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A Briarwood Apartments tenant begged the Searcy City Council not to condemn the place she lives at a public hearing Tuesday, then left abruptly, slamming the door behind her, 17

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After a lull in the 90s, the tenants rights movement reemerged and has only gained strength. What caused the resurgence?

churst@post-journal.com Chautauqua County’s two representatives in the New York State Legislature voted against a housing eviction moratorium that passed through both Assembly and Senate committees during a special session on Monday. The COVID-19 Emergency Eviction and Foreclosure Act, drafted on Christmas Eve, aims to prevent evictions for those who have experienced financial hardship from the pandemic, protect against foreclosure and tax lien sales for residential property owners, prohibi...

Including fannie mae controlled by the federal government, they have one of the worst records that ive seen so far on the bill or on the law and were hoping -- were hoping they start following it soon. >> thanks for bringing this to our attention because this would affect everyone in every state, right? >> thats correct. it sure does and were talking a lot of tenants. >> all right. >> no kidding. >> thanks so much, robert and thanks for bringing our attention tohat one page primer for health car...

Want somebody in it. that makes it problematic. ey got to coordinate and all that stuff so they make it seem like, hey, get out of here. its our house. but thats not true. so the renter gs to stay in that house for how lon >> well, the new owner has to honor the lease agreement and if the lease agreement has already expired, they still get 90 days. tenant has to pay the rent but the owner of the property cant just say oh, you havent paid me. well, they have to ask for the money. and so what tena...

But you do have rights even if you are a renter and y dont own the house that has just been foreclosed. >> joining us now is an attorney with rio grande legal aid and has all the answers for us this morning. good morning to you, robert. >> good morning. >> all rit. tell us about this law that many people do not know is on the books called protecting tenants at foreclosure act. what is it? >> its a new law that was passed may 20th of 2009 and what it says is that if youre a tenant and youve been ...