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Orlando Murder Victim’s Parents File New Lawsuit

New details were released in the case of a woman who was allegedly killed by an Orlando apartment building security guard. The new information is outlined in a new lawsuit. WESH 2’s Summer Knowles reports on who Sasha Samsudean’s parents are blaming for her death.


Airbnb in Talks to Settle New York Lawsuit

Airbnb Inc. is in talks with New York City and New York state to settle a lawsuit over a new state law designed to curtail short-term apartment rentals. The potential settlement, according to one person familiar with the discussions, would protect Airbnb against fines from the city for short-term apartment rentals that violate the new law, though it might still leave hosts liable for those …


‘Not Wanted’: Black Applicants Turned Down for Trump Housing Speak Out

In 1973, New York City school teacher Annette Gandy Fortt was looking for a decent place to live. A listing for an apartment in a building owned by Donald Trump’s father, Fred, caught her eye — but she says the super told her there were no units available. “I was black,” Fortt said recently.


Wrongful Death Lawsuit Filed in Allentown Girls’ Four-Story Fall

The death of a 3-year-old Allentown girl who fell from a fourth-story window along with her 5-year-old sister last year has prompted a wrongful death lawsuit. Jessica Tatum, the mother of Tamara and Tiana Arnette, is suing the owners of the apartment building at 702 Turner St., which houses once-homeless families pursuing educational or vocational training. Tamara died shortly after …


Lawsuit Settlement Could Mean Housing for Yakima’s Homeless

Under a settlement agreement reached this week, Yakima Neighborhood Health Services will drop its federal lawsuit against the city of Yakima and instead submit a new application for using Roy’s Market as an apartment building to house local homeless people. The revised application, which Neighborhood Health must submit within 90 days, will be for an apartment facility in which up to 40 homeless …


Lawsuit Aims to Prompt City Inspectors to Keep Close Eye on HUD Properties, Protect Tenants

A group of public housing residents are suing a city official for not enforcing building-quality standards at federally subsidized apartments, saying the policy has unfairly left low-income tenants to languish in poor living conditions that are illegal under city law. Landlords are required by the city building code to keep rental properties in decent condition, but the city typically doesn’t …



Victims of Md. Apt. Blast Will File Lawsuit in Coming Weeks

The victims of the Silver Spring apartment explosion have partnered with two law firms and say they will file a lawsuit in the coming weeks. CASA, an advocacy group that has helped the victims since the Aug. 10 blast, announced the partnership during a news conference Wednesday morning. “I think it’s very important that these families are compensated for what happened,” said CASA Executive …


Victoria’s Secret Model’s Airbnb Listing Deceived Lawyer

This place is a dump! That’s what California lawyer Christian Pugaczewski says about the “fashionable” apartment he thought he was renting on Roosevelt Island this summer from a Victoria’s Secret model. In papers filed Tuesday in Manhattan Supreme Court, Pugaczewski said the apartment offered on Airbnb was so dreadful that he fled immediately to a relative’s couch in the suburbs before finding …