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Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:17:29 MDT

Briefs from Tribune news services

Updated Jun 18, 2013 10:17PM MDT

New search for Hoffa remains on old farm Oakland Township, Mich. • The FBI has resumed its search for the remains of former Teamsters union leader Jimmy Hoffa, who was last seen alive before a lunch meeting with two mobsters nearly 40 years ago. Federal agents returned Tuesday morning to a suburban Detroit field where they spent much of the day before digging. Reputed Mafia captain Tony Zerilli told his lawyer that Hoffa was buried beneath a concrete slab in a barn in the field. The barn no lo...

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High court to hear N.J. housing discrimination case

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 21:36:35 MDT

High court to hear N.J. housing discrimination case

By MARK SHERMAN The Associated Press

Updated Jun 17, 2013 09:36PM MDT

Washington • The Supreme Court agreed Monday to take on another dispute involving race, deciding whether people must prove they were victims of intentional housing discrimination to win lawsuits under federal law. With highly anticipated decisions on affirmative action and voting rights imminent, the justices added a case to their calendar for the fall that involves the Fair Housing Act. The act bars discrimination on the basis of race, among other categories, in residential property sales and r...

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As housing market ramps up, so does pace of foreclosure filings

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 19:41:03 MDT

As housing market ramps up, so does pace of foreclosure filings

the associated press

Updated Jun 13, 2013 07:41PM MDT

Lenders stepped up action last month against homeowners who had fallen behind on their mortgage payments, taking possession of more homes and initiating the foreclosure countdown clock on many others. Bank repossessions jumped 11 percent nationally in May from the previous month, with monthly increases taking place in 33 states, including Utah, foreclosure listing firm RealtyTrac Inc. said Thursday. The monthly pick up reflects a rise in homes entering the foreclosure process last year. Many o...

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Salt Lake City Housing Authority leader steps down

Wed, 12 Jun 2013 22:58:15 MDT

Salt Lake City Housing Authority leader steps down

By cathy mckitrick The Salt Lake Tribune

Updated Jun 12, 2013 10:58PM MDT

After a three-hour closed executive session Wednesday, Housing Authority of Salt Lake City commissioners unanimously accepted the resignation of Executive Director Bill Nighswonger. Nighwonger has directed the agency since August 2007. In a short statement Wednesday, he announced that he would step down due to personal reasons. He declined to elaborate. The board named Deputy Director Terry Feveryear as its new top executive. Her first act was to retain Nighswonger as director of development. “...

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Race still affects homebuying, renting, new study says

Tue, 11 Jun 2013 21:18:03 MDT

Race still affects homebuying, renting, new study says

By SUZANNE GAMBOA The Associated Press

Updated Jun 11, 2013 09:18PM MDT

Washington • Minority renters and homebuyers deployed to test for housing discrimination did not run into the blatant discrimination of four decades ago, but were told about and shown fewer homes than their white counterparts with similar backgrounds, according to the results of a major federal housing study released Tuesday. The Department of Housing and Urban Development deployed pairs of testers — one white, one minority in each pair — to do more than 8,000 tests separately across 28 metropo...

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Short takes on the news

Sat, 08 Jun 2013 01:01:08 MDT

Short takes on the news

Updated Jun 8, 2013 01:01AM MDT

A need for compassion • Banning smoking inside government-subsidized housing units is a reasonable way to cut the costs of maintenance and cleaning, and it could prevent fires. But a Layton housing manager is going too far by banning smoking anywhere inside, or outside, in the apartment complex for low-income people. Other subsidized-housing managers in Utah have provided places outside where residents can smoke and be sheltered from the weather, but apparently the Slyline View Apartments manage...

Layton landlord: Quit smoking or move out of HUD housing

Fri, 07 Jun 2013 06:35:22 MDT

Layton landlord: Quit smoking or move out of HUD housing

By Cathy McKitrick The Salt Lake Tribune

Updated Jun 7, 2013 06:35AM MDT

In recent years, many of Utah’s government-subsidized apartment complexes have adopted indoor smoking prohibitions. However, in Layton, one housing manager intends to install the nicotine ban across the entire property. “We made a policy of 25 feet off our grounds, and our property ends one inch inside the sidewalk,” Randy Banks, manager of the 111-unit Skyline View Apartments, told The Tribune. In an April 29 notice, Banks informed his low-income renters that they can either quit smoking by N...

Utah hearing: When did feds learn of FLDS’ alleged housing discrimination?

Wed, 05 Jun 2013 20:40:41 MDT

Utah hearing: When did feds learn of FLDS’ alleged housing discrimination?

By BRADY McCOMBS The Associated Press

Updated Jun 5, 2013 08:40PM MDT

The issue of exactly when the U.S. Department of Justice learned of an alleged pattern of housing discrimination against non-members of Warren Jeffs’ polygamous sect is the focal point of the latest development in a civil rights lawsuit aimed at polygamous towns on the Arizona-Utah border. Attorneys for both sides argued the point during a federal court hearing Wednesday to address a motion from the towns to dismiss the government’s request to seek monetary damages and civil penalties. In backin...