ATLANTA — Dozens of tenants at Bolden Townhomes are calling on the City of Atlanta to intervene after they said they’re being illegally evicted from unsafe housing.
At a press conference Friday morning, residents shared claims of mold, caved-in ceilings and months without working utilities — all while being told to leave their homes.
“We’ve been out of lights for the last three or four days,” Treauanna Griffin, who’s a mother of two who’s been living in the complex for over a year, said. “I’ve paid the bill, but now I’ve contacted Georgia Power, and now they’re saying there’s something wrong with the power box… We’ve been having to use a grill to cook food… I don’t really have nowhere else to go either… That’s all.”…