200 South DeKalb residents receive county assistance after facing eviction

Tenants of Forest at Columbia line up for renewal intake. (DorMiya Vance/WABE)

Residents of the Forest at Columbia apartment complex in Decatur no longer have to leave their homes at the end of August. 

The residents had their leases terminated without notice for renovations after Meridian Management Group took over the public housing complex three months ago. The county set up wraparound services to assist residents with jobs and possible relocations. 

Donald “Dee Cee” Craddock is a representative of Meridian. He says the complex is working with the county, and residents do not have to relocate out of the complex on Aug. 31.