Word: landlordism
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...that Omar Al Bayoumi had helped the two hijackers find an apartment and meet others in the Arab community in San Diego when they first arrived. According to several sources, Bayoumi helped the pair find an apartment and paid the first month's rent with a check when the landlord wouldn't accept their cash. They then paid Bayoumi back in cash, according to the FBI's understanding of the transaction. Bayoumi left San Diego in mid 2001 and moved to England, where he pursued a Ph.D. at Aston University...
Beyond exorbitant rent and a scarcity of affordable housing, former Cabrini tenants complain that the path to building a new life away from the projects is blocked by the same obstacles that helped keep them there in the first place: bad credit; a sagging job market; hostile, sometimes racist landlords; and neighborhoods that reject or make life uncomfortable for the incoming poor. "It's tough dealing with landlords when they know you have a voucher," says Berryman. "They treat you different when they know you're coming from the projects." Many of those landlords, she says, harbored misguided suspicions that...
...police came to Miller’s home after his landlord had noticed that he had not retrieved his mail or newspapers in several days. Miller’s family had also contacted the landlord, saying that they could not get through to Miller, Kelley said...
...there is no undergraduate Pi Eta group, the society lingered on as little more than a landlord for a national fraternity. This status continued to bother the Pi Etas, who saw no reason to continue their end of the 30-year deal. It seemed like the best choice was to give up, and against the wishes of Sigma Chi, the house was placed on the market in January...
Carr and Deibel began discussing the possibility of leasing the space in January, according to Gill. The Carr Foundation will remain landlord of the building, which also houses Grendel’s Den, a restaurant and bar, in its basement...