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Hundreds of mostly Haitian asylum seekers in more than 400 households who were displaced in December after the closure of Colonial Village Apartments are still living in hotels.
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Community Shelter Board CEO Shannon Isom said only 32 out of about 1,300 residents have found permanent housing since being forced to moved from the condemned apartment complex at the end of 2023.
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Two days after a Dec. 31 deadline for Colonial Village residents to vacate the property, Columbus authorities are still working to determine if there are still people living in the derelict apartment complex.
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Columbus police have not yet identified the person found dead inside the apartment unit Sunday night.
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They’ve been living in substandard conditions and a number of agencies are looking to resettle them, but the task isn’t easy.
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Columbus City Attorney Zach Klein said the complex's receiver and lender were under court order to have nightly and regular inspections of all the units, but those inspections did not happen.
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Court documents show that the owners have failed to address electrical, trash, pest infestation issues and other health and safety protocols in the past at the 500 -unit complex.
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Columbus officials and a mortgage lender have asked a judge to remove the owner of an eastside apartment complex dogged by an array of code violations. Colonial Village residents said managers are unresponsive and don’t keep up with basic maintenance issues. The property has also become a magnet for crime and violence.