Author and activist Barbara Ehrenreich, who wrote the book “Nickel and Dimed: On Getting by in America,” spoke to a crowd of 600 in Fort Collins about the time she spent working low-wage jobs as research for her book.
The Kings Lake community in Gibsonton was once the epicenter of the area's housing crisis with one in every five homes in the southern Hillsborough County community going through foreclosure. Now, like much of Tampa Bay, sales are soaring, prices are up sharply and foreclosures have dwindled. Foreclosure News
The new owners of the former Morris Sokol Furniture building in Charleston are studying a mix of uses for the site. File/Leroy Burnell/Staff Citizens, city officials and business leaders will have a chance this week to have their say in the planning and design for the redevelopment of the former Morris Sokol Furniture site in…
Justice Colleen Suche has reserved her final decision in a decade-long case between a Winnipeg couple and local businessman over who has title to the couple's property. After a more than decade-long court battle a Winnipeg couple who say they were swindled into giving up title to their property will have to wait a few…
A New Jersey foreclosure firm , which appears to be closing, has been accused of refusing to pay advertising fees for foreclosure notices since January, racking up debts in the six figures. Mansfield Advertising is suing the Udren Law Offices in Cherry Hill, New Jersey, for more than $ 139,000 in unpaid legal advertising fees….
City Council on Monday approved a financial incentive package for the Shaker Rocks climbing gym in the Van Aken District. A Development & Use Agreement would allow for the sale of the abandoned medical building at 3377 Warrensville Center Road to Maximar Properties for a dollar. Foreclosure News
The city is rejuvenating a housing rehab program by making improvements to an abandoned duplex at 825 Academy St. that was donated by Wells Fargo Bank. It's the first house that's getting renovated under the new version of the National Development Council housing program, said Michael A. Lumbis, the city's planning and community development director….
