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Rick and Mark Bove want to evict 24 low-income, mostly refugee families from an apartment complex in Winooski and plan to raise rents to market...
Joey Peterson thought he heard someone in late January outside the third-floor apartment he shares with his mother and a roommate in Quechee. When he checked, all he found was an envelope taped to the door.Inside was a letter from the property...
Finally a free man at 44. >> i even wrote the president. 1995. who was it, clinton? bush. i don't know who it was. i said mr. president, i'm innocent. but nobody listened. >> devon ayers. he was 19 when he was convicted. >> i spent all of my 20s and most of my 30s there. so i'm just trying to get on with life as i know it as today. >> and michael cosme. remember him? he was the only one videotaped by police. >> i only have one thing to say, though. i'm innocent. i didn't do it. i wasn't there. >> this is michael 18 years later. finally, someone believed him. and while we now know those two gan...
A charter change proposal that impacts tenants and landlords passed on Town Meeting Day. Those in support of the measure view it as a way to prevent tenants from being unfairly removed from their housing units, while those against consider it a hindrance to landlords who want to evict unsavory renters. Item 5 on Burlington's Town Meeting Day ballot asked voters if the city's charter should be amended to include protections from evictions that don't meet the standards of "just cause." Vermont statutes allow landlords to evict tenants without cause, which occurs in about 20% of filed ...
BTV says yes to 'just cause' evictions: What this means and what comes next Maleeha Syed, Burlington Free Press © Maleeha Syed/FREE PRESS A sign in Burlington encouraging voters to say no to a ballot item regarding "just cause" evictions got marked up to read "yes." Feb. 25, 2021. A charter change proposal that impacts tenants and landlords passed on Town Meeting Day. Those in support of the measure view it as a way to prevent tenants from being unfairly removed from their housing units, while those against consider it a hindrance to landlords who want to evict unsavory re...