No couch? No cash? What do you do? That’s the focus of today’s Consumer Alert. I got a call from a viewer who was sure she was being ripped off and she wanted me to investigate. She had bought ...

A settlement has been struck in an ongoing rent-to-own scam case that reaffirms that victims will keep their homes. There were 650 victims of the scam across Pennsylvania, including eight in Berks ...

You’ve probably heard or seen the rent-to-own advertisements online as a potential solution to not being able to afford buying a home—but you probably haven’t heard how they have been used to trick ...

OAKLAND, Calif. (BCN) — Tens of thousands of California consumers are eligible for restitution following a settlement announced Tuesday in Oakland between the California Department of Justice and Rent ...

NORTH ADAMS — “Needs TLC” and is a “handyman dream home,” AngleFund wrote in an advertisement several years ago for a rent-to-own property on Hall Street. But the house, purchased for $8,200 in 2016, ...

This article was published in partnership with Outlier Media, a Detroit-based service journalism organization. DETROIT — The day she made the final payment on her house last spring, June Walker could ...

If it stands, an order by an Allegheny County judge will give free and clear ownership of their homes to 285 Pennsylvania families whom prosecutors claim were victims of a rent-to-own fraud.

The start-up’s innovative business model has helped some renters save for a down payment on their home, but others have walked away frustrated by the company. Shawn Frett and Jeneyha Wheatley-Frett ...