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Tenants at multiple Sabra‑managed complexes tell Brookhaven council of AC, mold and deposit problems
Summary
Members of CASA and several tenants told the council they faced prolonged AC outages, pest and plumbing problems, rising rents and disputed security deposit charges at Sabra‑managed properties, and they asked the city to partner on enforcement and implementation of the Safe at Home Act.
Representatives of CASA and multiple tenants used the public‑comment period of the July 22 Brookhaven City Council meeting to detail habitability problems at apartment complexes managed by Sabra and to ask the city to help enforce tenant protections.
Alberto Ferregrino, Georgia organizing director with CASA, said organizers have spent the past year trying to communicate with Sabra and that tenants reported unresolved air‑conditioning failures, plumbing and pest problems, and increasing renewal rents. Ferregrino urged the council to open a conversation about how the city can partner with residents to ensure habitable conditions and accountability under the law; he referenced "HB 404, the Safe at Home Act," and asked how implementation and oversight should look in Brookhaven.
Several tenants offered first‑hand accounts. Yolanda Lopez said she went a month without functioning AC while living at Twin Keys Apartments and that her young child suffered; she described recurring bathroom mold that management repeatedly painted over rather than remediating and said the company charged $250 against her security deposit for tub resurfacing after she moved out. Rosa Torres said her rent rose from about $600 when she moved in to $1,575 now, that repairs were delayed or inadequate, and that she believes corporate staff discouraged tenant association with CASA. Ana Espinosa said she has gone more than four years without functioning AC in her unit at the Gardens at Briarwood. Monica Mendoza recounted an initial move‑in unit containing dead rats and said Sabra staff had attempted an eviction without following court process; she also said the company charged her $650 after she left.
CASA representatives said they will provide contact information to city staff and asked the city to follow up; no formal policy action was taken during the meeting. Mayor and staff encouraged the group to leave contact details so staff could follow up.
There was no immediate response from Sabra management recorded in the meeting transcript.
