HUD gave $10 million grant to LA landlord repeatedly sued by tenants
For nine months, Nash Stavorito has been trying to organize a tenants' union with fellow residents of the Skid Row Single Room Hotel and neighboring properties owned by his landlord. Stavorito has photos of cockroach droppings lining the doors of his own building, the Baltimore Hotel, mold-like spores dotting the walls, and dead rats in […]
‘Selling Sunset’s’ Tarek and Heater El Moussa evicting rent-controlled tenants
Reality TV personality Tarek El Moussa posted it on Instagram last month. posted my video Strolling the streets of North Hollywood, he told his 1.3 million followers about his new big plans. El Moussa co-hosts a real estate show called ‘The Flipping El Moussas’ on HGTV with his wife Heather, who is also a cast […]
Skid Row receivership in danger of financial collapse, leaving 1,500 tenants at risk
The trustees who oversee the welfare of Skid Row’s 1,500 tenants are on the brink of bankruptcy, unable to borrow money and piling up $1.7 million in unpaid bills. The financial situation has deteriorated so badly that trustee Mark Adams, who manages 29 properties owned by the Skid Row Housing Trust, has asked a Los […]
More tenants show up to Maricopa County hearings, as evictions increase
Phoenix (3TV/CBS 5) — Maricopa County evictions appeared to be doing well in May, but court officials say more people are choosing to tell judges their side of the story. Landlords filed 6,782 eviction lawsuits, according to data released in May. The figure remains the highest in any pre-pandemic month since 2008, but court officials […]
Low-income tenants lack options as old mobile home parks are razed
phoenix – Alondra Luis Vazquez and her husband have lived comfortably at Periwinkle Mobile Home Park for 10 years, owning a mobile home in a city with skyrocketing rents and spending about $450 a month on the lot. I felt lucky that I was paying. But now they and dozens of other families have until […]
Squatters Move Into House After Tenants Die, Have Mail Directed There: Cops
Police in Tulsa, Oklahoma, said a squatter who allegedly broke into a home after a resident died had mail destined for the new residence. Police said police responded after neighbors saw people entering the property near 15th Street and S. Yale Avenue at approximately 9:15 pm on January 15. A police helicopter from the area […]
