NoDa apartment eviction highlights affordable housing need
CHARLOTTE -- Scott Stewart lost his apartment, and his job. “Hits me double whammy," Stewart said. He was the maintenance and property manager for Twin Oaks apartments in NoDa. He's also a resident. “This might not be the best place but this was home to 18 families in here," Stewart said. But after Shea Homes bought the property, "Not only did I lose my place but I lost my job with these people,” Stewart said. “And there was no warning in advance to tell that this was going on." The company is evicting the tenants, with plans to build more expensive townhomes. “They don't want us here and they don't want these apartments here no more,” Stewart said. "It's really, really frustrating,” Twin Oaks resident and mother-of-two, Laura Veira said. “You can't sleep, you can't eat. We're just awake at 5 o'clock in the morning with our eyes open. It's really scary." Shea Homes said Twin Oaks residents now have until September 1...