City Gives Dozens Of Families Immediate Boot From Deteriorating Rental Complex In Foreclosure, Then Condems Premises For Dilapidated Conditions

In Tucson, Arizona, KVOA-TV reports:

• Dozens of Tucson families are forced to find a new place to live after an entire apartment complex is suddenly shut down. It's the Vista Sierra Apartments on Ft. Lowell, and it's not only shut down, but the city quickly condemned it. Jimmy Hernandez is one the few residents still living there. He said, "We didn't have any heat, the pool was always filthy and dirty. The water lines were either leaking or broken. The heaters and AC never worked." And those are just part of the problems the owners said eventually led to foreclosure.

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• Despite slapping the condemned tag on the complex, the city did step up and help distribute section 8 vouchers. Olga Osterhage, the Deputy Director of the Tucson Housing and Community Development Department said, "We did our part just trying to get info out to make sure people there qualified for section 8 vouchers and that there wouldn't be a hold up on our side."

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