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Homeowners ‘tearing their hair out’ over rising rates and rents

  • Post Author By Rimuru
  • Post Date September 12, 2024
Homeowners ‘tearing their hair out’ over rising rates and rents
Key in door

Key in door

During the financial crisis in 2008, Philip Wilson says he became a somewhat reluctant landlord.

The property market had slowed considerably so he decided to rent out, rather than sell, two properties – a flat and a house in North and West Yorkshire.

Now, the upheaval in the mortgage market means he is being forced to push up the rent for his tenants, and is considering whether he will eventually have to sell up.

“I really feel for my tenants,” the 64-year-old says. “One of them is really struggling, she pays her rent in parts when she

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Rent freeze Bill passes first stage at Holyrood

  • Post Author By Rimuru
  • Post Date August 26, 2024
Rent freeze Bill passes first stage at Holyrood

Legislation that would temporarily freeze rents and ban evictions in Scotland has passed its first stage in the Scottish Parliament.

MSPs backed the general principles of the Cost of Living (Tenant Protection) (Scotland) Bill by 88 votes to 29 on Tuesday evening.

Stage two amendments will be taken on Wednesday and a final vote will happen on Thursday.

A motion to treat the Bill as emergency legislation was passed by 86 votes to 28 earlier on Tuesday.

Patrick Harvie

The Scottish Government minister appeared at a Holyrood committee on Tuesday ahead of the Bill being debated (Jane Barlow/PA)

The Scottish Tories voiced

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American Homes 4 Rent (NYSE:AMH) Shares Purchased by Ellevest Inc.

  • Post Author By Rimuru
  • Post Date August 7, 2024
American Homes 4 Rent (NYSE:AMH) Shares Purchased by Ellevest Inc.

Ellevest Inc. boosted its stake in American Homes 4 Rent (NYSE:AMH – Get Rating) by 86.2% during the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 728 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock after acquiring an additional 337 shares during the period. Ellevest Inc.’s holdings in American Homes 4 Rent were worth $26,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other institutional investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in AMH. Norges Bank acquired a new position in American Homes 4 Rent in the

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KINSELLA: US Supreme Court tosses principle that holds law together

  • Post Author By Rimuru
  • Post Date August 6, 2024
KINSELLA: US Supreme Court tosses principle that holds law together

Stare decisis is the immutable legal rule that courts will stick to established precedent when making decisions.

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Jun 29, 2022 • June 29, 2022 • 3 minute read • 68 Comments

Signs left by abortion-rights supporters line the security fence surrounding The Supreme Court on June 28, 2022 in Washington, DC
Signs left by abortion-rights supporters line the security fence surrounding The Supreme Court on June 28, 2022 in Washington, DC Photo by Nathan Howard /Getty Images

What if there are no more rules?

What if there are no more laws? No more precedents, no more

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Legal aid lawyers in Quebec hold half-day strike

  • Post Author By Rimuru
  • Post Date July 28, 2024
Legal aid lawyers in Quebec hold half-day strike

A group of legal aid lawyers is going on strike for half a day on Monday, while the renewal of their collective agreement remains unresolved with the Quebec government.

The group is made up of lawyers attached to the CSN-affiliated Fédération des professionnels, who were on strike in the morning after they walked out earlier this month.

In mid-June, lawyers in the Montreal-Laval, Bas Saint-Laurent-Gaspésie and Laurentides-Lanaudière regions also voted in favor of another strike mandate, this time for seven days, to be exercised at the appropriate time.

The other group, the Fédération des avocates et avocats de l’aide juridique,

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Hurricane Ian: Here’s how renters can avoid panic and prepare for natural disasters: Severe storms, wildfires

  • Post Author By Rimuru
  • Post Date July 15, 2024
Hurricane Ian: Here’s how renters can avoid panic and prepare for natural disasters: Severe storms, wildfires

The US has experienced nine weather and climate disasters with losses exceeding $1 billion each as of July of this year, according to the National Climate Data Center. These events have included one drought and eight severe storms. Four other weather events, including the current Hurricane Ian, have been declared major disasters by FEMA since July.

Whether you’re a renter or a homeowner, preparation is key, says Jeffrey Hussey, the director of Public Interest & Litigation at Community Legal Services of Mid-Florida, a nonprofit law firm.

“Mistakes can be made if you are rushing or panicked,” he says. “If you

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Sage Hill homeowners fight back after legal threat over unpaid fees

  • Post Author By Rimuru
  • Post Date July 14, 2024
Sage Hill homeowners fight back after legal threat over unpaid fees

Homeowners are petitioning for an extraordinary general meeting with the intention of removing the board members who threatened lawsuits over unpaid residents’ association fees

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Jun 26, 2022 • June 26, 2022 • 3 minute read • 7 Comments

FILE PHOTO: The neighborhoods of Sage Hill and Evanston on the northern edge of Calgary were photographed on Thursday April 26, 2018.
FILE PHOTO: The neighborhoods of Sage Hill and Evanston on the northern edge of Calgary were photographed on Thursday April 26, 2018. Gavin Young/Postmedia

Homeowners in northwest Calgary’s Sage Hill community are organizing a petition with the intention of removing their residents’ association’s board members after the association threatened hundreds of residents

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Rice notices need not be given to tenured school board employees

  • Post Author By Rimuru
  • Post Date July 12, 2024
Rice notices need not be given to tenured school board employees

Under New Jersey’s Open Public Meetings Act (OPMA), a public agency may discuss taking adverse action against a public employee in a closed (executive) meeting unless the employee being discussed exercises his or her right to have the discussion conducted in public.

In order for the employee to meaningfully exercise that right, the public agency is required to give timely notice (ie a “Rice” notice, named after the 1977 case of Rice v. Union County Regional High School Board of Education) to any employee whose rights could be adversely affected by the intended private discussion.

In today’s published (and thus

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