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In 2013, Randy Dillard was living with his four sons and a daughter in an apartment at 198th Street and Bainbridge in the Bronx. The windows were broken; mold and mildew streaked the walls. In the winter, Dillard’s family had to boil water on the stove to bathe; there was no heat or hot water. When the New York City Housing Authority conducted an inspection of the apartment on behalf of Section 8, the federal rent assistance program that financed Dillard ’s rental, the unit failed the test, and Section 8 stopped paying Dillard ’s landlord, demanding that he make repairs. That winter, Dillard was hospitalized for two months with a bout of emphysema; when he came out, he was served with eviction papers for nonpayment of rent. advertisement “I stood in the middle of my hallway looking around my apartment thinking: What am I going to do with my stuff?” Dillard tells Fast Company . “I told myself: I’m going to end up homeless. I’m going to wind up in a shelter.” Dillard got word of a Bron...

Bradenton, FL, November 10, 2011 --(PR.com)-- Sawgrass Cove Apartments , a 336- unit community located in Bradenton, Florida, was recently acquired by Atlas Real Estate Partners and Andover Real Estate Partners . The acquisition represents the first formal partnership between Atlas and Andover. The two firms will work together to grow their Florida multifamily platform over the next 24 months. Greystar is pleased to be working with Atlas Real Estate Partners and Andover Real Estate Partners as they reposition the community. “We are delighted to have the opportunity to manage Sawgrass Cove ,” said Patricia Carney, Regional Property Manager for Greystar. “The community is centrally located minutes from exceptional shopping, dining, Anna Maria Beach & downtown Bradenton. We are very excited about the upcoming upgrades to the amenities and apartments! We are working hand in hand with Atlas and Andover to create a sense of community with regularly scheduled town hall meetings a...

Cumberland firefighters respond to the Brookdale senior living community on Thursday, Aug. 24, 2017. (WJAR) CUMBERLAND, R.I. —  Firefighters were called to a senior living facility in Cumberland on Thursday afternoon. No injuries were reported. The fire was contained to a third-floor apartment at Brookdale, but sprinklers in the building went off. Residents were temporarily moved to a dining hall while the flames were put out. A spokeswoman said residents who were displaced because of fire and water damage will be relocated to other living spaces. The cause of the fire wasn't immediately known.