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Safety, education, cost of living and its distance from work are some of the practical considerations that renters mull before purchasing an apartment in the Sacramento metro area . But sometimes, any run-of-the- mill community isn 't going to cut it. Some renters want a town that pops with personality. As many renters of apartments in Fair Oaks, California, have found, Fair Oaks is that town. Renters who own Fair Oaks apartments near the town center know of the quaint and unique Fair Oaks Village and the Plaza Park. The first thing that new Fair Oaks apartment owners will recognize is the large gatherings of brooding chickens, for which the region is known. Chickens roam all over the town center, especially in the two nearby parks. Residents with Fair Oaks apartments can watch them searching for crumbs, being chased by smiling children or just roosting on a bench or see-saw. The chickens in the Fair Oaks Village Park have made the land their home, and won't leave, even wh...

  Norma Corvera moved to Buckingham Apartments in North Fair Oaks in March after being evicted from another apartment nearby . Now, she might have to move again. Trion Properties, a Los Angeles- based private equity firm , spent $15 million to buy Buckingham Apartments in July. The building has 48 units, about 250 people and is predominantly lower-income Latino. Trion Properties plans to remodel the building to attract higher- paid tech workers , with its marketing materials highlighting the building’s close proximity to Facebook, Google, Oracle and other nearby tech companies . Trion has sent out at least 12 eviction notices to residents of Buckingham Apartments since September, according to Daniel Saver, a lawyer representing some of the families. So far, nine families have moved out without relocation compensation. North Fair Oaks doesn ’t have tenants’ protection law and rent control, and landlords are not required to provide any relocation assistance to tenant...

-Messenger photo by Chad Thompson The old Phillips Middle School is being converted into an apartment complex, at 1015 Fifth Ave. N. The old Phillips Middle School is being converted into an apartment complex, at 1015 Fifth Ave. N." /> -Messenger photo by Chad Thompson The old Phillips Middle School is being converted into an apartment complex, at 1015 Fifth Ave. N. Two former school buildings in Fort Dodge will become home to more than 100 apartments within the next three years. Foutch Brothers LLC , of Kansas City, Missouri, have plans to restore the Fair Oaks and Phillips school buildings . The firm took ownership of the two schools in 2013 after gaining approval from the Fort Dodge Community School District . By the end of 2018, Phillips, 1015 Fifth Ave. N., will be complete, according to Shawn Foutch, director and owner of Foutch Brothers . “We have done demolition and removal of materials, and we are just about ready for our building permit to start actually building...

As Sister Christina Heltsley led families on a tour of an affordable housing apartment building in the North Fair Oaks neighborhood last month, she couldn’t help but reflect on the growing gap between the number of affordable homes on the Peninsula and the need she witnesses daily as executive director of the St. Francis Center , a nonprofit serving families in a low- income neighborhood just outside Redwood City. Dubbed the St. Leo’s Apartments, the project and others aimed at preserving affordable housing have been a focus for Heltsley in recent years, marking a shift in the strategy her nonprofit employs to meet the needs of families in the area bordered largely by Caltrain tracks to the east and Woodside Road to the north. Francis Center " class="img-responsive lazyload full" width="1600" height="1067" /> Sister Christina Heltsley has helped the St. Francis Center , a nonprofit aimed at providing resources for the North Fair Oaks ...

Little Rock police say a robber took a man’s cash and cellphone, then demanded the shoes off his feet Thursday afternoon . The robber approached a man and woman around 3:30 p.m. at Fair Oaks Apartments on West 36th Street , according to a Little Rock Police Department report . He was wearing a red shirt and carrying a black and silver pistol, the report said. The victims told police he demanded everything out of the man’s pocket. After the man handed over $865 and his cellphone, the robber told him to take off his shoes, police said. When officers arrived at the scene, they searched the apartment complex for the robber and two others, police said. It wasn't clear how the other two people were involved. As of Friday, no arrests had been made.