Politics & Government
Atlanta Refuses Task Force's Offer to Pay Part of Shelter's Water Bill
The homeless shelter in Midtown may soon have its water shut off; the city says the shelter owes $400,000 in unpaid water bill.
The Metro Atlanta Task Force for the Homeless has offered to pay the City of Atlanta $100,000 of the $400,000 the city claims is owed on the task force’s Peachtree-Pine homeless shelter’s water bills, but the city has refused to accept the partial payment.
According to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, the task force had hoped to pay off a quarter of the bill, then set up a payment plan that would keep the Midtown homeless shelter’s water running. The city is threatening to shut off the water on Sept. 22 if they do not receive full payment by that date.
The task force says that the city wants the homeless shelter to shut down so the property can be redeveloped, and claims that the $400,000 figure cited by the city is an exaggeration.
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Director of the Metro Atlanta Task Force for the Homeless Anita Beaty and attorney Steve Hall are attempting to resolve the situation with city attorneys on Friday afternoon, the AJC reports.
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