ATLANTA — Pay within 30 days or vacate.
That is exactly what DeJuan Anderson says that he did after getting a letter alerting him that he owned $2,400 in back rent.
“I was able to catch up,” Anderson said. But Northeast Atlanta resident says he’s still being forced to pack up the place he’s called home for the last 12 years.
“I know it’s a joyous time, but I haven’t felt the most joyous,” he added.
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The National Park Service rents and manages homes along Auburn Ave. The homes sit directly across the street from Dr. Martin Luther King’s birth home and are offered to low-income residents.
Anderson told Channel 2′s Ashli Lincoln that the Park Service has given him until New Year’s Eve to vacate his unit.
“You just feel like what is happening,” Anderson said.
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Anderson says the reason he is being evicted is for money that he’s already paid to the federal government. Anderson showed Lincoln a letter from the Park Service notifying him he still owes them more than $2,000 in back rent.
He works in the film industry and admits to falling behind on rent during the industry strike of 2023.
“I missed some payments last year on my rent,” Anderson said.
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However, Anderson says he made three payments to his landlord before the deadline to make good on the $2,400 debt owned. But he says the National Park Service is not willing to back off their decision to not renew his lease.
Channel 2 reached out to the National Park Service for a comment, but a spokesperson said they cannot comment on tenant lease agreements or legal matters.
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