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Having People Over for Thanksgiving?

Friday November 20, 2009

If you're hosting a Thanksgiving get-together this Thursday at your apartment, catering to your guests will no doubt be your top priority.

But don't be a turkey and forget about being considerate to your neighbors. It doesn't take much effort, and it can be a great way to maintain a respectful relationship with the people who live around you.

Here are tips for how you can practice "neighbor-friendly entertaining" at your apartment this Thanksgiving.

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Unusual Circumstances Lead to Unrelated Apartment Marijuana Arrests

Thursday November 19, 2009

It's not at all uncommon for police officers to find drugs on suspects and arrest them for it. But here are two recent stories of arrests involving marijuana possession at an apartment that you don't read about every day.

Today, apartment roommates in Wichita, Kansas called the police to report that robbers were making off with their marijuana. After the police apprehended the robbers and found the drugs in question, they proceeded to arrest the tenants, who now face charges of possession and intent to sell within 1,000 feet of a school, according to UPI.com.

On November 6, a landlord in Cambria, New York was arraigned on charges of second-degree criminal possession of marijuana and unlawfully growing cannabis, and a tenant has been indicted on the same charges. But, as The Buffalo News reported, the police only discovered the drug and indoor plants because of a 911 call about a man with a gun, which turned out to be false.

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Does Multifamily Housing Lead to Overcrowded Schools?

Tuesday November 17, 2009

According to a recent study of communities across Long Island, New York, the idea that apartment complexes house more school-age children per unit than single-family homes is a myth.

The Long Island Housing Partnership (LIHP), a not-for-profit affordable housing developer, commissioned the study to address communities' concerns that multifamily housing leads to overcrowding in schools, putting an added strain on school districts' wallets. These concerns have led residents to fear school tax increases, which in turn, according to Newsday, have led to the rejection of several high-density development proposals on Long Island.

As Newsday points out, however, the study's child-per-unit measure doesn't account for the possibility that the total number of school-age children in a particular apartment complex could be higher than the total from all single- or two-family homes that would fit on a property of the same size.

The study, which was performed by the Long Island Association, a business advocacy group, looked at 27,594 units from 299 apartment complexes. The results were presented to LIHP on Monday.

Do you think that multifamily housing leads to overcrowding of schools? Should apartment complex proposals ever be rejected for fear of school tax hikes? Do the results of this study sway your opinion on this issue?

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Apartment Manager Arrested for Money Order Disorder

Friday November 13, 2009

If you're a tenant who pays the rent in full and on time, the last thing you want to hear is that your hard-earned money isn't quite making it into your landlord's bank account.

That's what happened to tenants at a Baton Rouge, Louisiana apartment complex, where an apartment manager now stands accused of stealing over $12,000. According to a report from The Advocate, the manager allegedly took tenants' rent by making their money orders out to herself. She also allegedly fabricated receipts for uncompleted work.

The manager, who claims she needed the extra money to cope with hard times, faces 22 counts of forgery and two counts of theft.

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