Benefactor Provides Extra Days for Sproul Street Tenants
Rosa Otero, among 19 tenants displaced from Sproul Street firetrap apartments owned by two county judges, learned that a second benefactor paid for three more days at the Mini Motel in Media. Later, burglars stole her gold chains, children’s bikes, and clothes from her condemned unit as authorities condemned the properties for firecode violations.
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Chester — Rosa Otero
Sproul Street
Media
Charles McLaughlin
Sproul Streets
Robert A. Wright
Common Pleas Court
Robert C. Wright
McLaughlin
Joe Cliffe
Thomas Loftus
Vorhees
N.J
Loftus
Delaware County
Bob McMahon
Boston Chicken
Wrights
Wright
CAA
Edward T. Coleman
Judge Wright housing plan aims to spare displaced residents
Chester officials debate housing for families threatened by inspections. Mayor McLaughlin proposes outside help to assess the city’s housing stock and delay evictions until alternative housing is found. He critiques past rapid inspections and vows action after a Dec. fire tragedy. Local Wrights face possible enforcement and charges.
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Coleman
McLaughlin
Ed Coleman
Chester’s
Concord developer seeks poor tenants for mobile home park
Developer Donald Gaster, rebuffed on a plan for double-wide trailers, advertises "new affordable housing in Concord Township approved for HUD, Section 8 occupancy." He says rents could reach 600 dollars per month per unit with Section 8. Local officials say there is little current Section 8 activity in Concord Township.
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Concord
Donald Gaster
Concord Road
Gaster
Daily Times
Concord Township
Gordon Atherholt
Delaware County Housing Authority
Atherholt
Aberholt
Authority
City seeks Hispanic leader to publicize tenants' rights
Chester officials seek a Hispanic community leader to draft and distribute fliers on tenants rights and eviction protections after city inspectors ruled two Sproul Street buildings uninhabitable housing 19 Hispanic tenants many with limited English skills. Contact City Hall at 447-7757 to help.
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Chester — City
Charles P. McLaughlin
McLaughlin
Sproul Street
Robert C. Wright
Robert A. Wright
City Hall
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Chester
Bob
C.) Wright
Zoning Board