REAL ESTATE
February 21, 1999 | ROBERT J. BRUSS, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Stephanya inherited a rundown house from her grandmother. A real estate agent told her it would sell quickly for $229,000. But it needed repairs. Instead of selling, Stephanya decided to rent the house to her brother, Ronny, in exchange for $500 a month rent and his promise to repair the house. In May 1992, Ronny moved into the house with his girlfriend and their child. But that December they decided to move out.
NEWS
July 1, 1998 | HECTOR TOBAR, TIMES STAFF WRITER
The Los Angeles City Council on Tuesday approved the most comprehensive housing reform in Los Angeles history, creating a program of periodic apartment inspections that will be funded by a $1 monthly fee to be paid by renters. The 11-1 vote came seven months after the council had approved in principle a wide-ranging anti-slum plan. The $8-million program should allow the city to inspect all 700,000 rental units in the city within three years.
CALIFORNIA | LOCAL
July 8, 1995
Downey Municipal Court is one of four in the state that is participating in a new pilot program to speed evictions through court. Under the program, which started this week, delinquent tenants fighting eviction will have about two weeks to deposit a half-month's rent with the court during a special hearing if they wish to fight their eviction in a trial.
CALIFORNIA | LOCAL
July 1, 1995
More than four years after torrential rains inundated their homes, 24 former residents of an Encino apartment complex were awarded nearly half a million dollars this week by a jury that found their landlord did not properly fix the mess. After a three-week trial in Van Nuys, the former tenants on Thursday were awarded a total of $492,220 for property damage and emotional distress that stemmed from heavy rains in February, 1991. Individual awards ranged from $7,500 to $45,000, said V.
CALIFORNIA | LOCAL
July 1, 1995 | AARON CURTISS, TIMES STAFF WRITER
More than four years after torrential rains inundated their homes, 24 former residents of an Encino apartment complex were awarded nearly half a million dollars this week by a jury that found their landlord did not properly fix the mess. After a three-week trial in Van Nuys, the former tenants were awarded on Thursday a total of $492,220 for property damage and emotional distress that stemmed from heavy rains in February, 1991. Individual awards ranged from $7,500 to $45,000, said V.
NEWS
May 2, 1993 | JILL GOTTESMAN, TIMES STAFF WRITER
City Councilman George T. Deitch was cited last fall for maintaining substandard housing at one of his Bell Gardens complexes and then failed to correct many of the deficiencies for months, according to county health officials. Health inspectors said they found that a five-unit complex owned by Deitch and his wife, Vivian, was infested with cockroaches and rodents, lacked windows and screens, and had unsafe wiring. Some units also had holes in the walls and leaky drainpipes, inspectors said.