Nashua father and son fighting eviction over $25

After living in the same apartment for 29 years and earning the nickname “Mr. Canterbury” by other residents, Clarence “Buddy” Cochran thought he would have been treated better.

Cochran and his son Chris, 17, have been given until July 6 to leave Canterbury Apartments in Nashua because of a rent dispute between the apartment management and the Nashua Housing Authority.

He’s been a good tenant who has always paid his rent on time and never caused a problem there, Cochran said.

“It’s all because of a lousy 25 bucks,” Cochran said, shaking his head.

Canterbury requested a $25 a month rent increase, which the housing authority denied, and which Cochran isn’t himself allowed to pay.

Because of the rent dispute between Canterbury and the housing authority, he and as many as 10 other assisted housing tenants of the large complex will have to find somewhere else to live, Cochran said.

Cochran appears to be caught in the middle of a dispute that stretches to Washington, D.C., and the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development. Meanwhile, the housing authority, which disperses the HUD money locally, and the apartment management are pointing fingers at each other.

Carmen Fitzgerald, manager for Canterbury Apartments, said the problem lies with the housing authority “because they’re not approving any rent increases.”...More?

source: nashuatelegraph.com