In Ghana, vacant dwellings reflect broader urbanization and housing market trends. Urban centers, especially in Greater Accra and Ashanti regions, have a high concentration of vacant houses ...

Facing pressure from tenant advocates, landlords and frustrated residents, the Concord City Council in March approved amendments to a hotly debated rent control ordinance that increased the annual ...

Lately many jurisdictions are imposing rent control laws as a way to deal with the limited availability of housing and especially affordable housing. Unfortunately, rent control laws reduce the ...

SEATTLE — The debate continues over whether Washington needs legislation to control the rising cost of rent. House Bill 1217 passed the House and is now headed for an executive session in the ...

Ghana commemorated author and poet, Maya Angelou with a 350-cedi stamp showing a happy portrait of Angelou issued on March 25, 1998. Maya Angelou attended the ceremony honoring her special stamp ...

Which brings us to an astonishing rent control saga in Washington Heights. Covering a case pitting 78-year-old Freda Henderson against landlord Westside Ventura II LLC, Gothamist wrote ...

New York City offers a stark example of the problems created by rent control. The city’s framework, which allows tenants unilaterally to bequeath their rent-controlled apartments, has gutted landlords ...

Three members of the St. Paul City Council plan to introduce a major amendment to the city’s voter-approved rent control ordinance that will entirely exempt new construction, a concession to ...

Affordability is a crisis, but the rent cap bill in Olympia is the wrong answer. Washington is already behind by 150,000 homes, yet this legislation would force developers to cancel thousands of ...

Add another $48 a month for the other two fees. If the Legislature passes rent control, the result will be that huge corporate landlords will be the only ones renting homes in Las Vegas.

As the global community celebrates two decades of the World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC), the number of smokers in Ghana is expected to reach 1.7 million in ...

marking a significant step toward potential rent control measures. House Bill 1217, which would limit yearly rent hikes to 7% and require landlords to provide 90 days' notice before any increase ...