The properties were some of the last "shortlife" housing cooperatives in existence – the buildings technically owned by the council but lived in and maintained rent-free for over 30 years after a series of housing policy screw ups in the 70s left the council unable to afford the maintenance.
Many people are still struggling to pay energy bills, buy food and maintain rent or mortgage payments.
Reducing the supply of showroom space devoted to toys will enable the managers of the Toy Center to maintain rent levels, said Mr. Buslik, who estimated that actual rents in the complex ranged from $30 to $35 a square foot a year.
Also, he said, some owners, like real estate investment trusts and pension funds, need to spend more "to maintain rents at certain levels" to meet their profit projections, especially if they paid a high price for the building during the market's halcyon days.
MetCap president Brent Merrill has maintained all rent increases cover building upgrades and have been approved by the landlord and tenant board, which also hears complaints.
She maintained a rent-controlled apartment on the Upper East Side for decades, but she returned to Alabama often to see her older sisters.
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Our view of this natural pastiche from the deck of the Sorenson Cabin — one of three stone and timber bungalows, maintained and rented by the state park, that hang on the rim of the abyss — was as eye-pleasing as any we've seen at five-star resorts.
The Policis report, based on a survey of 2,000 residents in social housing, found that half were not confident that they would be able to maintain their rent payments if they received their rent directly.
"But now that unemployment insurance for long-term unemployed folks has stopped, it appears to be very difficult if not impossible for people to maintain their rent payments".
