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JUDGE ORDERS LANDLORD TO LIVE IN HIS NEGLECTED HOME
Tert
Nov 12 2009
Armenia
A man in Richmond, Virgina, will have to live more than a month in one
of his neglected rental houses as punishment for failing to maintain
his properties, reports the Associated Press (with news from the
Richmond Times-Dispatch).
Convicted slumlord Oliver Lawrence was sentenced Monday to 30 days
in jail, followed by 40 days in home incarceration at a small,
single-story house owned by his company, Bayou Properties. He also
was fined more than $177 thousand USD.
Lawrence was convicted on more than 180 property-maintance violations.
Richmond officials have been fighting with Lawrence over the
condition of his properties for more than two years. He owns 150 to
300 properties, according to city estimates.
Tert
Nov 12 2009
Armenia
A man in Richmond, Virgina, will have to live more than a month in one
of his neglected rental houses as punishment for failing to maintain
his properties, reports the Associated Press (with news from the
Richmond Times-Dispatch).
Convicted slumlord Oliver Lawrence was sentenced Monday to 30 days
in jail, followed by 40 days in home incarceration at a small,
single-story house owned by his company, Bayou Properties. He also
was fined more than $177 thousand USD.
Lawrence was convicted on more than 180 property-maintance violations.
Richmond officials have been fighting with Lawrence over the
condition of his properties for more than two years. He owns 150 to
300 properties, according to city estimates.