The government believed that there would be an influx of tourists and placed advertisements in newspapers, asking for people to open their homes to visitors from Britain and overseas.
Above all, the past few days have been a shining example of how Americans open our homes and our hearts to those in need and pull together in tough times to help our fellow citizens prepare for and respond to, as well as recover from, extraordinary challenges, whether natural disasters or economic difficulties.
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John Toomey, from Unison, said the council had treated a public campaign to keep the homes open "with contempt".
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The council denied it ever promised to keep the care homes open.
It has said that all homes will stay open until October, but beyond that the firm hasn't given any indication of which homes, if any, may close.
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The show-home season typically kicks off when the warm weather sets in, and the homes stay open to the public for three or four weeks.
Those services considered critical, such as state police, prisons and nursing homes, remain open only by court order.
Site owners stopping residents from selling their homes on the open market by withholding "approval" of the prospective buyer.
At George Street there would be new ground floor shops that open into the market with homes built above.
More than 6, 000 people signed petitions calling for the homes to remain open.
The bears have become familiar but unwelcome sights to humans, attracted to garbage around homes and in open landfills.
Police distributed leaflets advising people who live on the streets where the Pope is expected to proceed not to open windows or leave their homes.
From their homes, consumers can open Verizon's In-home Agent software on their computers.
Some show-home organizers approach specific designers to participate in the homes, while others open the process up to submissions, choosing the designs they like the best.
Snow piled up so high in places that many residents found they could not open their doors to leave their homes on Saturday, the Associated Press news agency reports.
In Rome, some 170 private palaces, academies, homes and other buildings will open their doors to visitors.
John Sharman, Lincolnshire branch secretary for Unison, said the union had assumed the three other homes under consideration would be staying open and was shocked this was no longer the case.
Bo kho was practically everywhere in Saigon, from open-air markets and casual cafes to private homes.
America has always liked its wide-open spaces and has had a preference for big homes on large plots with no neighbour in sight.
Almost half of people in the world cook their food and heat their homes by burning coal and biomass in open fires or basic stoves.
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The Maisons of the LVMH group will open workshops, vineyards, private mansions, family homes and historic boutiques October 15 and 16 in France and abroad.
Some people found the snow packed so high against their homes they couldn't get their doors open.
The homes featured extensive built-in shelving and the uniquely open and free flowing floor plan popular at the time.
Two of the homes - Abbey House and Preston Lodge - would stay open for short stay and respite care.
Open-air living can do wonders for stretching space in small homes.
"We've seen homes where sellers have contractors still toiling away when the open houses start, " says Patrick Lashinsky, chief executive of San Francisco-based realty agency ZipRealty.
Residents live in rows of tightly packed, dilapidated homes, and wind-blown garbage clutters the streets and open fields.
And, of course, Brazil and India have the same fears of China as global low cost manufacturer as the US. In India, each village has their own little gods of protection and people tend to have god idols in their homes the way a Brazilian might have a statue of Jesus with open arms, like the Christ the Redeemer statue in Rio, decorating their book shelves.
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