Lismore residents rallied at the Lismore Quad on Saturday to call for a pause on demolitions of homes bought after the 2022 floods. According to The Echo, about 100 people attended the rally, where community members demanded that heritage-home demolitions stop, promised flood recovery be delivered, and every person be housed. The dispute is tied …
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As fast-growing desert communities try to balance new homes with limited water supplies, Las Vegas homeowners are facing another summer of strict outdoor watering rules. The Las Vegas Review-Journal published a letter arguing that homeowners are being burdened over water while new housing projects and resort landscaping remain part of the valley’s larger growth debate. …
A South Carolina homeowner was away from the house when surveillance footage reportedly showed two men entering the property, turning what could have been a delayed burglary discovery into a call while the suspects were allegedly still inside. Deputies with the Georgetown County Sheriff’s Office were dispatched Friday afternoon to a home on Highmarket Street …
A North Carolina burglary investigation began with a homeowner seeing two men leaving the property with a wagon full of tools after a shed had been broken into, authorities said. The report came from Blackwelder Road in Iredell County on June 8. According to WHKY, deputies with the Iredell County Sheriff’s Office responded to a …
As summer yard cleanup fills curbside bags with grass clippings, leaves, branches, and garden debris, one Indiana city is warning homeowners not to treat that waste like regular household trash. The City of Vincennes Street Department says it will no longer collect yard waste placed in bags marked with trash stickers, according to WTHI. A …
Tarek and Heather Rae El Moussa’s Newport Beach, California, home was burglarized while the family was away on vacation, and the reported entry point gives the story a practical home-security angle. The HGTV stars were in Los Cabos, Mexico, when the break-in happened, according to House Beautiful. Heather shared the update in a June 12 …
Police in Oak Park, Illinois, are investigating antisemitic vandalism at a property where a three-unit townhouse development is under review. The vandalism happened at 327-329 Home Ave., according to the Wednesday Journal. The outlet reported that language and imagery were left at the site, along with objects arranged on the lawn. The Village of Oak …
A Richmond Hill, Ontario, homeowner was injured after police said three suspects smashed a front window and forced their way into a house before dawn. The home invasion happened April 28 just before 4:30 a.m. near Hyde Park Drive and Red Oak Drive, according to York Regional Police. Investigators said at least one suspect was …
The Jay Select Board in Maine has until Aug. 24 to finish an ordinance that would limit rent increases at the town’s mobile home parks, one of a growing number of local efforts to rein in housing costs as rents stay elevated across the country. The measure has to be approved by then to reach …
A chicken keeper in Florida has spent almost a year trying to get rid of a 6-foot yellow rat snake that keeps slipping back into the coop for eggs. The homeowner has caught the same snake three times and relocated it farther away each time, most recently about 12 miles to a nature preserve. The …