Three years ago, the city of Atlanta evacuated around 200 low-income families from the notorious Forest Cove Apartments, which had been condemned in 2021, and rehoused them across the metro area.
The city bulldozed the dangerous and dilapidated complex soon after. Even so, many of the relocated tenants are still hoping to hold their former landlord, Millennia Housing Management, legally accountable for harms caused by years of negligent maintenance at the Section 8 complex.
In October 2023, Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens hosted a press conference with prominent civil rights lawyer Ben Crump, declaring that they would file a class action lawsuit against the Ohio-based mega-landlord. The aim was to obtain compensation for the hundreds of tenants who lived for years with mold, mildew, pests, and other safety hazards at the southside apartment development…