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Tenants and advocates urge council to intervene after Campus Edge eviction notices; call for relocation assistance and public meeting
Summary
Multiple speakers during unscheduled appearance urged the council to compel Campus Realty Advisors to negotiate with tenants at Campus Edge and to provide relocation assistance after notices of demolition/eviction; speakers described unsafe building conditions, moving hardship and calls for rent protections and direct engagement with the owner.
Several residents and advocates on Wednesday asked Marietta's City Council to intervene after the owner of Campus Edge Apartments provided notice of demolition or tenant displacement.
Speakers described loosely coordinated tenant advocacy and urged the council to require the owner, Campus Realty Advisors (CRA), to meet with tenants and provide concrete assistance: pay moving costs, secure replacement housing at comparable rents for affected residents and place a cap on increases for any arrangement the company makes for relocated tenants. The speakers said some tenants have already secured new housing…
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