Condemned Apartment Building In Foreclosure Forcing Tenants Out

In Suffern, New York, The Journal News reports:

• A state appeals court has rejected a request to delay evictions from the Tall Oaks Apartments. [...] Suffern moved on Aug. 14 to condemn most of the complex ... after its engineers and the county Department of Health found unsafe conditions, including structural and electrical defects. An electrical fire on Aug. 8 led the village to board up entrances and windows to several apartments. [...] Electrical service was terminated to some apartments after the fire, and others were closed when the structural defects were discovered. About 20 of 40 apartments were affected. [...] The complex is to be sold at auction in about two months. The owner of the complex ... was delinquent on its mortgage and sought bankruptcy protection after the state Supreme Court in Rockland ordered foreclosure proceedings.

Representing the tenants in the eviction matter is the Legal Aid Society of Rockland County.

For more, see Suffern tenants lose appeal over evictions.

For story update, see Suffern shuts 25 units, completes closure of Tall Oaks Apartments.

For other stories on tenants unknowingly renting homes in foreclosure, go here, or here, or here. equity skimming unwittingly delta