Showing posts with label Rental. Show all posts
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Friday, June 15, 2012

The housing instability continues


Home no more: Dickinson couple, whose rent more than doubled, leaving town after 11 years

A sign that reads, “Raised rent from $750 to $2,000” on one side, and “Greed — one of the seven deadly sins” staked in front of a small house on Second Avenue East caught the attention of many passersby Thursday.
By: Jennifer McBride, The Dickinson Press
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    Jimmy Serna talks about a jump in rent, which has led him and Pam Lynch to decide to leave their Dickinson home of 11 years, Thursday afternoon in Dickinson.
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    Pam Lynch and Jimmy Serna talk about a jump in rent, which has led them to leave their Dickinson home of 11 years, Thursday afternoon in Dickinson.
    A sign that reads, “Raised rent from $750 to $2,000” on one side, and “Greed — one of the seven deadly sins” staked in front of a small house on Second Avenue East caught the attention of many passersby Thursday.
    Beyond the sign, Pam Lynch and Jimmy Serna could be seen moving furnishings and goods from the small white house with blue trim to a truck and camper.
    With numerous rental rates on the rise due to increased oil activity in southwest North Dakota, like them, many people are finding new places to live.
    Lynch and Serna said it was a surprise that their landlords decided to jack up the rent, and gave them a month notice. Now, after 11 years, they will be moving to a trailer.
    “To them it is a house,” Lynch said. “To us it is a home.”
    At age 75, landlord Joe Miller said he and his wife, Marie, are ready to get out of the rental business. They concur that they increased the rent, but they gave the couple a chance to purchase the property, of which he said they couldn’t meet the conditions.
    “We have decided to sell the property and that’s our intent,” Joe Miller said. “We gave them a notice a month ago telling them that the rent was going up.”
    Lynch said they have no problem with the raise in rent, but having to come up with an additional $1,250 for the month in 28 days is just too much.
    “I’m not mad at them, but I am disappointed,” she said. “I understand — I would want a piece of that pie.”
    “A little loyalty,” Serna added, is all they asked.
    Badlands Board of Realtors President Susie Lefor said there has been a steady increase in renters purchasing homes in the area over the past year.
    “Your house payment is going to be lower than your rent payment,” she said.
    When it comes to landlords selling, besides some who are retiring, Lefor said it’s “predominantly no.”
    She has seen more multi-level units being sold rather than individual ones such as homes. “There are some jumping at the opportunity because it is a sellers’ market,” she added.
    Miller said he and his wife sold their other two rental properties last year and this will be the last before they are out of the rental business.
    “We’ve treated them fairly,” he said, adding they could have asked for much more rent over the years.
    The front-yard sign will likely be uprooted today as Lynch and Serna pull up their stakes and work to turn a new location into a home.
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    Location: Dickinson, ND 58601, USA

    Tuesday, June 5, 2012

    Entertaining Classifieds

    The online classifieds are a source of entertainment and today more so than normal =)

    First this


    Price:0.00
    Updated:6/5/2012
    Description:I received an email today from ACS LEGAL GROUP..they tell you that your acct is delinquent and you are going to oourt unless you pay ..right now..they are a big scam group..mostly speak with dialect from India..says he is MATT WILLIAMS..DO NOT PAY!!




    Than this


    Price:Free
    Updated:6/5/2012
    Description:Remodeled and have offwhite oval American Standard toilet for give away. Call 260-2800. Must be gone by thursday morning or its going to the dump.
      Contact Information
     
    Bryan Personne
    Dickinson,



    and finally this one


    Price:See Description
    Updated:6/5/2012
    Description:---READY NOW:
    1 bed 1 bath apartment at Century Apartments 1156 21st Street West
    $1175 rent $1175 deposit Renter pays electricity


    ---2nd week of June:
    3 bed 1 ½ bath apartment at 130 1st Avenue SE
    $2400 rent $2400 deposit Renter pays heat and electricity


    ---2nd week of July:
    1 bed 1 bath apartment at 145 4th Street SE
    $1000 rent $1000 deposit Renter pays electricity


    ---2nd week of July:
    1 bed 1 bath apartment at 356 1st Avenue SW
    $1000 rent $1000 deposit Renter pays electricity


    ---2nd week of July:
    2 bed 1 bath apartment w/detached garage at 671 24th Street West
    $2000 rent $2000 deposit Renter pays heat and electricity


    ---2nd week of July:
    2 bed 1 bath apartment w/detached garage at 665 23rd Street West
    $2000 rent $2000 deposit Renter pays heat and electricity


    ---2nd week of July:
    3 bed 1 bath apartment at Century Apartments 1156 21st Street West
    $2400 rent $2400 deposit Renter pays electricity
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    Dave Bauer
    1156 21st Street W.
    Dickinson, ND
    Day: (701)483-1154, Evening:
    bauer_property@ndsupernet.com
     








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    Location: Dickinson, ND 58601, USA

    Thursday, March 22, 2012

    Dickinson rental availability nearly zero


    Dickinson rental availability nearly zero
     

    The chances of getting an apartment in Dickinson are slim-to-none, and that's if people coming into the area can afford the rent, officials said Tuesday. "Rents are sky high," said Michael Carbone, North Dakota Coalition for Homeless People Inc. "Minot, Williston, Bismarck and Dickinson represent communities where no one can rent regardless of their circumstance." Cities should have 5 percent to 8 percent rent availability, Carbone said. Dickinson's availability last month was a half-percent. In order to afford a two-bedroom apartment at a fair market value, residents in Stark County should make $13.10 an hour, according to a report released by the National Low Income Housing Coalition. The mean renter hourly wage is $10.50. The annual average yearly income for renters in Stark County is $24,627, and the amount a renter can afford on average is $616. Income needed to afford a one-bedroom apartment is $23,520, according to the NLIHC report. Of the 1,783 people identified as homeless in North Dakota during the July 27 NDCHP point-in-time survey, 40 percent worked out of state and had come to work in the state. Only 25 percent said they could return to permanent housing. "So many of those that have come have found themselves unsheltered and are basically stuck here," Carbone said. More people are coming to the state in response to an oil boom in western North Dakota, said Sheila Crowley, NLIHC president and CEO. "In an economy where people are having a very hard time finding jobs in other places, and they have the ability to pick and go to North Dakota, then people are going to go places where they can seem to find jobs, but obviously you have a mismatch between people and housing at this point," she said. Carbone added that 84 percent of the extremely low-income households, or households making less than $20,000 a year, are paying housing costs greater than 50 percent of their income. "They are at imminent risk of homelessness at any moment," he said. "Those are the folks that are paycheck to paycheck, and we know that is getting more and more difficult to handle." Since renting space is not available in the western part of the state, housing vouchers cannot be used, Carbone said. Those vouchers "will be lost" if not used. "At a time when we issue these housing vouchers, most of the time when are they in the most jeopardy of being lost because of inability to use them," he said. The availability of housing in communities shows how "the housing crunch is spilling over across the state," Carbone said, adding people are not only coming unprepared but they are coming because there is no place to live. "The state has done a great job of marketing itself as the land of opportunity, and I think it is for many people," he said. "I talk with these people every day with my job and some of them are angry. Some of them are frustrated. We need to be careful that we are not creating a false picture that all you need to do is show up." Community members need to tell their local and state governments know that housing has become an issue, Carbone said. "The vision of the Housing Alliance of North Dakota is to ensure everyone has access to decent safe, and affordable and accessible housing," HAND Project Director Tom Alexander said.

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