Malekia and Maya McKinney were desperate to keep the property where they had grown up. The city of St. Petersburg had filed a lawsuit to foreclose on it in March of 2018, citing unpaid property fines.

Marina Adair’s home in Village of the Arts on 12th Street West was meant to be the home she spent the rest of her life in before a lawsuit was filed against her by attorney Matt Weidner. Weidner ...

In 2015, then-St. Petersburg Mayor Rick Kriseman championed a plan to crack down on the city’s so-called “zombie properties” by aggressively foreclosing on them. The city would target poorly ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Comedian Jo Koy performed Sunday night at The Weidner in Green Bay. GREEN BAY - A funny thing happened at The Weidner on Sunday ...

Matt Weidner. The St. Petersburg attorney had made a name for himself in the wake of the Great Recession by representing hundreds of Florida homeowners who were being foreclosed upon. But Malekia was ...

Marina Adair’s home in Village of the Arts on 12th Street West was meant to be the home she spent the rest of her life in before a lawsuit was filed against her by attorney Matt Weidner. Weidner ...

Matt Weidner worked to help cities deal with the blight caused by poorly maintained properties, but it also meant that a lawyer once known for helping people keep homes was now helping cities take ...