这些人可领较多社安金…逾百万民众追加发放平均6710元

这些人可领较多社安金…逾百万民众追加发放平均6710元

世界新闻网

3/05/2025

(美联社)

国会通过的「社会安全公平法案」(Social Security Fairness Act)今年1月在当时总统拜登签署后生效，曾任警察、消防员、邮局员工、教师、联邦员工等退休公务员可领较多社安金。社会安全局(Social Security Administration，SSA)4日发布新闻稿指出，已为100多万美国人发放法案通过后的追加款项，平均金额为6710元。

社会安全局指出，已经根据法案为112万7723名民众完成共计75亿元社安金追加款项(retroactive payment)的发放，平均金额为6710元。从今年4月开始，符合法案规定资格的退休族，每月领取社安金金额将依照新规发放。

由于「暴利消除条款」(Windfall Elimination Provision，WEP)与「政府退休金抵销」(Government Pension Offset，GPO)规定，数十年来退休公务员领取社安金受到金额限制。「社会安全公平法案」则推翻从前总统雷根(Ronald Reagan)执政期间就存在的两项法规限制，大约320万退休公务员社安金领取金额因此增加。

新闻周刊(Newsweek)5日报导，符合资格的退休公务员原本被告知，可能要等一年才能拿到追加款项，但现在社会安全局已经开始发放。

社会安全局代理局长杜迪克(Lee Dudek)发表声明指出，川普总统明确表示希望「社会安全公平法案」尽快落实，「我们接受挑战，非常荣幸为美国人民完成任务」。

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威胁举报租客移民身分芝城房东遭罚8万

世界新闻网

3/05/2025

芝城一名房东因向租客威胁举报移民身分，遭法官判处8万罚金。(pexels)

伊利诺州巡回法院法官日前对威胁举报租住其公寓夫妇移民身分的芝加哥房东做出判决，法官命令房东需向该夫妇支付8万元罚款。伊州非营利墨西哥裔法律辩护与教育基金(MALDEF)表示，这是自2019年伊州通过「伊利诺州移民租户保护法」 (Illinois Immigrant Tenant Protection Act)以来，第一个达成判决的案例。

伊州是美国第二个通过立法保护移民租户权利的州。加州早在2017年推出了类似法律，科罗拉多州则在2021年也通过了保护移民租户的立法。

原告夫妇根据「伊利诺州移民租户保护法」对康特瑞拉斯(Marco Antonio Contreras)提起诉讼，该法律保护租户免受基于移民身分的歧视或骚扰。MALDEF于2022年代表这对夫妇提告涉嫌违法的房东。

根据诉讼，这对夫妇跟房东在2017年口头约定，以每个月租金600元租下康特瑞拉斯的单户住宅地下室。2020年6月下旬，房东进入地下室告诉这对夫妇，7月的租金应在6月29日支付，并要求他们付款。

由于这对租客夫妇计划搬走，因此提出按比率计算的金额支付租金时，康特瑞拉斯威胁要向联邦移民官员举报他们的移民身分，房东此举违反了伊利诺伊州法律。

伊州移民租户保护法禁止房东威胁房客要举报移民及海关执法局(ICE)，并禁止基于移民身分骚扰或驱逐租户。

伊州巡回法院法官上月中旬对该案做出判决，法官表示，康特瑞拉斯违反租户法，因此必须向这对夫妇支付8万元以及律师费、诉讼费用。MALDEF表示，法官还判给这对夫妇一笔较小的赔偿金，以弥补他们遭拒绝取回个人物品的损失。

原告夫妇发表声明称，「我们决定不再保持沉默，因为我们的房东威胁要向移民局举报我们，」声明中还提到，「没有人应该觉得或表现得比别人优越。我们都是平等的，应该得到尊重。仅仅因为某人是你的房东，并不意味着他们可以对你为所欲为。」

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联邦裁员波及房市华府新挂牌上市屋增2成

世界新闻网

3/04/2025

联邦裁员是否影响华府地区房市交易倍受瞩目。(路透)

