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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Will Forest Cove residents finally be relocated?
Forest Cove’s residents finally seem close to moving out of the Southside apartment complex that was condemned in December.
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Housing identified for condemned Forest Cove’s residents “may not match the need”
The 211 families still living at Forest Cove need new homes fast, after an Atlanta judge condemned the dangerously dilapidated Section 8 complex over two months ago. For now, however, they’ll have to keep waiting.
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Forest Cove’s expected demolition will force nearby elementary school for tenants’ children to close
The anticipated demolition of the southside’s long-neglected Forest Cove apartments will force the neighboring elementary school to shutter as families are uprooted to make way for its redevelopment.
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With Forest Cove’s demolition likely, city officials find temporary homes for most remaining tenants
Tenants at the fast-deteriorating Forest Cove apartment complex soon may be able to rest their heads in comfort and safety.