College Park residents given days to pack up and get out their apartments

The Brief

  • Residents at first said they were told they had 60 days to move.
  • The new letters gave some tenants who owed rent just three days to move out.
  • The lawyer says the eviction process must go through the court.

COLLEGE PARK, Ga. Dozens of residents at Chelsea Gardens Apartments in College Park say they’re being forced to move out—some with just three days’ notice.

“It’s just a hot mess,” said Keneidra Johnson, a Chelsea Gardens resident. “You told me 60 days. Now you’re telling me three? It doesn’t make any sense.”

The city has cited the property for unsanitary and dangerous conditions, but a spokesperson said city inspectors had not condemned the complex.

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