New Haven Independent

Housing | June 24, 2009

City Left Holding Foreclosed House

by Ben Johnson | June 24, 2009 2:05 PM | Permalink

What happens to a long-vacant foreclosed house when city government is the only interested buyer?

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Housing | June 22, 2009

Canterbury Gardens Reborn

by Paul Bass | June 22, 2009 3:08 PM | Permalink

Brenda Foskey-Cyrus came home Monday -- to a new home.

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Housing | June 19, 2009

HANH Chair Will Call In

by Allan Appel | June 19, 2009 3:28 PM | Permalink

Bob Solomon's taking a break from his job at Yale, but not from the housing authority.

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Housing | June 1, 2009

WPCA Fails To Uproot Family

by Ben Johnson | June 1, 2009 2:46 PM | Permalink

New Haven's sewer agency moved to take away Rinda Miller-Heard's house for under $2,000 in unpaid bills, but a failed auction has kept her in the home for now.

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Housing | May 28, 2009

Q Terrace Neighbors Come Together

by Allan Appel | May 28, 2009 12:45 PM | Permalink

Behind the serene facades of the new Q Terrace, kids run unsupervised, Dumpsters overflow, and a pit bull prowls. A new tenants council vowed to take action.

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Housing | May 25, 2009

A New Haven Dream Foreclosed

by Ben Johnson | May 25, 2009 3:27 PM | Permalink

When they came to Connecticut from California, William and Lenore Vasquez (pictured left with daughters Emily, 9 and Andrea, 2) thought they would be here to stay.

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Housing | May 20, 2009

Housing Authority Settles Suits

by Allan Appel | May 20, 2009 10:23 AM | Permalink

On Dec. 5, 2000, 3 year-old Dejuan Ward was being bathed in an apartment at the former (pre-renovation) Quinnipiac Terrace projects on Peck Street. Scalding hot water came out of the shower. It caused severe and disabling third degree burns over the child's back, neck and head causing physical and emotional injury, and great expense.

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Housing | May 20, 2009

Stimulus Spending Starts

by Allan Appel | May 20, 2009 10:20 AM | Permalink

The Housing Authority of New Haven (HANH) is "stimulating." Having received in March $6 million from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, aka President Obama's economic stimulus plan, HANH has already authorized spending the first $1.25 million.

And the money is staying close to home.

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Housing | May 20, 2009

Solomon Reelected, Miller Reappointed

by Allan Appel | May 20, 2009 10:09 AM | Permalink

At its annual meeting Tuesday Robert Solomon was reelected chairman of the Board of Commissioners of the Housing Authority of New Haven.

Also elected were Reverend Jason Turner as vice chair, Lee Cruz as the assistant treasurer, and Sheila Carmen as assistant secretary.

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Housing | May 18, 2009

New Neighbors Are Eco-Friendly -- & Just Plain Friendly

by Abram Katz | May 18, 2009 10:38 AM | Permalink

Two of the newest and greenest houses in New Haven welcomed their owners and families as the homes at 15 and 23 Wilson St. were dedicated and put on display.

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Housing | May 6, 2009

Out-of-Town Banklords Respond To Call

by Allan Appel | May 6, 2009 7:56 AM | Permalink

Cathy Schroeter told distant banks to check in and pay up. Most of them have.

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Housing | May 4, 2009

John Wins A Loser

by Thomas MacMillan | May 4, 2009 2:37 PM | Permalink

John Giuliano won a competitive foreclosure auction on a house he doesn't want and plans to sell for a loss. It was the best he could do.

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Housing | May 4, 2009

Still A Bargain, Foreclosure Price Zooms

by Ben Johnson | May 4, 2009 12:02 PM | Permalink

Two investors fetched a house on foreclosure-battered Batter Terrace for $65,000, five times what someone else tried to pay five months ago.

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Housing | April 30, 2009

City Forecloses On 40 Lots

by Paul Bass | April 30, 2009 11:31 AM | Permalink

Isaac Santana hopes his brother will no longer have to pick up all those trashed McDonald's wrappers and Corona bottles next door.

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Housing | April 29, 2009

Crowd Seeks Cure For "Mortgage Distress"

by Melinda Tuhus | April 29, 2009 8:17 AM | Permalink

Could taking in a boarder count as income in dealing with a mortgage lender? And what if you're unemployed? These were some of the questions homeowners directed to an expert giving a workshop on how to tackle "mortgage distress."

