Section 8 tenants waiting to be moved out of the “highly hazardous” Fairburn & Gordon I and II Apartments complex in west Atlanta are demanding answers after receiving a concerning letter from their landlord about their impending relocation. Crystal Brown is one of the Fairburn & Gordon residents who found a letter attached to her […]
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Fairburn & Gordon Tenants Say They Look Forward to Moving Out of Unsafe Housing
Some residents of a troubled Atlanta housing complex say they welcome the news that they may soon be relocated. “I’m so happy,” said Linda Ford, a resident of the Fairburn & Gordon Apartments, when she learned U.S. housing officials plan to terminate their contracts with Fairburn & Gordon Apartments after the owners failed to bring […]
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Fairburn & Gordon to Lose HUD Funding Over ‘Unacceptable Physical Conditions’
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development plans to end taxpayer funding to the owners of west Atlanta’s Fairburn & Gordon I and II Apartments due to extremely poor living conditions at the complex unless rapid repairs are made, multiple sources told Capital B Atlanta on Friday. HUD confirmed via email Friday afternoon that […]
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Inside Atlanta’s ‘Highly Hazardous,’ HUD-Supported Fairburn & Gordon Complex
Trinae Ward dreams of moving her family out of their rundown West Atlanta apartment one day. But for now, she’s grateful her 11-year-old twin daughters no longer fear someone reaching up through the floor and grabbing them while they shower. Maintenance crews recently patched up several large holes in the walls and floor inside Ward’s […]