the U.S. government has put in place a variety of programs and policies to help renters and homeowners with mortgage...

New York budget includes funds to ease housing crisis, says Senator Michelle Hinchey – Daily Freeman

William E. Wilkinson

April 23, 2022

Apartment Rentals

SAUGERTIES, NY — A state senator from Saugerties says she has secured more than $260 million in funding aimed at helping ease the housing crisis. Sen. Michelle Hinchey, D-Saugerties, said Thursday that as part ...

Canada’s Huge Housing Deficit Requires Government Action

William E. Wilkinson

April 22, 2022

Apartment Rentals

Breadcrumb Links Opinion Op-Ed Opinion: Will Ottawa's $14 billion injection to accelerate construction of affordable housing, more rental housing and co-ops, even a tax-free savings accoun...

Wellfleet to buy Mauritius campground for $6.5m, if voters approve

William E. Wilkinson

April 20, 2022

Apartment Rentals

WELLFLEET - Taking advantage of a "unique opportunity", the Select Board has agreed to buy Maurice's campground for $6.5 million, a deal the board says could go a long way to providing affordable housing.On Fri...

Madison Cowan Accused of Failing to Pay Brooklyn Apartment Rent

William E. Wilkinson

April 17, 2022

Apartment Rentals

Madison Cowan (Getty/Google) He is preparing a controversy. The New York Post reports that celebrity chef Madison Cowan has taken his rent off the table since the start of the Covid 19 pandemic, and his la...

County Planning Commission – Royal Examiner

William E. Wilkinson

April 15, 2022

Apartment Rentals

(Update/Correction: The reference below to Melissa Chappell-White's assertions that POSF may owe decades of back debt to the county has been corrected to indicate that this possibility revolves a...

Springfield residents hold housing vigil to advocate for housing assistance

William E. Wilkinson

April 12, 2022

Apartment Rentals

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WGGB/WSHM) — A community vigil was held in Springfield Tuesday night by people advocating for housing assistance.It came as the federal Emergency Rental Assistance Program, or ERAP, is set t...

Council seeks O’Devaney Gardens apartments for rental scheme

William E. Wilkinson

April 10, 2022

Apartment Rentals

Dublin City Council officials are continuing to seek a deal that would see 80% of the 1,047 homes planned for the former O'Devaney Gardens site retained as 'public housing'....

BC tenant sees little in federal budget to put homeownership within reach

William E. Wilkinson

April 9, 2022

Apartment Rentals

People who study BC's hot real estate market are skeptical. The new federal rules announced Thursday will go a long way to making home ownership more affordable for residents of the province. The Liberal gove...

Bidding wars come to New York rental market as prices rise

William E. Wilkinson

April 7, 2022

Apartment Rentals

New York is back, baby — and its notoriously high cost of living, too. As offices reopen and residents return from their pandemic hideouts, a number of rental bidding wars have begun...

Fannie Mae to Offer Incentive for Charlotte Businesses to Take Rental Vouchers | WFAE 90.7

William E. Wilkinson

April 5, 2022

Apartment Rentals

Charlotte is one of three cities where Fannie Mae will offer lower financing to developers and rental property owners who agree to take on people using vouchers.Charlott...

Local landlord and real estate agent hit by rising and rising rental rates

William E. Wilkinson

April 3, 2022

Apartment Rentals

GREEN BAY, Wis. (WBAY) — As home prices and rents hit a new high, many people are struggling to make ends meet.As Action 2 News previously reported, the national median rent was $1,792 two months ago.That's a 1...

Rental property owners continue to oppose bill requiring subsidized housing | Granite City News

William E. Wilkinson

April 2, 2022

Apartment Rentals

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Toronto tenant case raises questions

William E. Wilkinson

March 31, 2022

Apartment Rentals

When Jason Michaud signed a lease for his Parkdale apartment last year, he agreed the arrangement would be a sublease – where he would rent the one-plus-den unit to a company called Temp Stay Inc., which was in...

Here’s how much you need to earn to rent or buy a home in San Jose – NBC Bay Area

William E. Wilkinson

March 29, 2022

Apartment Rentals

New figures show how much it takes to rent or buy a home in the South Bay. The city of San Jose now estimates that a wage of $54 an hour is needed to rent an average two-bedroom apartment in t...

