LOS ANGELES, the United States | Xinhua | Recent wildfires in the Los Angeles area destroyed over 10,000 structures, many of them homes. Tens of thousands have been displaced, and the search for housing is becoming increasingly brutal. Some landlords are profiting from the crisis. “It’s a shark tank in …
Read More »Students panic as landlord threatens to evict their school premises
Luwero, Uganda | THE INDEPEDENT | More than 300 students of Kayindu Secondary School in Luwero district are in panic following an order by the landlord to evict them from their premises. In 1982, residents established Kayindu Secondary School as a community school in Kalagala sub-county after getting five acres of …
Read More »Govt. tables bill to stop rent in dollars
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Government has presented a proposal prohibiting landlords from charging rent in foreign currency for residential and business premises. The proposal is one of the several contained in the Landlord and Tenant Bill, 2018, which seeks to regulate the relationship between landlords and tenants; and to …
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