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   From: thank.a.democrat@minnesota.guv   
      
   ST. PAUL, Minn. —  Conditions have gotten so bad at a Downtown St. Paul   
   apartment building that the courts are stepping in. And the residents of the   
   Lowry Apartments are ready for their living nightmare to be over.   
      
   "My plan is to get out of here as soon as possible," said Ciela Arguelles.   
      
   The city has condemned seven apartments in the building. WCCO cameras have   
   come across needles and feces in common areas.   
      
   "There's big cockroaches here," Arguelles said. "There's [mice]. There's   
   people that come in and out the building that's violent, people breaking into   
   my apartment."   
      
   Edward James, another resident, says his mailbox has been inaccessible for   
   about a month, and he needed to have important medical equipment shipped   
   elsewhere to get it.   
      
   At the request of the city, a judge put the property into receivership on   
   Tuesday, saying "An emergency exists at the Lowry Building."   
      
   A Bloomington real estate company called Frauenshuh, Inc. will now be in   
   charge of managing the building instead of the owner, Madison Equities, a St.   
   Paul company.   
      
   The city says it'll work with Frauenshuh to develop a plan for what's next.   
      
   Frauenshuh didn't respond to WCCO's request for comment on Wednesday.   
      
   Mayor Melvin Carter helped city staff get rid of garbage and furniture that   
   had been blocking emergency exits and stairwells.   
      
   An attorney for Madison Equities places blame for the building's deterioration   
   squarely on Carter and the city, saying unchecked crime, homelessness and drug   
   use have led to the "decay" of downtown.   
      
   In a statement, the attorney, Kelly Hadac, said in part, "The crime issues are   
   a creation of the policies, or lack thereof, in St. Paul.  The mayor and the   
   city need to take responsibility for the deteriating [sic] conditions in St.   
   Paul rather than cast    
   blame on property owners who will lose millions upon millions of dollars due   
   to the crime/drug use that is allowed to occur without any consequences...   
      
   My client did not oppose the receivership.  The receiver is now an officer of   
   the court and must report to the court.  The receiver is now in full control   
   of the residents and will have to make decisions regarding them moving   
   forward."   
      
   Carter said in a statement, "Madison Equities has abandoned the families that   
   rent from them, but we are a community that cares for one another, so those   
   tenants are not on their own. City employees walked the walk today: we will   
   stop at nothing to    
   ensure our residents have safe, stable places to live."   
      
   https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/emergency-receivership-lo   
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