对于联邦职位裁减可能导致更多房主决定卖房的担忧，似乎正逐渐显现。根据挂牌服务Bright MLS的最新统计，截至2月22日的一周内，华府地区市场上新挂牌的房屋数量比前一周增加了20%。

房屋仲介虽然之前回应称，将房屋销售与联邦裁员挂钩的说法不实，因为「事实根本不支持这些报导」。然而，区域挂牌服务Bright MLS的最新数据，隐隐约约透露了裁员可能对当地房市的影响。

Bright MLS首席经济学家史图特凡特(Lisa Sturtevant)表示，「我会建议谨慎行事，」她说，「一周的数据并不能告诉我们房地产市场即将发生戏剧性变化，但它表明市场可能会出现更多库存的变化。」

关于新挂牌房屋每周变化的一个注意事项是：虽然百分比看起来变化很大，但所依据的数字却很小。

例如，维吉尼亚州马纳萨斯公园市(Manassas Park City)新挂牌房屋数量增加了200%，但这仅基于六个新挂牌房屋来计算。附近的费尔法克斯市(Fairfax City)新挂牌房屋数量增加了50%，但也仅基于九个新挂牌房屋数量计算。

上周新挂牌房屋的增加，主要来自华府外围郊区，而靠近华府地区，如阿灵顿和亚历山大的挂牌数量保持稳定。

这可能是联邦政府劳动力另一项变化的预兆：新的重返办公室命令。史图特凡特说，这可能是一个迹象，表明更多需要通勤到华府的联邦员工，决定卖掉他们在郊区的房子，搬到更近办公室的地方，不过，她表示，现在下结论还为时过早。

在Bright MLS的最新每周报告中，还有一个值得关注的警示信号，即在已经挂牌的房屋对象中，7.5%的房屋出现了降价。史图特凡特说，「这可能表明一些卖家对市场的未来走向感到不确定，他们希望在进一步调整价格之前尽快卖掉房子。」

对于华府市场的潜在买家来说，市场上有更多房屋，甚至价格涨幅略有回落，都是受欢迎的。而且市场上确实有买家。在截至2月22日的一周内，房仲的房屋展示次数超过2万5000次，比前一周提高了21%。

史图特凡特说，「虽然有些人对联邦劳动力的变化、裁员和重返办公室做出了反应，但还有其他购房者一直在等待进入市场的机会，我们看到市场上仍然有很多活跃的买家。」

在截至2月22日的一周内，华府房屋市场有近1400套房屋签订了合同，比前周增加了1.1%。该地区人口最多的费尔法克斯郡上周有255笔正在待批交易(pending sale)，比前周增加了8.5%。

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(Active->Pending) For Rent ($4,000/month): 279 Terrie Dr, Sterling, VA 20165

279 Terrie Dr, Sterling, VA 20165

MLS# VALO2085672

Total Finished SQFT: 2,576

Date Available: 12/30/2024

Rent: $4,000/month

PARKLIKE SETTING!! FABULOUS EXPANDED CALVERT MODEL WITH UPPER LEVEL BUMP OUT & SUNROOM ON PRIVATE LOT BACKING TO TREED COMMON AREA. LARGE MBR SUITE. CONVENIENT 2ND FLOOR LAUNDRY. ISLAND KITCHEN HAS RECESSED LIGHTING, DOUBLE PANTRY, DESK, & BAY WINDOW. SUNROOM HAS SKYLIGHTS & VAULTED CEILING. FAMILY RM W/ FPL. CUSTOM DECK. NEW ROOF, WINDOWS, PADIO DOOR AND SLIDING DOORS. BRAND NEW WASHER, DISH WASHER, REFRIGERATOR, DISPOSER. NEW CARPET ON MAIN LEVEL. MOVE IN READY.

Please text the agent at 703-395-5406 for showings.

For the MLS listing, please visit;

https://matrix.brightmls.com/Matrix/Public/Portal.aspx?ID=DE-72477875433&agt=1

Instructions for showing

Showing Method: In-Person Only

Please text the agent at 703-395-5406 for showings.

Directions: RTE 7 W, R PALISADE PKWY, 1ST LEFT RTE 777 TRIPLESEVEN RD, R REGINA, R HAWKINS, R TERRIE TO #279.

