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The Sunday Story Podcast: From affordable to unattainable?
This week on the Sunday Story Podcast, LINK nky’s Campbell County reporter Haley Parnell dives into affordable housing in Northern Kentucky. Enjoy this story two ways – listen below or read the full story here. — In July 2022, notices to vacate were posted at one of the last “very affordable” places to live in Newport, […]
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Regional agencies offer support to Newport residents told to move
Local agencies and nonprofit organizations came together Wednesday to discuss how they can offer assistance to residents at Newport’s Victoria Square apartments. Those residents were originally told they must vacate by the end of September so the units could be renovated by its new owners. The residents were told Wednesday that they now have until Oct. […]
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Residents in Newport’s Victoria Square apartments told they can stay for additional 31 days
Residents of Victoria Square apartments — who were previously told they would need to vacate by Sept. 30 — were informed Wednesday that they will be able to stay in their homes for an extra 31 days. Sunset Property Solutions sent a vacate notice on July 19 that told residents they needed to move out […]
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Newport schools assisting families forced to vacate Victoria Square Apartments
Newport Independent Schools announced Thursday that the school district would assist families and students who live in the Victoria Square apartment complex in Newport and are being forced to vacate. The new owners of the Victoria Square Apartments told tenants this week that they needed to vacate their homes by Sept. 30. These notices come […]
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Notices to vacate posted at ‘last affordable place in Newport’
Residents of the Victoria Square Apartments in Newport received notices to vacate on Tuesday, giving them about ten weeks to find other living arrangements. These notices arrived about two weeks after Cincinnati-based Sunset Property Solutions, or SPS, acquired the property located at 506 Central Ave. SPS Management has sent out two different notices to residents. […]
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After Newport apartments sold some residents scared of losing homes
The apartments located at 506 Central Ave. were sold to Cincinnati-based Sunset Property Solutions (SPS), which specializes in “high-end remodeled apartments.” Because of the company’s specialty, residents question if their rent will increase, sending them on a new search for affordable housing