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Freddie Mac wants on-time rent to count on credit reports 11/05/2021 09:02am • Making mortgage payments on time is a surefire way to prop up credit scores, but that���s generally not the case for paying rent on time. About the only time rental history shows up on credit reports is when delinquent rent is referred to a collection agency. Freddie Mac has a plan to change that Data Doctors: Buying vs. renting Internet modems 11/05/2021 06:18am • Q: I���m getting a new high-speed Internet service. Should I rent or buy the cable modem and router? A: There are pros and cons to both sides of the ���buy vs. rent��� question, and there is no single answer for everyone. The variables to consider include which type of broadband service you��� Montgomery Co. Council passes bill to limit rent hikes, late fees 11/04/2021 04:41am • The Montgomery County Council unanimously enacted a bill Tuesday to limit rent increases and late fees in the Maryland county. The bill was proposed by Council member Will Jawando. More Montgomery County News ���The racial equity and social justice statement for Expedited Bill Developer breaks ground on fancy U.Md. student housing project 11/03/2021 01:12pm • If you lived the dorm life, did you have your own private bathroom? The concept of on-campus dormitory living or near-campus living continues to evolve from a box with bunk beds, a minifridge and a shared bathroom down the hall, and the University of Maryland College Park���s latest on-campus stu DC steps up efforts to get homeless families into housing 11/01/2021 04:51pm • As the weather turns cooler, D.C. leaders are focusing on getting the District's homeless into permanent housing. The mayor is asking property owners to offer leases to people who accept District services, such as rental assistance, and help meet the goal of moving 1,250 families out of shelters. DC-area rents are up, especially at the high end 10/29/2021 09:25am • Apartment rents in the D.C. metro plunged in 2020 and vacancy rates soared as many renters financially impacted by the pandemic moved home, doubled or tripled up with roommates or downsized. Now the opposite is happening. Commercial real estate research firm Delta Associates reports average rents DC Council members call on mayor, feds to up aid for renters facing eviction 10/28/2021 06:34pm • Members of the D.C. Council introduced a resolution Thursday calling on Mayor Muriel Bowser and the U.S. Treasury to boost funding to prevent evictions in the District. The fact that the city's popular rent assistance program is out of federal money and the deadline to file for help was Wednesday Protesters rally to stop DC from closing applications for rent relief program 10/24/2021 04:05pm • D.C.'s pandemic rental assistance program will stop accepting applications on Wednesday. Protestors at a Sunday rally said that's too early. Emily Lockwood, an organizer with the Party for Socialism and Liberation, gathered with a group of fellow protesters outside the John Wilson building on Penns DC startup building small, prefab homes for under $100,000 10/21/2021 09:30am • Dwellings range in size from 480 square feet to 1,440 square feet and come 95% complete. (Courtesy TOMU) TOMU, a D.C. startup with a manufacturing facility in Frederick, Maryland, is building small dwellings designed for both private recreational homeowner use and investors looking for short-ter Mother of Karon Hylton-Brown's daughter seeks $100M over police chase death 10/21/2021 12:25am • The mother of Karon Hylton-Brown's daughter has filed a lawsuit on her behalf against D.C., including the mayor and the attorney general, and members of the police department involved in the pursuit that led to his death. Amaala Jones-Bey filed the suit on behalf of her daughter, identified in co Prince George's Co. to help residents at large apartment complex apply for rental assistance 10/18/2021 11:12pm • Hundreds of residents of the largest apartment complex in the region ��� and one of the largest on the East Coast ��� are going to get extra help from Prince George's County, Maryland, this week to keep from being evicted. The immigrant advocacy organization CASA gathered approximately dozen acti Moving to DC? Here's how the cost of living has changed in the past year 10/17/2021 03:21pm • From its walkable neighborhoods to renowned restaurants and educational museums, D.C. has plenty to offer. But moving to the District doesn't come cheap. There are a few things to consider when it comes to just how much it costs to live comfortably, especially as the cost of living continues to r On pace to exhaust federal funds, DC sets application deadline for STAY DC rent relief 10/15/2021 06:33pm • Officials in D.C. say they are on track to hand out nearly every penny of emergency federal funding to help residents pay rent and utility bills amid the coronavirus pandemic. Therefore, the city has set a deadline to apply for help under the District's popular STAY DC program. D.C. will stop acc Suburbs for rent: Homeowners are now in minority in these DC 'burbs 10/15/2021 08:18am • As buying a home has gotten more difficult, several D.C.-area suburbs have gone from majority-homeowner to majority-renter, according to a study by apartment search website RENTCaf��. Many of the areas where it���s happened are in Fairfax and Prince George's counties. The study, using census d More Prince George's County renters are getting financial help, but backlog has many frustrated 10/08/2021 06:14pm • Renters facing eviction are getting help in Prince George's County, which leads Maryland in getting federal emergency rental assistance dollars out of the door. But frustration is growing among the 7,000 applicants who are still waiting for their funds to go through the system. Prince George's Co