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**Neighborhood Specialist (McLean, Falls Church, Vienna)** |
**Helping For Sale by Owner & For Rent by Owner**

DIY Landlord – Renting out Properties Safer and Quicker!

By David Chen

12/07/2024

Q. We purchased our first home some years ago, and are about to move to another home. We are considering to keep our first home as an income property. We heard of the free ads on CRAIGSLIST and zillow.com, but some landlord friends told us it could be a challenge to find qualified tenants through CRAIGSLIST and zillow.com. Is there any way to rent our property out quicker and safer with minimum cost? We are the kind of persons who would like to try things ourselves, and have some spare time.

A. You may have already done the initial research and have figured out the range of monthly rent of your property.

If the monthly rent is low such as $2000.00 or below, you may want to do it through CRAIGSLIST, https://postlets.com/, zillow.com, or similar web sites. The renters interested in the low-priced rentals may not go to the Realtors community for assistance.

If the monthly rent is $2000.00 or above, you may want to consider listing your rental on brightmls.com for the Realtors community to market it for you.

Bright MLS is made up of nine forward thinking MLSs (43 Associations) in the Mid-Atlantic region who put aside their differences and came together with a shared vision to help solve MLS market overlap and empower everyone to get more out of the MLS. Bright will serve parts of 6 states plus Washington, D.C. encompassing 85,000 real estate professionals who serve over 20 million consumers and facilitate approximately 250,000 transactions a year that are valued at more than $70 billion.

Dozens of public real estate websites (such as: zillow.com, redfin.com, brightmlshomes.com, etc.) pull data from brightmls.com through syndication. In a few hours, your listing will show up on dozens of websites and will get the maximum exposure. It is a lot quicker and safer finding qualified tenants than doing it through CRAIGSLIST and zillow.com. You may talk with a Realtor for assistance. Please be aware some Realtors take rental jobs, some don’t.

Over the years I have helped some landlords in the community renting their properties out with very low cost. A popular arrangement is to help the landlords ‘DIY’, which has been working well for those experienced landlords.

The good side of ‘DIY’ is that the landlords can ‘screen’ the potential tenants from the very beginning, have 100% control of the whole process, and enjoy the feeling of “on top of things”.

If you prefer minimum service, I can help you ‘DIY’:

1. I provide CMA, list your rental on brightmls.com, put a realtor’s lockbox at the front door if needed, provide the access log (if needed), support you through the whole process.

I charge a flat fee for the minimum service.

2. If you would like me to prepare the lease or review the lease, there is another reasonable flat fee. This service is optional.

3. You answer phone calls, work with the tenant (if the tenant doesn’t have an agent) or the tenant’s agent, run credit check, verify employment, check references, etc.. You pay the tenant’s agent (if there is one) directly on the move-in date – usually 25% of first-month rent.

If you need full-service, the commission is first-month rent – which includes the commission to be paid to the tenant’s agent.

If you need any customized service (between minimum service and full-service), we can work out an agreement.

Some information:

CMA stands for Comparable (some called Competitive) Market Analysis, that will help you determine the market value of your property for sale or for rent.

I use Sentry-key lockbox. Any Realtor with membership of NVAR (Northern Virginia Association of Realtors) or any other VA Realtors association can access and show the property.

The access log tells when the agents enter the property and their contact info. which can help you follow up with the agents.

If you like the DIY experience, I would recommend you to use the minimum service.

Please feel free to reach me if you need any assistance.
—
David Chen
Realtor (Licensed in VA) | Neighborhood Specialist (McLean, Falls Church, Vienna)
Libra Realty, LLC
dchenj@gmail.com
703-395-5406

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Last update: 3/04/2025

Websites that will show your flat fee mls listings

3/05/2024

Almost all real estate websites that offer the ability to search brokerage listings use a data feed from the MLS called Internet Data Exchange (IDX) to pull in listing data. Depending on the number of sites tapping into your MLS, your listing could appear on hundreds of websites. We do not control the content of any of the websites listed below. updated periodically & subject to change at any time Here are some examples of national websites by area that pull listings from the MLS: