Residents evacuated from Altamonte Springs apartments told they can’t return

ALTAMONTE SPRINGS, Fla. – Stanley Lerner and his wife hoped their hardships were over after moving into Altamonte Terrace using a homeless diversion grant. But last week, they received a letter saying they need to be out by Friday.

“Now less than six months later, our lease is broken,” Lerner said. “We didn’t do anything wrong. We’re right back in the same situation again.”

Last month, after News 6 reported that Lerner and other tenants were temporarily moved to a hotel while engineers assessed structural problems in the 50-year-old buildings…

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