low-income housing
Owners of troubled Little Rock apartments held in contempt of court, fined $1,000 per day
A troubled Little Rock apartment complex, its holding company and its out-of-state parent company have each been fined $1,000 a day since Aug. 14 and will continue to be until they comply with a Pulaski County Circuit Court order from February, according to a Tuesday order from a judge holding them in contempt of court. […]
“Troubled” Little Rock public housing agency plans to address local and federal officials’ concerns
Little Rock’s federally funded public housing authority board plans to address the wide range of concerns federal officials raised in August regarding the agency’s management, according to a letter from the board chairman to the local U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development field office. The five-member board of commissioners overseeing the Housing Authority of […]
Arkansas landlords filed nearly 700 eviction notices per month in 2022, study shows
Arkansas landlords filed an average of 696 civil eviction complaints per month in 2022, according to a study of “all publicly available [COVID-19] pandemic-related eviction cases” in state court records by the advocacy group Arkansas Community Institute. The group released a report on the study Wednesday and called for large-scale changes to state renting laws. […]
Little Rock housing authority will provide auditing firm with range of requested documents
Little Rock’s federally-funded public housing authority will provide a wide range of documents to a local auditing firm to obtain a qualified audit and attempt to improve its standing in the eyes of the federal housing agency, the authority’s governing body decided Wednesday. The Housing Authority of the City of Little Rock, known as the […]
City of Little Rock faces delays in relocating tenants at troubled apartment complex
Tenants at a Little Rock apartment complex with a history of code violations and legal trouble expressed frustration Tuesday that city officials have not yet helped them relocate after saying last month that they would do so. City officials are still engaging local housing organizations about relocation resources before inviting tenants into the conversation, Deputy […]
Broken air conditioning frustrates North Little Rock renters during record-setting heat wave
NORTH LITTLE ROCK — Barbara Heard, 66, has been placing ice packs on her neck and head in order to cope with Arkansas’ record heat wave while her apartment does not have air conditioning, she said. Heard has lived at the Cedar Gardens apartment complex since 2016. She and other tenants said Thursday that their […]
Public housing work requirement clears Arkansas Legislature
The Arkansas Legislature sent a proposed law that would require able-bodied adults to work or volunteer part-time to receive federal housing assistance to Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders’ desk for approval Thursday. The House voted along party lines to pass the amended House Bill 1196, with 80 Republicans voting yes, 15 Democrats voting no, and two […]
Proposed work requirement for federal housing assistance advances in Arkansas Senate
The full Arkansas Senate next week will consider a proposed law that would require able-bodied adults to work or volunteer part-time to receive federal housing assistance. House Bill 1196 passed the Senate City, County and Local Affairs Committee with no dissent Thursday. Able-bodied adults between the ages 19 and 64 would have to work or […]
Renters of troubled Little Rock house will be required to appear in city court
The three tenants of a house on West 24th Street in Little Rock will be subpoenaed by their landlord in an ongoing dispute over living conditions, the landlord’s attorney told a judge in Little Rock environmental court on Thursday. City code inspectors cited landlord Imran Bohra and his company, Entropy Systems Inc., in June and […]
Arkansas House approves work requirement for public housing recipients
A proposed Arkansas law that would require able-bodied adults to work or volunteer part-time to receive federal housing assistance will head to the Senate after passing the House in a party-line vote Monday. Adults between the ages 19 and 64, except people with disabilities and participants in drug and alcohol treatment programs, would have to […]
Judge grants request to freeze assets, name receiver for Little Rock apartments
(This story was updated by Sonny Albarado on Feb. 4, 2023.) A Pulaski County circuit judge on Friday froze the assets of the owners of the troubled Big Country Chateau apartments in Little Rock and issued a temporary restraining order to protect tenants. Judge Cara Connors also granted Attorney General Tim Griffin’s emergency request to […]
Health and safety risks at Little Rock house persist, tenant says
Terry Lauderdale and his two roommates live in a camper in the backyard of the house they rent on West 24th Street in Little Rock. The house itself is no longer livable because of nonworking drains and faucets, a broken water heater, and holes in the walls and ceilings, Lauderdale said. He is fed up […]