City Gives Eight Rent-Paying Families The Boot After Power Shut Off To Bldg; Rent Skimming Landlord Said To Have Stiffed Bank, Ignored Electric Bill

In Lawrenceville, Georgia, Fox 5 Atlanta reports:

• Some Lawrenceville renters said that they didn't have power or a warm place to stay Tuesday night after being told their building was in foreclosure. Eight families were affected. The families live off of North Dale Road in Lawrenceville. The residents said they woke up at home Tuesday morning with no idea they would [have] nowhere to sleep.

• Lawrenceville resident Malika Beyah said she arrived home to discover she had no power, no heat and no home. "The apartment went [into] foreclosure. We found out today when the city of Lawrenceville came and turned off the power. The apartment manager told us we have to leave the premises," said Beyah.

• Residents said they were told the man they paid their rent to, the owner of the converted apartments hasn't been paying the mortgage or electricity.

For more, see Lawrenceville Apartment Building Goes Into Foreclosure (Eight families displaced).