Tenants at a Park Forest, Illinois, apartment complex say they are living without working air conditioning during one of the hottest stretches of the summer. Residents at Autumn Ridge Apartments & Townhomes told FOX 32 Chicago that the cooling problem has returned as dangerous heat grips the Chicago area. The National Weather Service in Chicago…
A sinkhole in Hendersonville, North Carolina, has grown from a road problem into a property headache for nearby homeowners. The sinkhole is on Toms Park Circle and has been there since Helene, according to WLOS. The City of Hendersonville recently closed that section of the road after officials noticed the sinkhole had worsened. Neighbors say…
A Michigan cat rescue became a public-health and property-safety case after authorities said conditions inside a Redford Township home were too dangerous for responders to enter without special precautions. Redford Township Animal Control responded to a home in the 20000 block of Gaylord Street on June 24 after receiving a welfare-check request, according to ClickOnDetroit….
Homeowners in Newton, Massachusetts, now have more flexibility to place raised garden beds in parts of their yards where city zoning rules previously treated them more like structures. The City Council approved a zoning amendment on June 15 that removes raised beds from the ordinance’s general definition of a structure, according to Fig City News….
Philadelphia homeowners are about to see new property values that could affect their 2027 real estate tax bills. The City of Philadelphia said the Office of Property Assessment will begin mailing Notices of Valuation for Tax Year 2027 this week, while the Department of Revenue starts a broader outreach campaign to connect homeowners with tax…
A headstone once spotted in a Connecticut backyard has reopened a local mystery about where Monroe Center’s first burial ground may have been. Kevin Daly, historian for the Monroe Historical Society, recently spoke at Edith Wheeler Memorial Library about the Peppercorn Lease, a 1765 document tied to the town’s early burial ground, according to The…
A fast-moving Utah wildfire has left vacation-property owners facing heavy losses at Eagle Point Ski Resort after flames reached the Beaver County mountain community. Resort officials said about 130 privately owned condos and 30 cabins were damaged or destroyed by the Cottonwood Fire, according to KMYU/KUTV. The resort also said roughly 300 of its 600…
Property owners in North Charleston, South Carolina, now have a new way to handle trespassing problems when they are not on-site. The North Charleston Police Department is implementing an Agent of Trespass agreement for commercial and residential property owners. The agreement authorizes officers to enforce trespass laws on private property without requiring the owner, landlord,…
A Texas homeowner says a solar panel installation turned into a roof-leak dispute that took months of calls, emails, texts, and a certified letter to move forward. John Haukness told FOX 26 Houston that leaks began after solar panels were installed on his Texas City home in 2024. He said he first noticed peeling paint…