Former Lake Arbor Apartments officials settle residents lawsuit
Owners, management to pay $547,500
PHOTO | TROY HULL
The former owners and management of Lake Arbor Apartments on Tuckaseegee Road settled a lawsuit brought by residents who alleged they were evicted for complaining about uninhabitable living conditions.
The former owners and management of Lake Arbor Apartments have settled a lawsuit brought by former residents who alleged they were evicted for complaining the property was uninhabitable.
The defendants – Lake Arbor Dean TIC, Lake Arbor 80M TIC, Broad Management Group and Wellington Advisors – agreed to pay $547,500, to close the complaint filed in Mecklenburg County Superior Court. The suit alleged Lake Arbor officials violated local housing code and state consumer protection laws between 2015 and 2019 by illegally collecting rent without addressing dangerous living conditions at the complex on Tuckaseegee Road.
Renters to get nearly $550K in apartment conditions lawsuit
December 10, 2020 GMT
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) The former owners and manager of an apartment complex in North Carolina agreed to pay nearly $550,000 to former tenants who claimed they were paying rent despite ongoing health and safety violations.
The settlement money would be divided among 97 former tenants of Charlotte’s Lake Arbor apartments in their class action lawsuit, The Charlotte Observer reported Wednesday. Charlotte code inspectors had found violations at the apartment complex after tenants complained of pests, unsafe wiring and water damage.
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“These landlords kept taking the rent and taking the rent, all the while refusing to fix serious safety problems in tenants’ units, as found by the city,” former tenant and plaintiff Serita Russell said in a statement announcing the settlement.
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