Real Estate: Regina’s Most Expensive Residential Listings

William E. Wilkinson

March 26, 2022

Apartment Rentals

Regina posted record home sales for the month of February, with the market expected to remain hot through early 2022. As of Friday, Realtor.ca had 10 homes in the city of Regina listed for ov...

Redbox Plus offers dumpster rentals and tips on what not to throw away

William E. Wilkinson

March 24, 2022

Apartment Rentals

Santa Fe police search for missing woman 3 hours ago ...

Valley disabled couple out of the housing market

William E. Wilkinson

March 23, 2022

Apartment Rentals

Melinda and Peter Mills have just been evicted from their rented house in Chandler for 10 years. CHANDLER, Ariz. — Melinda Mills doesn't yet know where she will be living until the end of M...

Summit County and Breckenridge extend Lease to Locals program through 2022

William E. Wilkinson

March 18, 2022

Apartment Rentals

Longbranch Condominiums in Breckenridge is pictured December 30, 2021. The City of Breckenridge and Summit County Government are expanding the Lease to Locals pro...

Oregon will receive an additional $16 million for the rental assistance program

William E. Wilkinson

March 15, 2022

Apartment Rentals

An eleventh-hour announcement from the federal government means Oregon can keep its emergency rental assistance program open for applications for one more week, which could help an additional 2,200 households.O...

Anuzis: Price control does not work

William E. Wilkinson

March 14, 2022

Apartment Rentals

Housing, car and food prices are rising faster than at any time in four decades. In response to this record inflation, policymakers considered a series of reforms, including raising interest rates. Why doesn'...

Rent affordability report highlights extreme housing crisis in Flagstaff | Local

William E. Wilkinson

March 12, 2022

Apartment Rentals

Housing in Flagstaff is "the worst I've ever seen," said Devonna McLaughlin, executive director of Housing Solutions Northern Arizona (HSNA).His organization recently released its 2022 Rental A...

Winooski officials, citing pending evictions, ask lawmakers for better tenant protections

William E. Wilkinson

March 10, 2022

Apartment Rentals

Winooski officials and housing groups are calling on lawmakers to enact tougher protections for tenants following a prominent landlord's plan to evict 24 low-income fami...

Cambridge official’s apartment search reveals plight of tenants – NBC Boston

William E. Wilkinson

March 9, 2022

Apartment Rentals

Affordable housing has become hard to come by in the Boston area, and an elected official is talking about his own impending move. Cambridge Councilor Burhan Azeem said he has a week to find a new...

Rising rents are keeping Arizona women stuck in generational poverty longer

William E. Wilkinson

March 7, 2022

Apartment Rentals

About a decade ago, the Arizona Foundation for Women realized that some low-income women helped by local nonprofits were still asking for help.A bed in a shelter, temporary housing assistance and boxes of food ...

Expert warns against building too much rental housing in Phoenix

William E. Wilkinson

March 5, 2022

Apartment Rentals

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Ukraine Airbnbs receives reservations in an attempt to get money for residents | Airbnb

William E. Wilkinson

March 3, 2022

Apartment Rentals

Members of the public are paying for Airbnb rentals in Ukraine to help raise money for residents who are facing extreme financial hardship due to the Russian invasion.The home-rental platform once offered free ...

Vivo Living Shows Longmont Housing Project, Hopes to Rent Soon – Longmont Times-Call

William E. Wilkinson

March 2, 2022

Apartment Rentals

Standing in the lobby of Vivo Living on Tuesday, Dan Norville greeted more than 20 people who flocked to the former Best Western to get a glimpse of the hotel-turned-accessible-housing. Norville, CEO of Califor...

Georgia SB 494 prevents city councils from controlling rental housing

William E. Wilkinson

February 28, 2022

Apartment Rentals

This is an editorial by Jo Smith, Member of Port Wentworth City Council. The opinions expressed in this article are his own and do not necessarily reflect the views of his fellow council or city members.I have...

NIMBY’s “questionable” use of heritage lists

William E. Wilkinson

February 26, 2022

Apartment Rentals

Ms McAlpin said further development had occurred along the shopping strip without breaching local planning rules or damaging historic facades: 'This proposed development would ruin that historic scale and rhyth...