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Committee hears report on Promenade apartments: occupancy permit error, orders to vacate and court actions underway
Summary
Council members and housing staff discussed deteriorating conditions at the Promenade apartments, an occupancy permit Butler said was issued in error, orders to vacate posted in February, pending court cases and efforts to identify and assist tenants through CHN and Legal Aid.
Council members pressed housing staff on April 14 about substandard conditions and the enforcement response at the Promenade apartment complex on Noble Road after a council member's site visit.
Councilwoman Larson described worsening conditions and raised tenant-safety concerns: "I was in there two years ago, and they were bad. And now it's even worse," she said. Larson detailed unsecured doors, damaged stair tiles, broken garage doors, poor lighting and evidence of fire damage in at least one unit.
Assistant Director of Housing Alan Butler told the committee the city can revoke an occupancy permit that was issued in error. "We can revoke that, because it was an error not…
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