Word: landlordism
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...Graduate," Benjamin was evicted by a landlord suspicious of activists in Berkeley, California. "Those outside agitators," the landlord called them. Though many in 1968 may have sympathized with the landlord, college students protested with Benjamin...
...novel is narrated by Hang, a young woman whose past has predetermined the course of her life. Her past reaches back to the fanatical time of land reform in North Vietnam from 1953 to 1956, when her uncle, Chinh, denounced her father as a "filthy landlord." The sorrowful tale of her parent's separation and family division is one that eludes Hang for most of her childhood; she does not fully understand why she is constantly made to feel ashamed. At one point, Hang cries, "I didn't dare ask [my mother] if, in another ten years, I would live...
...crisis threatened to undo everything Nancy, Teresa and Katherine had done to keep their families together. Their landlord had decided to sell the cluster of row houses they lived in, and any new owner was likely to evict them so that the properties could be renovated and rented at a higher rate. City law requires that tenants be granted a first shot at buying their apartments. But to Katherine the sum required -- $190,000 -- was daunting. "For people like us, there was no way we could come up with that...
...been planted there by mutinous editors at the famously sleazy tabloid who refused to relinquish control to real estate mogul Abe Hirschfeld, the latest multimillionaire to attempt to take over the paper. In 20 pages of nonstop abuse, Post staffers described Hirschfeld as a "nut," a racist, a deplorable landlord, a hostage taker, a sociopath and an anti-Semite -- a daring allegation, given that Hirschfeld is Jewish...
With visions of palm trees and large paychecks dancing in his head, he sent Roblan a $295 fee, told his landlord he'd be moving soon, sold the family furniture and even parted with his cherished dirt bike. He was so confident of a job that he got an out-of-work electrician friend, Roy Allen, and Roy's father to sign up. As soon as the three had paid their fees, however, the trouble started. They say Roblan began evading their phone calls and later reneged on the promises made by the phone-sales staff. Only...