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Hi There

I moved into my current apt building at the end of May this year and there have been on and off problems occuring in the building. The most serious one was the couple of fires that were set on purpose over the summer – one in a vacant apt right next door to me.

All summer long there had been renovations of vacant apts in my building while tenants who had lived in the building had been complaining of needing repairs for years. I just thought well ok, they must be renovating because they were going to rent the vacant apts to some new working tenants as the broker who I signed the lease with told me was the management’s plan.

Well close to 4 weeks ago, there had been a frenzy to fix these apts up (there had been a slow down over the summer), then bunkbeds, kitchen sets and other furniture were being set up in these vacant apts and a security guard (which we never had) magically appeared in my lobby with a sign-in sheet. When I asked what was going on my neighbors told me that they were now going to use the vacant apts for shelter people. When I heard this my mouth dropped. Management never informed us and the super had to know what was happening because he was also putting together furniture but kept us in the dark.

We know nothing about these people and I am infuriated this is happening. I have nothing against people who need assistance from the shelter system, but this is more than what I had bargained for. MY family and I survived nearly being burned out of our new apt, but I am not paying rent to be housed with people in the shelter. I am surrounded above and on both sides of my apt by these people and some of them are noisy and inconsiderate. I had learned also that the management company had some financial problems and We figure that bringing in shelter people and the money the city pays by the day is more lucrative from a financial standpoint rather than us hard working people.

Some tenants in my building are concerned and we are trying to figure out the best course of action i.e. media and contacting our elected officials.

Has this happened to your building? What would you do in my situation? I have children to worry about and I have another 6 months on my lease. Is this even legal?

Thanks