For a number of months now, I’ve enjoyed checking in with some of your favorite Fox personalities to learn more about who they are behind the scenes. But as you may recall, I did promise to throw in some surprise appearances here and there! This week I wanted to share my conversation with David L. Bahnsen, author of the new …
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Here’s how homeowners can fight against squatter insanity
If you own a home and don’t want to lose it, keep reading. Homeowners who go on vacation or a business trip, even for just a week, are returning to find their house overtaken by trespassers who fraudulently claim a right to be there. It’s happening to tens of thousands of homeowners from New York City to Atlanta and Los …
Read More »International Code Council rejects aggressive green energy home building code mandate
An international group that develops building codes adopted by a wide swath of U.S. cities and counties abruptly pared back a plan to force new homes to be more climate-friendly. The International Code Council (ICC) – a Washington, D.C.-based group that regularly issues more than a dozen codes regulating new construction and impacting tens of millions of people nationwide – …
Read More »Maine Gov. Mills proposes budget revisions for housing, childcare
Democratic Gov. Janet Mills on Friday unveiled a budget revision that includes additional one-time spending to build more housing for Maine residents, to provide grants to child care providers, and to accelerate nursing facility rate reform, among other initiatives. Included in the proposed spending is $5 million to help mobile home residents buy their mobile home parks and another $22 …
Read More »Democrats want to tax your home, your retirement, your everything
The Democrats are telegraphing their next financial move: they want to tax your wealth. From provisions of President Joe Biden’s budget proposal to Massachusetts Democrat Senator Elizabeth Warren’s re-proposal of a wealth tax only for the wealthiest, it’s clear that we need to remain vigilant against this nefarious obsession. Last fiscal year, the U.S. took in as “revenue” (primarily in …
Read More »San Francisco mayor fails to block bill restricting housing in wildly expensive city
San Francisco Mayor London Breed admitted temporary defeat Tuesday after she tried and failed to veto a city housing bill. The bill “will enact housing density controls for most developments in the Jackson Square Historic District, the Jackson Square Historic District Extension and the Northeast Waterfront Historic District,” according to The San Francisco Standard. However, the proposal notes, “Projects under …
Read More »Families in Massachusetts overflow shelters will have to document efforts to find a path out
BOSTON (AP) — Families staying in overflow shelter sites in Massachusetts will soon have to document each month their efforts to find a path out of the overflow system, including looking for housing or a job, Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey announced Monday. Beginning May 1, families will have to be recertified monthly to remain eligible to stay in the state-run …
Read More »Scammed into squatting: Handyman has alarming warning for online house hunters
Home buyers and tenants need to be on guard against housing scams that could inadvertently turn them into trespassers, a handyman-turned-squatter hunter warned. “Just because you were scammed doesn’t mean that this homeowner should suffer,” Flash Shelton, founder of the United Handyman Association and SquatterHunters.com, said. “Just like if you received a stolen car, that car is gonna be taken …
Read More »US affordable housing shortage sparks resurgence of single-room ‘micro-apartments'
Every part of Barbara Peraza-Garcia and her family’s single-room apartment in Seattle has a double or even triple purpose. The 180-square-foot room is filled with an air mattress where she, her partner and their children, ages 2 and 4, sleep. It’s also where they play or watch TV. At mealtimes, it becomes their dining room. It’s a tight squeeze for …
Read More »EXCLUSIVE: Alleged NYC squatter 'in bed' with 'victim' family as part of real estate deal, lawyer reveals
EXCLUSIVE — The lawyer for alleged squatter Brett Flores has tried to reclaim the narrative about his client, telling Fox News Digital that Flores was part of a deal to help the Landa family severely undercut the price on their New York City dream home. “The Landas were buying the property from the estate of Bernie Fernandez,” Dennis O’Sullivan, the …
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