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Families occupy empty flats in crisis-hit Spain
Sun, 27 May 2012 12:13:20 -0700
Spanish grandmother Ana Lopez Corrales already feels at home in the Seville apartment where she's been living for the past week --- but it is not hers and she pays no rent.
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Living room theater brings the show to your home
Tue, 15 May 2012 14:33:20 -0700
The living room is the stage as actors mount theater equivalent of house concert The woman and man sitting in the living room are having an argument. This is generally bad news. Awkward. Not something you'd pay to see.
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Two new apartment complexes in Bibb County will offer 458 apartment homes
Fri, 25 May 2012 15:07:22 -0700
Just because the economy squashed new home building on a large scale, it doesn’t mean all new residential construction is gone.
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Crisis draws squatters to Spain's empty buildings
Mon, 28 May 2012 03:16:03 -0700
SEVILLE, Spain (Reuters) - Sleeping on inflatable mattresses with just a few boxes to hold their belongings, 32 families have occupied an empty new apartment block in Seville in southern Spain to put a roof over their heads after being thrown out of their own homes. They share a single cooker and a cheap brown sofa left behind by the builders. To others facing the prospect of living on the ...
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Rental, sweet rental: Shift toward apartment living spurs new construction
Wed, 16 May 2012 13:47:58 -0700
Growing demand for rental apartments in South Florida is spurring major developers to oblige with new construction projects.
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Assisted living home in Whitehorse remains empty
Tue, 15 May 2012 12:11:03 -0700
The manager who was supposed to run the facility is questioning the Yukon government's commitment to creating a home for 15 people with disabilities.
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Cash in the attic: short-term home letting
Mon, 28 May 2012 02:19:39 -0700
Got an empty room, or an upcoming holiday? They could make you money. Trish Lorenz meets owners who've embraced short-term letting Sharing your home with a stranger on a permanent basis is a big commitment. If you want the benefit of a bit of extra cash without the hassle of a full-on flatmate, renting out your spare room – or your entire house – short-term might be the answer. An increasingly ...
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Home for chronic inebriates opens in Fairbanks
Mon, 28 May 2012 15:20:04 -0700
A new residential facility for the homeless has quietly opened on South Cushman Street, offering living space to residents who may have gone a decade or more without it. A sister facility with the same philosophy, Karluk Manor, recently opened in Anchorage.
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Columbia man allegedly tied to Howard County gang indicted
Sun, 27 May 2012 17:14:24 -0700
County police keep tabs on 'several hundred' active gang members The crimes appear ordinary on Howard County's November police log — two break-ins on U.S. 1, another at a Columbia home where a television and video games were taken, and a man held up at gunpoint in the village of Kings Contrivance.
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Business Charles Joseph's Philanthropy column: Gifting your home to charity
Sat, 26 May 2012 20:39:46 -0700
Have you ever thought of gifting your home to charity? Gifting a home not only achieves charitable goals, but it also offers tax benefits in the year of the gift and you may even receive cash from the transaction.
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