Unwitting Tenants Renting From Owner In Foreclosure Evicted While On Vacation; Lose $27K+ In Belongings Dumped On Front Lawn, Some Taken By Neighbors

In Clayton County, Georgia, The Atlanta Journal Constitution reports:

• A pair of Clayton County families were without a home and many of their belongings Friday, two days after the house they were renting was foreclosed while they were on vacation – their possessions removed, dumped on the front lawn and taken by neighbors. "It's a big mess," said Bridget Harris, one of the home's renters. "All I know is, I'm a tenant that was not negligent, and I paid my rent on time, and I have nothing."

• Harris said personal property worth more than $27,000, including three computers, a 52-inch television, a washing machine and dryer, clothes and personal information were taken. She said that she saw neighborhood children riding her sons' bicycles. "I had a lot of sentimental things, baby pictures, that were all over the yard; things I can't get back," she said.

For more, see Foreclosure mix-up puts tenants on curb (Families come home from vacation to find belongings strewn on lawn and stolen).

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