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Search results for "absentee - landlords" ...
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Vendetta: Who's a Bigger Nuisance - Douglas Bruce or Denver's Property Police?
Douglas Bruce is a Denver resident who tried to make his living through buying and restoring abandoned property. However, he has run into frequent problems with the Denver police and court systems -- Westword chronicles his disputes with the courts.
Tags: real estate; absentee - landlords; slumlords; justice system
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The Trailer Park Revolution
Mother Jones reports on the phenomenon of trailer parks becoming cooperatives. Co-ops are seen as a solution to absentee landlords who do little or nothing to maintain basic services in many parks and give those who live there a real stake in their community.
Tags: mobile homes; trailer parks; manufactured housing; Community Development Loan Fund
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To Hell and Back: The struggle to save Brookmont Farms
The story details a community's fight to save a once-luxurious housing development. Brookmont Farms, a 544-townhome complex in rural Bear, Delaware, fell into ruin after its builders experienced financial trouble and the property became part of Section Eight subsidized rent programs. The fight of Pastor Steve Hare, police and social services, and the problem of absentee landlords are explored.
Tags: low-income families; working poor; restoration; construction; HUD; suburban ghetto; declining property value; development
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No title (id: 6670)
Birmingham Post-Herald uses computer analysis to find that one-third of Alabama is owned by multi-national corporations or rich landowners; property owned by these usually absentee landlords is more likely to suffer from stagnant economic growth and declining populations, March 4 - 7, 1990.
Tags: None
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A Slumlord's paradise
WCAU-TV (Philadelphia) reports on Camden, N.J., the poorest city in America, where absentee landlords rent run-down dwellings without paying taxes, then move on to other properties when the city seizes tax-delinquent properties.
Tags: New Jersey; Camden; housing; property tax; Tape
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No title (id: 2809)
Detroit Free Press series traces deterioration of that city's housing caused by absentee landlords and failed government policies, June 16 - 20, 1985.