Another Residential Apartment Complex In Foreclosure Leads To Health, Safety Risks For 30 Families; Local Officials Declare State Of Emergency

In Leflore County, Mississippi, The Greenwood Commonwealth reports:

• The Leflore County Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday to declare a state of emergency at the Delta Apartments, where grass growth and trash build-up have begun to pose a health risk. Joyce Chiles, attorney for the board, told the supervisors that the complex’s management group lacks the funds to maintain the grounds there. The complex is in foreclosure.

• “Their subsidies just aren’t enough to keep them going,” Chiles said. District 2 Supervisor Robert Moore, whose district includes Delta Apartments, said he wanted to declare an emergency so the county could act immediately to minimize the health risks at the complex. About 30 families live there.“We’ve got to get the grass cut and the weeds cut. We’ve got kids out there,” Moore said.

For more, see County declares emergency at complex.