Stockton University locked down after shooting near housing complex, shooters last seen heading toward school
Galloway Township, NJ – Stockton University was placed on lockdown Thursday after a shooting at an off-campus housing complex left one person wounded and prompted a search for two suspects. The shooting…
Mortgage Applications Plummet As Housing Prices Surged To Record High
Mortgage Applications Plummet As Housing Prices Surged To Record High Harry Wilmerding on February 23, 2022 Mortgage applications plummeted to their lowest level in three years as rates continued to edge higher,…
Defendants Sentenced for Scheme to Defraud Local Housing Programs of Over $100,000
HONOLULU, Hawaii – Raelene Rodrigues, 62, of Honolulu, Hawaii was sentenced today. Rodrigues was the last of four defendants convicted and sentenced in connection with charges involving a scheme to defraud federally…
St. Croix Man Apprehended in the John F. Kennedy Housing Community Pleads Guilty to Felon in Possession of a Loaded 9mm Handgun
St. Croix, USVI – U.S. Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert announced today that a St. Croix man pleaded guilty on Friday, February 11, 2022 to felon in possession of a firearm. According to…
U.S. Attorney’s Office Settles Housing Discrimination Lawsuit Against Dansville Rental Property Owners
CONTACT: Barbara Burns PHONE: (716) 843-5817 FAX #: (716) 551-3051 ROCHESTER, N.Y.- U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that a settlement agreement has been reached with the current and former owners of Midtown…
Bucks County Housing Provider Ordered to Pay Damages and Redress Discrimination Based on Pregnancy and Disability Status
PHILADELPHIA – United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams and Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division announced that the owner and the former manager of rental properties…
Sentinel Real Estate agrees to resolve Fair Housing Act discrimination claims
ATLANTA – The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Georgia has entered into an agreement with Sentinel Real Estate Inc., Tina Brooks, and John’s Creek, LLC (“Respondents”), a property owner…
California Man Indicted for Stealing Identity of Army Veteran, Applying for $35k in Housing Benefits
BROOKLYN, NY – Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez, together with Special Agent in Charge Christopher Algieri of the Department of Veterans Affairs Office of Inspector General’s Northeast Field Office and Acting New…
Hyattsville Dad Turning Scratch-off Prize into Housing Down Payment
MARYLAND – A Prince George’s County father of one has added house hunting to his to-do list after winning a $100,000 top prize on a Gold scratch-off. The 24-year-old found Lottery luck at Save-a-Lot…
John J. Flatley Company Enters Into Consent Decree to Resolve Claims That It Violated the Fair Housing Act By Refusing to Permit Tenant to Have Emotional Support Dog
CONCORD – Acting U.S. Attorney John J. Farley announced today that United States District Judge Joseph Laplante has approved a consent decree resolving claims that John…
Justice Department announces global resolution of criminal and civil investigations with housing contractor for defrauding U.S. military
SAVANNAH: Balfour Beatty Communities LLC (BBC), one of the nation’s largest providers of privatized military housing to the U.S. Armed Forces, pled guilty to defrauding the U.S. Army, the U.S. Air Force,…
Justice Department Announces Global Resolution of Criminal and Civil Investigations with Privatized Military Housing Contractor for Defrauding U.S. Military
Today, the Department of Justice announced a global resolution of its criminal and civil investigations into Balfour Beatty Communities LLC (BBC), one of the largest providers of privatized military housing to the…
U.S. Attorney’s Office Files Amended Lawsuit Against Chicopee Housing Authority and its Executive Director
BOSTON – The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Massachusetts and the U.S. Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division today filed an amended complaint that alleges that the Chicopee Housing Authority…
Canton Woman Charged with Defrauding HUD Section 8 Housing Program
Leonard C Boyle, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Christina D. Scaringi, Special Agent in Charge of the Office of Inspector General, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban…
Justice Department Resolves Housing Discrimination Lawsuit Against the Town of Wolcott
WASHINGTON – The Justice Department announced today it has reached an agreement with the Town of Wolcott, Connecticut, to settle a lawsuit alleging that the Town violated the Fair Housing Act when…
Man Who Conspired to Distribute Methamphetamine in Tulsa Public Housing Sentenced to 19 Years in Prison
A Tulsa man was sentenced Thursday for leading a methamphetamine conspiracy and illegally possessing firearms, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Clint Johnson. Chief U.S. District Judge John F. Heil III sentenced Charles Dean…
Former Rochester Housing Authority Chair Convicted By A Federal Jury On 28 Counts Including Multiple Fraud Charges, Money Laundering And Lying To The FBI
CONTACT: Barbara Burns PHONE: (716) 843-5817 FAX #: (716) 551-3051 BUFFALO, N.Y. – U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that a federal jury has convicted George H. Moses, 52, of Rochester, NY, on 28…
US Home Sales Continued To Grow In October As Housing Market Remains Hot
Home sales in the U.S. grew in October as buyers continue to enter a hot market, according to the National Association of Realtors. Existing home sales increased at the fastest pace…
Home Prices Soar In Third Quarter As Housing Market Remains Hot
Median home prices surged in the third quarter of 2021 in almost every housing market in the U.S., the National Association of Realtors said in a report Wednesday. The median price of…
College Student Wrecking Dress To Make Statement Almost Burns Down Dorm, Complains She Can’t Afford Housing Now
Barnard freshman Gianna Deveney accidentally started a fire in her dorm building on Oct. 19 while creating a dress with a political message for a school project, the Columbia Spectator reported Thursday.…
Knoxville YWCA Receives $450,000 In Federal Funding For Housing Assistance
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – The Young Woman’s Christian Association of Knoxville and the Tennessee Valley (YWCA) will receive $450,000 from the Department of Justice’s Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) to support YWCA’s…