Water Shut Off, Unsafe Conditions In Building In Foreclosure Force Tenants Out

In Central Falls, Rhode Island, The Pawtucket Times recently ran a story on a landlord milking the rent from an apartment house without paying for building maintenance, the mortgage payment, or utilities that local code enforcement was required to force the tenants to move, despite that they all had paid receipts for their October rent. There was also enough evidence of four seriously neglected dogs belonging to the landlord that the local animal control agency had to take custody of them, with three being placed in the custody of the Providence Animal Rescue League; one had to be euthanized due to its ill health.

Reportedly, water service to the building has been shut off, the building is going into foreclosure, and the conditions at the building were quite gruesome. Doors were boarded up by authorities, and signs were put up indicating that the building was unsafe. The displaced tenants were told they could stay at a facility run by Crossroads Rhode Island in Providence temporarily.

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