Community collecting donations for Suffolk Tower residents displaced by fire
Friday the city agreed to pay for hotel rooms for those people until at least Tuesday, after the landlord decided to stop paying. Author: Allison Bazzle Updated: 5:56 PM EDT July 23, 2021
SUFFOLK, Va. After a fire at Suffolk Tower on July 13, everyone who lived in that building is still without a permanent place to stay.
On Friday, the city agreed to pay for hotel rooms for those people until at least Tuesday, after the landlord decided to stop paying.
Jackie Edgehill rushed to Suffolk Tower Friday morning after she said management sent a schedule with two-hour time slots to get items from the apartments.
Displaced residents of Suffolk Tower Apartments in desperate need of temporary housing
Families were forced out of their apartments after a fire last Tuesday. Residents said their landlord put them in hotels temporarily, and that ends Friday. Author: Allison Bazzle Updated: 7:21 PM EDT July 22, 2021
SUFFOLK, Va. Residents of Suffolk Tower Apartments are still waiting to see if they can go back home after a three-alarm fire happened there on July 13. A man was charged with arson in connection to the incident.
Residents told 13News Now their landlord paid to put them up in hotels, but that ends Friday.
“You displaced my life,” said Suffolk Tower resident Derrick Edgehill. “This has major consequences for me because I have nowhere to go.”