Dozens Of Renters Get Immediate Boot Without Advanced Notice From F'closed Rooming House After Local Authorities Declare Premises Unfit For Habitation

In Edwardsville, Pennsylvania, The Times Leader reports:

• Twenty to 30 residents of an Edwardsville rooming house have been evicted after authorities declared the property unfit for habitation Thursday. The property, a series of three buildings [...], was foreclosed upon by a bank in Florida, Edwardsville Code Enforcement Officer David Saraka said. Saraka and Edwardsville Fire Inspector Ray King said the property was rife with electrical, structural and health hazards, including improperly wired electrical junction boxes, a disconnected fire alarm, broken stairs and railings, and standing water in the basements of two of the three structures.

For more, see Edwardsville rooming house shuttered (The buildings along Main Street have numerous code violations, authorities say).

See also, Citizens Voice: Building violations force dozens out of apartments.