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therealdeal.com
3 months ago
LA real estate

LA County Offers $68M in Relief to Mom-and-Pop Landlords

Qualifying landlords in Los Angeles County have until January 12 to apply for rent relief.
The county's Rent Relief Program offers grants of up to $30,000 per unit to eligible landlords. [ more ]
www.cbc.ca
10 months ago
Toronto

Another group of Toronto tenants refuses to pay rent, this time amid near 10% proposed hike | CBC News

More than a 100 tenants in a Thorncliffe Park apartment complex have stopped paying rent to protest proposed above-guideline increases of almost 10 per cent over the last two years, according to a tenant advocacy group.The rent strike, which started just over a month ago, is the second in Toronto spurred on by above-guideline rent increases (AGIs) that CBC Toronto has reported on within the last week.
Mission Local
10 months ago
Mission District

70-year-old Tenderloin tenant avoids eviction - for now

Eleven months after Cedric Dugger faced eviction because of Covid-19 backdebt, he has narrowly avoided homelessness - at least for the coming year.Dugger and his landlord, Veritas Investments, the largest residential landlord in San Francisco, have negotiated a deal to allow him to stay at least a year.
Los Angeles Times
1 year ago
Los Angeles

Iconic Chinese mall in San Gabriel to be renovated, worrying longtime tenants

Since 1990, Focus Plaza has been a landmark in the San Gabriel Valley.One of the first malls in the area to cater to Chinese customers, it remains a one-stop shop, offering groceries, eyeglasses, jewelry, herbal medicines and cuisines from many provinces.With competition from online retailers and glitzy shopping centers, the aging, 218,661-square-foot mall at West Valley Boulevard and Del Mar Avenue will soon get a face-lift, described in a leasing book as "bringing Bryant Park and Soho to San Gabriel."
nypost.com
1 year ago
New York City

NYC gave helipad operators $1.4 million in COVID rent breaks

The city gave the two companies tasked with running the Big Apple's heliports primarily used by high rollers and well-off tourists at least $1.4 million in breaks on rent payments during the coronavirus pandemic, The Post has learned.
Brooklyn Paper
1 year ago
Brooklyn

Coney Island locals want revenue from EDC lease extension deal to benefit nabe, say some biz owners were left out * Brooklyn Paper

Some Coney Islanders are proposing all revenue collected from boardwalk tenants by the who received a lease extension and rent relief deal from the New York City Development Corporation directed back into the community to aid programs and projects that could support the needs of the neighborhood.
KQED
1 year ago
California law

California Tenants Caught Up in State Fraud Probe, Told to Return Rent-Relief Payments | KQED

She was stressing about the possibility of losing their home when a social worker told Rodriguez about the state's COVID rent-relief program , which launched in mid-March of 2021 and allowed tenants and landlords to apply for up to 18 months in assistance.
San Jose Spotlight
1 year ago
San Francisco

San Jose small businesses can still apply for COVID rent relief - San Jose Spotlight

San Jose has opened its next wave of grants for small businesses to pay off their rent debts accrued during the COVID-19 pandemic.Small business owners can now apply for grants of up to $15,000 to help pay off the back rent they owe to commercial landlords.San Jose opened applications for the grants last week, which will remain available until April 30.
ny.eater.com
1 year ago
NYC food

Second City, Chicago's Famed Comedy Venue, Is Opening in Williamsburg With a Restaurant

Chicago-based comedy venue Second City, which launched the careers of giants like Bill Murray, Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, and Stephen Colbert, among others, is opening in Williamsburg in 2023, according to the New York Times.
Mission Local
1 year ago
Mission District

Few go to eviction court for covid debt, fear homelessness

Just shy of his 70th birthday, Cedric Dugger is wondering if he will be homeless again.
KQED
1 year ago
California

More California Cities Are Outlawing Harassment by Landlords | KQED

She said the slow rollout of rent relief, coupled with the eviction moratorium, meant frustrated landlords were looking for other ways to get their tenants to pay or leave.
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