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.