Census workers in your apartment?
Written by Moveforfree on May 28, 2010 – 1:32 pm -Have you filled out your 2010 Census form yet? If not a Census Bureau worker may come knocking on your door soon, or they may already have.
According to 2010census.gov “The U.S. Census counts every resident in the United States, and is required by the Constitution to take place every 10 years.” The Constitution states…
“The actual enumeration shall be made within three years after the first meeting of the Congress of the United States, and within every subsequent term of 10 years, in such manner as they shall by Law direct.”
– Article I, Section 2 of the Constitution of the United States
According to 2010census.gov, the number of House of Representative seats for your state is taken into account depending on the census numbers. The data collected from the census is used for advocates of different causes, disaster rescue victims, medical research, and market research.
So, what if you haven’t filled out your census form yet? Chances are a census bureau worker will probably be coming to your house or apartment soon. If you weren’t home when they came around they should have left a note like this on your door with the information to where you can reach your census worker.
So, what if you didn’t respond to this request either. What rights do the census bureau have to gain this information? Upon further research I found the article of the law the outlines this question. As stated by Cornell University Law School…
Whoever, being the owner, proprietor, manager, superintendent, or agent of any hotel, apartment house, boarding or lodging house, tenement, or other building, refuses or willfully neglects, when requested by the Secretary or by any other officer or employee of the Department of Commerce or bureau or agency thereof, acting under the instructions of the Secretary, to furnish the names of the occupants of such premises, or to give free ingress thereto and egress therefrom to any duly accredited representative of such Department or bureau or agency thereof, so as to permit the collection of statistics with respect to any census provided for in subchapters I and II of chapter 5 of this title, …
Honestly this is a lot to swallow. What exactly does “give free ingress thereto and egress therefrom.” From first glance it looks like the census workers are allowed to enter a residence to get a correct count. Really? The property manager or landlord MUST give them permission to enter your apartment? That sounds a little extreme.
So I turned to the only person I would know for sure could answer this correctly. Former Crew Leader for the Elgin, IL based Census Bureau, Thomas Jacobs; who just so happens to also be my Father. What this clause of the law means is that the census worker is allowed to ask your property manager or landlord to give them the information needed about you for the census. “They (census workers) CAN NOT enter the residence under ANY circumstance. Even if the resident of the home is there, they are highly discouraged from entering,” expressed Jacobs.
So rest assured that the Census Bureau DOES NOT have the right to enter your residence with out your permission. For further information on the 2010 Census you can go to 2010census.gov
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Testimonial Tuesday: House —> Apartment
Written by Moveforfree on May 25, 2010 – 1:10 pm -So you already know that MoveforFREE.com can move you from one apartment to another. But did you know that we can also move you from a house to an apartment? Well we can!
Is your nest empty or just need to downsize? Look no further.
Take it from one moveforFREE customer who had been living in a house for over 25 years. Here is what MoveforFREE newbie Ms. Mayes had to say.
“It had been 25 years since I last moved and this service made it so easy and the workers were very nice and worked hard.”
We are happy to make your next transition the easiest it can be.
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Mobile Site
Written by Moveforfree on May 21, 2010 – 10:23 am -Ok MoveforFREE fans… two scenarios for you.
# 1
Isn’t frustrating when you are on your smart phone and you pull up a website and it’s just a tiny version of the one on the web? You have to pinch and squeeze and it can be super hard to navigate. It’s so nice when a site has a mobile friendly version. Like Chase Bank or Twitter.
#2
Picture yourself driving around town looking for a new apartment. Ok now picture how tiring it is going in and out of every apartment you think looks like it might be decent.
Wouldn’t it be nice if you could pull up a handy mobile list of what you’re looking for right on your smart phone?
The future is now folks! That’s right… MoveforFREE.com is now smart phone friendly. Just type in moveforfree.com into your browser and you will see this…
Just select the metro area you are looking in from the quick search menu.
