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Virginia

Hampton Roads tenants describe landlord’s abuse, retaliation after landmark fair housing settlement

  • Charlotte Rene Woods

A new settlement with Hampton Roads landlord David Merryman — who is currently serving a 17-year sentence for defrauding the federal government — means several of his former tenants will receive a piece of $2.5 million in financial compensation over the next year.  Merryman must sell his Virginia properties, numbering over 60, and can never […]

Virginia

National landlord with property in Virginia accused of housing discrimination

  • Charlotte Rene Woods

Civil rights complaints filed in Virginia and other states allege that Greystar, a national apartment management company, has violated fair housing laws by rejecting prospective tenants that use housing vouchers to help pay their rent.  An investigation by nonprofit watchdog Housing Rights Initiative found over 100 instances where properties managed by Greystar in Virginia, Maryland, […]

Oregon

These lending programs are helping underserved Oregonians buy homes

  • Mia Maldonado

After seven years of living in a cramped two-bedroom apartment in Northeast Portland with her four sons, Ja’Nelle Samuels assumed homeownership was impossible.  The 43-year-old single mom and nonprofit manager grew up without housing stability. Her only model for homeownership growing up was her grandmother, who took her in after she left the foster care […]