Federal Law w/ Foreclosure Eviction Safeguards No Help To Tenants Forced From Building As Burst Sewer Pipe, Power Cut Leads City To Condemn Premises

In Opa Locka, Florida, WFOR-TV Channel 4 reports:

• Imagine being told you had only days to move out of your home. That's the reality for several Opa-Locka renters, who got the shock of their lives when they were told their apartment building had been foreclosed on. They say they'd been paying their rent all along. Many of the renters gave off feelings of frustration and fear as they packed up to leave their homes.

• In a matter of days, their apartment building was condemned. A sewer pipe burst and the power was cut. [...] Residents had nowhere to go after they were told they had to leave. The city felt the building was unsafe after the developer cut corners on renovations and lost the property to foreclosure, leaving the renters in the middle.

For the story, see Families Forced Out In Surprise Foreclosure. RentSigmaSkimming