Once you select your metro area it will take you to some more options. You can search by city, zip code, street name, or property name.
Say you wanted to look at all the apartments on a certain street… this is what the next screen would look like. You can indicate number of bedrooms, and minimum and maximum price for rent.
Then you can look at the specific properties within the parameters you have just set. Plus you can even call the property directly from this screen, just by clicking on the phone number!
Do you want to know when the property is open or how many different floor plans they have and what the rent is? Just click view detail on the property.
MoveforFREE.com has always been about making things easier for our customers. THIS my friends will make your apartment search mobile and on the go! And WAY easier. Also, be sure to check out the map feature. This will help you find the specific property you are looking for. And don’t forget this will make it easier than ever to register. You now can register on your phone. How cool is that?!
You no longer are restricted to a desktop or searching for a wi-fi hotspot. Over one- third of all humankind now has access to the internet via mobile device. Way wait to try this out! Go now and let us know what you think.
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Facebook Community Pages
Written by Moveforfree on May 14, 2010 – 2:44 pm -We all know that the world of social media and the internet is ever changing. What’s hot one minute is not the next. As well as established sites like, the most popular social network on the world Facebook, they are always trying to improve and change their site to better fit the needs of their audience.
A couple of weeks ago Facebook introduced their “Community Pages” and the linking of them to people’s profiles. I don’t know about you but this has been a super confusing to me. What exactly is a “community page” and is it different then a branded “fan” page? You can click here to get Facebook’s explanation of what a Community Page is.
At first this seemed like a good idea. When anyone mentions or puts in their status update a certain idea/ brand/ company/ activity they will all show up on one page (even without “liking” the brand). To me this sounded like if someone mentioned moveforfree.com it will show up on our “fan” page. But I found out today that I was wrong. If someone mentions moveforfree.com it shows up on our “community page.” Which doesn’t have our branding, pictures, updates or anything that I have been posting since we launched it back in October 09′. This is a completely different page with a completely different url.
This can be confusing to our customers who see two different pages if they were to search for moveforfree within Facebook. Which one is best? Well I can tell you it is the one with our logo and branding; with all of our awesome pictures, stories, testimonials, links, and videos.
I’m hoping Facebook will realize this huge confusing error and do something to fix it. Perhaps they are already working out the problem.
While this issue is confusing, moveforfree.com is still a dedicated Facebook user and truly believes it is a great place to connect with our fans, friends, customers, future clients.
If you haven’t already “liked” moveforfree.com on facebook… we would love to have you. Click the link below.
http://www.faceboook.com/moveforfree
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I will never move myself again!
Written by Moveforfree on May 3, 2010 – 3:34 pm -Truer words have never been spoken.
Since I have been living on my own, just over 6 yeas, I have moved 4 different times. And one of those times was cross country. (over 1000 miles) And all of those times I did it on my own, with a little help from my friends. But now that I have MoveforFREE.com in my life. I no longer need to bribe my friends with free food and a contract to help them move in the future.
So when it came time to move again I couldn’t wait to actually MOVE. Knowing that it was taken care of totally took the stressfulness out of moving. Yes there was packing and cleaning but, all of that seems minuscule when you have movers. The movers called me 20 minutes before they arrived. It was great to see Brian again and he brought his partner Justin They were done packing up the truck within a half an hour. They handled my boxes and furniture very carefully and were super friendly.
I guess I better start moving boxes..
Oh wait! I don’t have to move my boxes…
So, I’ll just sit here and wait!
MoveforFREE.com to the rescue!!
Brian (one of the movers) goes over the inventory with me.
Brian and Justin start moving my stuff into the truck.
Here are our moveforFREE tucks!
They handled my furniture very carefully!
I HIGHLY recommend MoveforFREE.com to everyone looking for a new apartment! Seriously, why would you move any other way. After not lifting a finger except to snap some pictures I will never move myself again.
Thank you MoveforFREE.com!!
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