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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Sat Oct 9, 2021, 03:06 PM Oct 2021

Life at the Grand Apartments in Everett is now a 'nightmare'

EVERETT — In the past few months, tenants at the Grand Apartments on Rockefeller Avenue say their lives have become “a nightmare of epic proportions.”

Stephen Teixeira, 52, said he never knows when his new landlord will turn off the building’s water. He’s started keeping a spare water jug in his bathroom in case he needs to flush the toilet. Teixeira, who works as a caregiver, is even more concerned for his neighbors. They’re older adults and some live with disabilities.

The Grand Apartments, a three-story apartment building constructed in 1928, is no longer the home Teixeira and his neighbors have loved. Most of the tenants moved in more than a decade ago. One has lived at the Grand for more than 30 years.

Since August, however, residents have lived in fear of their new landlord.

“We just never envisioned it was going to be this way,” Teixeira said. “I just don’t see how this can be legal.”

Residents believe the new owners are attempting to bully them out of the building. Teixeira began documenting issues at the Grand Apartments and posting the videos to YouTube about a month ago. He said he began doing so, because he is afraid someone will burn down the building. After posting the first video, Teixeira started finding nails near his tires.

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Life at the Grand Apartments in Everett is now a 'nightmare' (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Oct 2021 OP
It seems to be that there should be a social services agency of some kind helping them relocate. madaboutharry Oct 2021 #1
Grand Apartments GoFundMe Campaign Video Goonch Oct 2021 #2
It is definitely against the law for a landlord to deny tenants access to utilities! PortTack Oct 2021 #3

madaboutharry

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1. It seems to be that there should be a social services agency of some kind helping them relocate.
Sat Oct 9, 2021, 03:40 PM
Oct 2021

This building is hazardous and unsafe. These people need assistance in getting placed in new apartments and safer environments. I hope they get the help they need.

The treatment these people are getting from the new owners is ugly and another example of how horrible people can be and how easily some people behave like mobsters when it is about money.

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