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Government

Apr. 26, 2012

Cities look to anti-eviction laws to protect renters from foreclosure

In the wake of the foreclosure crisis, the plight of displaced homeowners has taken center stage. But in several cities, a different kind of foreclosure epidemic is starting to cause headaches: rental property foreclosures.


By Sean Windle


Daily Journal Staff Writer


In the wake of the foreclosure crisis, the plight of struggling and displaced homeowners has taken center stage. But in several California cities, a different kind of foreclosure epidemic is starting to cause headaches: rental property foreclosures that can send even law-abiding, rent-paying tenants packing. And it's spurring aggressive action by local municipalities in the form of newly bolstered renter pro...

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