Baltimore is selling hundreds of vacant homes to city residents for just $1 each lolita, 20/08/2024 Baltimore is selling city-owned abandoned homes to residents for $1 each. The initiative aims to revive neighborhoods with high crime rates and surplus vacant homes. The city of Baltimore will sell more than 200 city-owned abandoned homes to residents starting at just $1 each in an effort to revive some of its roughest neighborhoods. A city board approved the measure on Wednesday in a 4-1 vote, according to The Baltimore Sun. The Maryland city’s crime rates have led to a surplus of vacant homes in certain neighborhoods. According to the city, there are about 15,000 abandoned properties in Baltimore. The $1 home project approved this week targets about 200 of those city-owned residences. The properties will be marketed to Baltimore residents who are committed to restoring and living in the homes. The program is meant to incentivize Baltimore locals to buy up the cheap properties, although developers and nonprofits can also purchase the vacant homes — for $3,000, according to local news reports. The city is offering home repair grants of $50,000 to individuals who are pre-approved for a construction loan, Bloomberg reported. Baltimore implemented a similar housing project in the 1970s when it offered homesteaders the chance to snatch … Continue Reading
Habitat For Humanity struggles to sell affordable homes amid California insurance crisis lolita, 13/08/2024 SACRAMENTO — Habitat For Humanity is struggling to sell its affordable homes to low-income families in California due to the home insurance crisis in the state. For Tiffany Timberman and her family, owning a home in Sacramento is a dream come true. Having a place for her family wouldn’t have been possible without the nonprofit Habitat For Humanity. “I just burst into tears, like it was life-changing. Literally like winning the lottery,” she said. Timberman is just one of many Habitat For Humanity families who have home insurance. She was approved with no issues. “We didn’t have any trouble, but I know it is a problem for other people whether it’s an older home or if it’s in a fire zone,” she said. Home insurance is an essential step in the home-buying process, but it’s becoming increasingly difficult for people to obtain. It’s been a troublesome trend for the nonprofit, which works to get homes built for deserving families. “This isn’t isolated to just low-income families, Habitat homeowners,” Habitat executive director Debbie Arakel said. “This is everybody that’s getting hit with this.” Arakel explained that families face a number of obstacles, from not being able to find insurance to being … Continue Reading
Best Deals for Amazon Big Smile Sale in 2024 lolita, 20/07/2024 One of these incredible sales is Amazon Big Smile Day. The younger, lesser known sibling of Amazon Prime Day, Big Smile Day is a mini Prime Day of sorts and plays host to some pretty whopping deals too. Kicking off today, Amazon Big Smile is on until 11.59pm on Sunday, March 24 so you’ve got almost a week to shop. But our best bet is if you see a product and price that you like, snap it up quickly. Deals can change plus they can also sell out too. Amazon is offering some hefty discounts on tech, with 47 per cent off the ever-popular Bose QuietComfort Headphones SE which brings them down to $238 from their original price of $449.95. The noise-canceling headphones come highly recommended by shoppers for their “top tier audio” and reviewers say the “quality is epic”. We don’t often see discounts on Apple which is why we’re paying attention to the 15 per cent off on this Apple 2022 10.9-inch iPad Air (Wi-Fi, 64GB) which brings it down to $847 from $999. We’ve also spotted 56 per cent off the Philips Essential Airfryer. Down to $88, from $199, get dinner on the table next to no … Continue Reading