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Dhan Subedi flipped through sheets of apartment listings on Thursday, 15 days before the deadline for her four-person household to vacate Glenbrook Apartments . She’d circled and called the most affordable units in Boise. The earliest one would be available was Oct. 15, nearly a week after her deadline to leave a one-bedroom, $575-a-month apartment. Her 13-month-old son, Kaden, rolled around the floor at the feet of her mother, Mina Subedi. The families of both Dhan and her husband, Prem Subba, are Bhutanese, though Dhan was born during her family’s two-decade stay at a refugee camp in Nepal. Subba’s was one of thousands of Nepalese- speaking families evicted from the country. Located at the corner of South Curtis Road and Cassia Street, the family’s sparse Glenbrook unit is close to the Boise Airport, where Subba works, and State Street, where Subedi works at a market. It’s also close to the former Boise International Market , where the couple owned the Bhutanese and Nepali grocery...

“Want $200 and a case?!” the bold- faced lettering reads on the crumpled sheet lying between units 115 and 117 of Johnstowne Apartments, 508 E. John St. The note continues: “My roommates and I really want to live here next year and are looking for a lease pass-down of a 4 person apartment. We will pay you $200 (that’s $50 a person!) and get you a case of your favorite beer.” The sign, posted by Selissa Mantas, sophomore in LAS, was one of several posted at Johnstowne – a complex JSM Management Inc. says, along with Green Street Tower , John Street Lofts and Gregory Place, 701 S. Gregory St., is among its most popular – reflects the trend of exchanging money and/or alcohol for an apartment pass-down. The contract, which elicits responses from “smart” to “unfair”, is a method many prospective lessees are using to obtain a unit in one of JSM’s hard-to-get properties. The term “pass-down”, coined by JSM, describes a practice which allows tenants to hold their apartment for others. Unl...

10 1555 Ridgeview Dr Reno , NV 89519 (888) 278-3512 Great place to live! Love my apartment it's very quiet and the amenities are updated. Maintience is fast at and work order also. Aspen Ridge will be the last apartment i ever live in! WARNING WARNING! Do not apply to live here. They charged my family $90 in application fees, plus an extra $150 in holding fees. Here's the kicker: The holding fee is non refundable after 72 hours, regardless of whether or not you are approved. That is $240 dollars, before they even let you in the door. Here is what happened to us: They dragged the application process out for twelve days, three of which they did not answer phones or emails at all (I called 15 times). During that process I continued looking for a home, since we had to move out on short notice. When I finally rescinded my application, they informed me that the $150 "holding fee" was non-refundable, regardless of whether or not you are approved. Thus, the application actu...