Over six months into the city’s emergency resident relocation effort, 43 families still remain at Forest Cove, the Southside’s condemned Section 8 apartment complex owned by Millennia Housing Management.
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About half of Forest Cove tenants have been relocated, but livable housing for the rest remains uncertain
Two months after the original relocation deadline set by Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens, there are still 51 families living at Forest Cove, the condemned Southside apartment complex owned by Millennia Housing Management—and the housing situation for other Section 8 renters who have left remains unclear.
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Housing advocates demand federal investigation of Forest Cove owner
National and local tenant advocates are demanding that the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) investigate Millennia Housing Management, which owns Atlanta’s most notorious apartment complex, Forest Cove, and other poorly maintained Section 8 properties across the country.
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Relocated Forest Cove tenants report familiar problems at new apartments
After years of braving roaches and rodents, mold and litter, and all-too-frequent shootings, some Forest Cove tenants who’ve finally moved out through a city-led relocation initiative are reporting that their new apartments are plagued by their own health hazards.
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Shooting at Forest Cove underscores need to fast-track resident relocation
Yet another violent episode at the Southside’s Forest Cove Apartments has amplified the need to swiftly rehouse the condemned complex’s tenants—and spotlighted the city’s trouble finding them suitable homes.
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As school year approaches, only a fraction of Forest Cove families have been rehoused
The team tasked with rehousing the 202 families living at the Southside’s condemned Forest Cove apartments is well behind the target goal of relocating everyone before the Atlanta Public Schools semester begins on Aug. 1.
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How $9.1 million will give Forest Cove residents a new lease on life
Thanks largely to $9.1 million in federal pandemic relief funds that Mayor Andre Dickens has dedicated to the relocation initiative, Forest Cove tenants have finally started moving out of the squalid community and into inhabitable apartments.
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Forest Cove residents finally begin moving out, but more units are needed to relocate the rest
Four families who’ve been enduring squalid living conditions at the Forest Cove apartments have finally left the condemned Section 8 complex, Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens’ office announced Friday.
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City deploys $1.5 million in federal COVID-19 funds for Forest Cove tenants’ relocation
After months of delays, the more than 200 families still living at the condemned Forest Cove apartments could be relocated before school starts Aug. 1, Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens’ office announced Monday.
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As meetings with Forest Cove renters begin, where they’ll relocate still unclear
Forest Cove property owner Millennia Housing Management began meeting with the condemned complex’s tenants Wednesday about a relocation plan—but it may not succeed in moving all 211 households before the July 15 target date set by the Atlanta mayor’s office.