ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Residents in 23 units at an affordable housing complex owned by the City of Albuquerque have officially moved out after the city requested they do so due to safety concerns with the building.
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The city’s Office of Health, Housing, and Homelessness (HHH) told KRQE News 13 that some of the stairways and landings at The Beach apartment complex on Route 66 near Tingley Beach have deteriorated and are in need of repairs.
As a result, residents on the third floor of the 1986-era building were asked to move out. The city said it provided free moving services, $2,000 in financial aid, and an option to move to another property managed by Monarch, which is contracted by the city to manage the city’s more than 600 housing units.
Now that the move-out process has been completed, the city is preparing to get the repairs done. “We are wrapping up the design phase. Once that is completed, we will begin working with the general contractor, who will provide cost estimates for the first phase of construction,” HHH Public Affairs Specialist Connor Woods told KRQE in an email…