1.   She said she had a dossier of complaints relating to the bedsit and requests to the owner to keep his tenants in order had been fruitless.

2.   Also, concessions such as free rent for a certain period to lure and keep tenants are no longer needed.

3.   Developers in the early part of the decade offered to waive rents for specific periods to lure tenants to empty buildings and keep existing tenants from fleeing.

4.   For the first time in years some landlords are offering concessions such as free rent to lure or keep tenants.

5.   Likewise, he championed public housing for the working poor but lamented that it was spoiled when the courts forced it to keep misbehaving tenants.

6.   No longer are property owners willing to offer concessions such as six months free rent to keep tenants from fleeing to cheaper digs elsewhere.

7.   Occupancy rates have bottomed, many landlords are no longer offering concessions to keep tenants and prices are on the rise, analysts said.

8.   Records show that Symington and his partners could keep tenants only by making rent concessions that produced annual deficits.

9.   The glut has forced landlords to offer concessions such as one month of free-rent to lure and keep tenants from leaving for cheaper apartments.

10.   The glut is forcing landlords to offer concessions such as one month of free-rent to lure and keep tenants from leaving for cheaper apartments.