SitemapThe city of Youngstown is turning up the heat on problem landlords, and one local group is targeting the worst offenders.
The ACTION Housing Task Force has a whole list, in fact, and Tuesday night one of the landlords it looked to take to task didn't show up as he agreed.
Easily 100 people packed into the MLK Lutheran Church in Youngstown - intent on giving landlord Mark King a piece of their mind.
Even without King or his lawyer present at the ACTION Housing Task Force meeting, the complaints and concerns of tenants and other residents hardly fell on deaf ears.
"My children don't live with me because I have no water in my home and a leak that's been going on for about eight months," said Tremain Williams, Sr. "No one has come out to the home to see what's going on...I want my kids back." To read the full story from WFMJ, click here.