The 211 families still living at Forest Cove need new homes fast, after an Atlanta judge condemned the dangerously dilapidated Section 8 complex over two months ago. For now, however, they’ll have to keep waiting.
The December condemnation order gave Forest Cove’s owner, Millennia Housing Management, until March 1 to relocate the families, but the developer has appealed, leaving those renters in limbo — and squalor. For years, the poorly maintained complex has been plagued by rodents, roaches, mold, sewage leaks, and violent crime.
The city of Atlanta intervened last month, announcing it had found enough publicly owned apartments to accommodate most tenants — but some units “may not match the need” for Forest Cove residents with children, the head of Atlanta Housing (AH) told Atlanta Civic Circle on Wednesday.
