Tenants In Financially Trobuled Apartment Building Ordered To Leave Immediately As Bursting Frozen Pipes Create Safety Hazard

In Pekin, Illinois, the Pekin Daily Times reports on tenants in a local 16-unit building getting a surprise 24-hour notice to vacate their apartments:

• [T]he latest issue arose when a frozen pipe burst, flooding the basement with water that eventually reached electrical panels, according to city code enforcement officer Ron Sieh. The rising water forced AmerenCILCO to kill electricity to the building for safety reasons. At the time of the landlord’s notice, the building was without water service and the electricity had already been cut by Ameren.

Reportedly, the 16-unit apartment complex is for sale, and the bank will not issue any more loans to fix the building. Beyond financing problems with the bank, owners of the property are also delinquent on more than $6,880 in 2007 taxes, according to the Tazewell County clerk’s office, the story states.

For the story, see Tenants evicted with 24-hour notice.