June 15, 2009

Crime Victims at Low Income Housing Apartments

Expensive rentals and condominiums provide extensive security programs to protect residents and guests. Low income renters often don’t get the same protection as more affluent apartment dwellers. Legal protections exist for government supported properties. Though not well known by the public many requirements for safety and security are mandated by federal statutes and regulations for subsidized housing. Developers and managers get rent subsidies, guaranteed loans, tax credits and other accommodations to encourage availability of housing for economically disadvantaged persons. Our law firm has identified these requirements and used them to establish the standard of care and duty owed to residents and guests. Where violations occur we have successfully helped victims recover money for their injuries.

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February 17, 2009

$240,000 Settlement for Assault at Apartment Complex

Gerson and Schwartz, PA recently obtained a $240,0000 settlement for our client who was assaulted in her apartment complex. Our client, had returned home one evening and parked her vehicle in her assigned space in the parking lot area in front of her second floor condominium apartment. As she exited her vehicle she was grabbed by a young black male, pulled out of the vehicle and thrown to the asphalt pavement. The man got in her vehicle and drove off the property.

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