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Council’s rental rules to become law without mayor signature

Jun. 24, 2021 08:10 AM EDT
SEATTLE (AP) — Several Seattle City Council bills surrounding rental housing will become law without Mayor Jenny Durkan’s signature. Durkan...

Sweden's Prime Minister Stefan Lofven before a confidence vote in the Swedish Parliament in Stockholm, Sweden, Monday June 21, 2021. Sweden's Prime Minister Stefan Lofven faces a no-confidence vote in the Riksdag parliament, after the Left Party said this week that it had lost confidence in Lofven and his center-left minority government. (Anders Wiklund / TT via AP)
Sweden's PM loses confidence vote amid housing crisis

By David Keyton And Jan M. Olsen Jun. 21, 2021 05:43 AM EDT

Oregon lawmakers discuss amendment to "pause" evictions

By Sara Cline Jun. 17, 2021 12:53 PM EDT
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — With the state and federal eviction moratorium set to expire at the end of June, Oregon lawmakers are hastily working on an amendment to...

FILE - This April 5, 2020, file photo shows an envelope containing a 2020 census letter mailed to a U.S. resident in Detroit. Michigan's slow population growth over the past decade will cost the state a U.S. House seat, continuing a decades-long trend as job-seekers and retirees have fled to other states. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)
A look at what's next in the release of 2020 census data

By Mike Schneider Apr. 29, 2021 01:03 PM EDT

FILE - In this Jan. 13, 2021 file photo, tenants' rights advocates demonstrate outside the Edward W. Brooke Courthouse in Boston. An estimated 8.8 million Americans are behind on their rent, according the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. While relief efforts have staved off some of the housing crisis, rent is still going to come due. The federal government has approved two rounds of rental assistance, worth more than $46 billion total; the $21 billion in the second round will begin going out in May. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer, File)
How struggling households can get federal rental assistance

By Sarah Skidmore Sell Apr. 23, 2021 07:42 AM EDT

$17M in US money available for Montana rental assistance

By Amy Beth Hanson Apr. 06, 2021 04:34 PM EDT
HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Montana has a new program to provide rental assistance for people who have lost income and are at risk of housing instability due to the...

North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper, flanked by a sign language interpreter, speaks during a press briefing on the COVID-19 virus and vaccination efforts on Tuesday, March 2, 2021, at the Emergency Operations Center in Raleigh, N.C. (Robert Willett/The News & Observer via AP)
North Carolina eviction moratorium extended to June 30

Mar. 30, 2021 06:40 PM EDT

Lawmakers agree Lamont's emergency powers should continue

By Susan Haigh And Dave Collins Mar. 30, 2021 10:45 AM EDT
Connecticut lawmakers Tuesday granted final legislative approval to extending Gov. Ned Lamont's emergency powers during the COVID-19 pandemic to May 20,...

Judge upholds Seattle eviction regulations

Feb. 24, 2021 07:27 PM EST
SEATTLE (AP) — A judge has rejected a landlord group’s challenge to several Seattle laws meant to protect renters from eviction once the coronavirus pandemic...

Editorial Roundup: Excerpts from recent Wisconsin editorials

By The Associated Press Dec. 10, 2020 04:09 PM EST
Journal Times, Racine, Dec. 10 Congress should help both landlords and renters One American crisis, the COVID-19...

Police find massive crowd partying at rented LI home

Dec. 02, 2020 07:45 PM EST
BROOKHAVEN, N.Y. (AP) — Police broke up a massive party at a Long Island home after getting calls about an influx of cars and people, including from the...

In this photo provided by Ashley McCue, Richard Matsui works from a coworking space on Nov. 18, 2020, in Honolulu. A group of Hawaii leaders is trying to attract more people like Matsui to work remotely in Hawaii during the pandemic. (Ashley McCue via AP)
Hawaii seeks to be seen as a remote workplace with a view

By Jennifer Sinco Kelleher Nov. 29, 2020 11:08 AM EST

FILE - Housing activists erect a sign in front of Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker's house, Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2020, in Swampscott, Mass. Renters are still being evicted during the coronavirus pandemic despite a federal order that is supposed to keep them in their homes. The nationwide eviction ban went into effect Sept. 4 and was supposed to replace many state and local bans that had expired. But tenant advocates said there are still people unaware of the directive implemented by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that broadly prevents evictions for nonpayment of rent through the end of 2020. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer, file)
Despite federal ban, renters still being evicted amid virus

By Michael Casey Nov. 29, 2020 10:01 AM EST

Snowmobile COVID rules announced; district goes remote

Nov. 22, 2020 09:35 AM EST
A look at coronavirus developments around New England: ___ MAINE State health officials reported...

Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan takes questions from journalists during a news conference on Thursday, Nov. 12, 2020 in Annapolis, Md., where the governor announced how about $70 million in federal money will be used to help fight the virus. (AP Photo/Brian Witte)
Maryland governor announces $70M in aid to fight virus

By Brian Witte Nov. 12, 2020 01:50 PM EST

Illinois Editorial Roundup:

By The Associated Press Nov. 10, 2020 10:34 PM EST
Here are excerpts of editorials published in Illinois newspapers. November 10, 2020 The (Carbondale) Southern...

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Is it safe to stay in hotels during the pandemic?

By The Associated Press Nov. 05, 2020 03:01 AM EST

With the Golden Gate Bridge in the background, walkers wear masks while strolling at Crissy Field East Beach in San Francisco on Thursday, Oct. 22, 2020. As the coronavirus pandemic transforms San Francisco's workplace, legions of tech workers have left, able to work remotely from anywhere. Families have fled for roomy suburban homes with backyards. The exodus has pushed rents in the prohibitively expensive city to their lowest in years. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
San Francisco curbs virus but once-vibrant downtown is empty

By Janie Har And Jocelyn Gecker Oct. 29, 2020 12:04 PM EDT

This undated photo shows Margaret Streicker, a Republican candidate for Connecticut's 3rd Congressional District. Streicker will face incumbent Democrat Rosa DeLauro in the 2020 elections. (Streiker for Congress via AP)
Reps. DeLauro, Hayes face aggressive Republican challengers

By Susan Haigh Oct. 20, 2020 02:33 PM EDT

Chairs and decorations are stored in an events hall run by married couple Jamer Gonzalez and Angela Camargo in Bogota, Colombia, Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2020. Before the new coronavirus pandemic broke out they organized about nine weddings, birthday parties and company lunches each month at his hall in a working-class district of Bogota, making enough money to live comfortably and send his two eldest daughters to college. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)
Pandemic forces Colombia family to live in banquet hall

By Manuel Rueda Oct. 13, 2020 08:04 PM EDT