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California, known for its high living expenses, presents a challenge for renters on a $1,500 monthly budget. Let's explore how far this budget can take you in the Golden State and discover the best options for prospective renters.

An article in The Daily Dot describes what happened when a tenant came home to find a note stuck on her door from her landlord. Typically, there would be nothing unusual about a note stuck on a door from the landlord but it was the manner in which the landlord served the note that came across as rather creepy.

A mother of three in Birmingham is startled when she finds an opossum on her pillow right before she was about to turn in for the night. HighPointe Apartments thankfully let her out of her lease, so she can find a better place for her family, including her three children to live.

Truly affordable rents as low as $0 monthly but the deadline to apply is only a few days away. Don’t wait to apply if the Bronx Grove affordable housing lottery interests you. For eligible lottery winners, there are some genuinely affordable apartments available: 85 of the 127 units in this lottery will rent for less than $1,000 per month.

Here is an affordable housing lottery that should appeal to those who prefer the “big city” life. The Suffolk, in Manhattan’s Lower East Side, is a 390,000 square foot, 31-story building combining market rate and permanently affordable housing. Of The Suffolk’s 378 residences, 95 are available for this housing lottery.

The collapse of a second-story floor inside an apartment complex near the Indiana University of Pennsylvania left a dozen people injured. Seven of them were taken to hospitals, while five were treated at the scene. According to state police, the injuries ranged from serious to minor. It remains unclear how many people were inside the apartment at the time of the collapse.

A horrific tragedy has occurred in Brooklyn's Crown Heights neighborhood, where a 31-year-old man named Jerry Crichlow was fatally stabbed in his apartment building on Crown Street. According to reports, the police received a 911 call about an assault, and upon arriving at the scene, found Crichlow unresponsive.

A tragic incident occurred early on Monday morning when a fire broke out in an El Monte apartment complex, resulting in the loss of one life. The fire occurred around 3 a.m. at a two-story apartment complex on the 11400 block of Magnolia Street, engulfing one of the units on the upper level completely.

Of 127 available units, 85 will rent for less than $1,000 per month. The Bronx Grove affordable housing lottery is putting life back into the term “affordable.” Housing lotteries on NYC Housing Connect in recent months have included listings for apartments renting for over $4,000 per month. It is encouraging to see attempts being made to make housing available for those with limited resources.

DETROIT, MI. - You might be right if you feel like the walls are closing in on you. New data shows apartments are getting smaller across the country, marking a significant shift from the early work-from-home era when rentals were larger.

Consumer group releases data highlighting prevalence of fees in overall rent hikes. The National Consumer Law Center (NCLC) has released a report noting that while rents are rising nationally, a significant portion of that increase is due to what the consumer advocacy group calls "junk fees."

Dot Block, in the Boston neighborhood of Dorchester, is a four-building mixed-use development that will eventually include 484 apartments. The first phase will include 245 apartments, of which 33 will be available through this housing lottery.

The long-awaited closure to a 35-year-old cold case has finally been achieved with the recent arrest of Robert Elmer Atrops for the murder of his estranged wife, Deborah Lee Atrops. Thanks to the Washington County District Attorney's Office's "Prosecuting Cold Cases Using DNA" grant, justice has been served for the victim and her family. In this blog, we'll take a closer look at the case and how investigators utilized advanced forensic technology to crack the case.

Here is an affordable housing lottery with some truly affordable housing. Twin Parks Terrace in the Bronx will include 38 apartments with monthly rent under $1,000. These will include studio, one-, two-, and three-bedroom units. In today’s overheated rental market, these are welcome numbers.

Qualifying seniors who win this affordable housing lottery for Sunset Ridge Senior Apartments may be able to live rent-free, according to the NYC Housing Connection description.

Boston Metrolist is conducting a housing lottery for The Bon, a Boston apartment complex. Studio apartments available through this lottery start at $1,130 per month. According to online rental platform Zumper, the average rent for a studio in Boston is $2,150 per month. Compared to that, The Bon complex sounds like a great deal.

Would you like a chance to rent a studio or one-bedroom apartment in Brooklyn for about one third of the going rate? If so, you will need to hurry and enter the NYC Housing Connect 108 Downing Street affordable housing lottery. The deadline for this lottery is January 30, 2023.