Huntsville, Alabama Rental Market | It's a Renters Market for Bargainers

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Huntsville, Alabama Rental Market

The average rent for all bedrooms and all property types in Huntsville, AL is $1,450 ...

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Huntsville, Alabama | How do you destroy a city and county? Advertise and Invite America's Homeless

Derrick Street homeless camp set to reopen after major renovations

Once littered with years of debris and trash, the camp has undergone a complete overhaul to make it a safer and cleaner space. City officials have installed a new metal privacy fence with emergency vehicle access on both Derrick Street and Hall Avenue. There is also a fresh asphalt slab where residents will soon have designated living spaces. The slab has been painted with 84 squares, each measuring 12-by-12 feet. Wooden platforms will be installed within each square to mount 10-by-10 tents. Each tent can house up to two people, but sharing will not be a requirement. ... Community Development Manager Scott Erwin said there will be clear rules in place for those staying at the site. ...The rules will be enforced, but they will offer warnings and work to find out just why someone would refuse to follow them ... "Everyone has value, no one is better than anyone else, we all have to work together," Cameron said. "It's mothers out there, it's fathers out there.

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Nation’s biggest landlords used algorithm to overcharge renters in two Alabama cities, feds claim

An expanded federal antitrust lawsuit alleges renters in parts of two of Alabama’s largest cities may have been paying too much due to illegal scheming between some of the nation’s biggest landlords. The U.S. Department of Justice announced this week it was expanding an antitrust complaint against RealPage Inc.

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Questions raised in the Huntsville housing market as federal cuts continue

...already seen it affect one client in our office who has been under contract for several months already to buy a home that’s supposed to close at the end of this month,” Stringer said. “They’ve already had to get an extension to delay that until they know for sure if they’re going to be able to work on-site in Huntsville or if they’re going to have to work onsite in a different state.” ...

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Huntsville, Alabama | The once beautiful city that doesn't know when to stop eating taxes, land and trees

Newly annexed land set to make Huntsville the 27th largest city in the U.S.

...west side of Huntsville just grew by close to 400 acres after a major vote during Thursday’s city council meeting. This is major as this newly annexed property will make Huntsville the 27th largest city in the nation. ... That’s what drew a no vote from District 1 City Councilwoman Michelle Watkins who said even with plans to build a new school in the Green Briar, Swancott Road area - the school system can’t absorb that. “My concern is, this is a lot of weight for a school system to carry ...

Reference: www.waff.com

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