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Los Angeles Elderly Evicted From Housing

Wed, 03/01/2000 - 1:00am — Karen Stevenson
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The Los Angeles Times reports on a growing problem in the Los Angeles area. Elderly people are being evicted from low-income housing projects financed by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). The problems are erupting in rental properties where the former owner defaulted on HUD-backed loans and HUD has assumed the title. HUD is evicting the residents and attempting to re-sell the property, and putting elderly tenants on the street as a result. One example is the pending eviction of 70-year-old Evelyn Eberhardt. She was in the hospital after undergoing two major cancer surgeries last summer when she was told she had 30 days to move out of the two-bedroom, rent-stabilized unit she has lived in for 10 years.

The Los Angeles Times reports on a growing problem in the Los Angeles area. Elderly people are being evicted from low-income housing projects financed by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). The problems are erupting in rental properties where the former owner defaulted on HUD-backed loans and HUD has assumed the title. HUD is evicting the residents and attempting to re-sell the property, and putting elderly tenants on the street as a result. One example is the pending eviction of 70-year-old Evelyn Eberhardt. She was in the hospital after undergoing two major cancer surgeries last summer when she was told she had 30 days to move out of the two-bedroom, rent-stabilized unit she has lived in for 10 years.