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Housing | April 28, 2009

REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS: APRIL 9 - APRIL 21, 2009

by Katherine Viera | April 28, 2009 4:40 PM | Permalink

14 Goodyear Street $41,000.00 Deutsche Bank National Trust Company to Phoenix Properties Real Estate Developers LLC.

445-447 Huntington Street $85,000.00 Aurora Loan Services to Michael Shamash.

807 Dixwell Avenue $55,000.00 Deutsche Bank National Trust Company to J & B Homes LLC.

19 Stevenson Street $25,000.00 New Rich Development Company LLC to Beatriz Franqui.

20-22 Anderson Street $317,500.00 Gilbert I. Bondi to Hilary P. Delaney.

321 Woodward Avenue $220,250.00 Craig A. Vedrani & Laura F. Vedrani to Sarah Hall.

367 Edgewood Avenue $130,000.00 New England Realty Development LLC to Michael Cirillo & Patricia Ann Cirillo.

516-518 Elm Street $109,000.00 Deutsche Bank National Trust Company to 56-58 Avon Street LLC.

65 Clay Street $50,000.00 Homecomings Financial Real Estate Holdings LLC to Klever Torres.

112-114 Poplar Street $39,000 50 by 50 Reo, LLC to Leonard Goldberg.

485 Edgewood Avenue $195,000.00 SBN II FMR LLC to Richard Boudreau.

355-357 Newhall Street $76,500.00 US Bank National Association to Kathy Ou.

111 Clinton Street $195,000.00 Kimberly A. Freudigman to Laura Sundstrom & Joshua Sloat.

149Fountain Street Unit #11 $140,000.00 Thelma O. Liedke to Kia D. Reid.

136 Vista Terrace $325,000.00 Joelle Musante to Judy Tocci & Michael J. Tocci.

1317 Quinnipiac Avenue $160,000.00 Chetaboth Thim & Thavy Kay to Jose Luis Lasluisa & Teresa E. Mejia Bautista.

136 Sherman Avenue $115,000.00 Robert S. Boltax to Med Realty, LLC.

136 Sherman Avenue $110,000.00 Vazrick Mansourian to Med Realty, LLC.

1423 Quinnipiac Avenue Unit #802 $120,000.00 John Hagen & Sarah Hagen to William G. Pennell.

211 Saltonstall Avenue $51,000.00 Deutsche Bank National Trust Company to Leonard Goldberg.

Harbour Landing Unit #C-23 $265,000.00 Jocelyn Marie Gavin to Roger Takishi Tomihama & Sharon Kiang.

585 Winchester Avenue $41,900.00 Bank of NY to New Haven Investment Company.

212-214 English Street $65,200.00 Countrywide Bank FSB to Solo Investments LLC.

97 Livingston Street $600,000.00 Robert E. Balay & Harriette A. Balay to Kathryn E. Slanski & Eckart Frahm.

62 Kenny Drive $155,000.00 Lenworth Robinson Jr. to Alba Gonzalez.

22 Mansion Street $130,000.00 Wells Fargo Bank to Lisa Piscitelli.

674 Winthrop Avenue aka 20 Glen Road $70,500.00 Saxon Mortgage Services Inc. to Peter A. Gravelle.

304 Prospect Avenue $220,000.00 FANNIE MAE to Jorge L. Alvarez.

Housing | April 28, 2009

This Is The Face Of Deutsche Bank

by Paul Bass | April 28, 2009 2:57 PM | Permalink

David Co -- the human being responsible for a German bank's millions of properties across the U.S. -- flew to New Haven from California to hear a pitch not to evict families from foreclosed houses.

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Housing | April 24, 2009

Banks Duck City On Foreclosed Homes

by Allan Appel | April 24, 2009 1:45 PM | Permalink

Ten lenders owning 60 homes in New Haven met a city deadline to offer the name and phone number of a person to contact with problems -- leaving institutions that have foreclosed on another 190 problem properties facing $250-a-day fines.

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Housing | April 23, 2009

Move Over, Heloise

by Allan Appel | April 23, 2009 2:30 PM | Permalink

Having trouble keeping your apartment tidy? The housing authority's Sheila Bell is here to help.

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Housing | April 16, 2009

$45M Eastview Project Unveiled

by Allan Appel | April 16, 2009 9:04 AM | Permalink

As Kathy Talton snipped a ribbon on a sparkling new townhouse at Eastview Terrace, Senator Christopher Dodd called for more investment in homes like these to tackle a "silent crisis."

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