About 260 families will search for new housing as officials plan to sell the public housing complex where they live.
Officials in Augusta plan to sell Gilbert Manor to Medical College of Georgia for an expansion of its campus.
They have begun meeting with residents to explain how the transition will work.
Some residents are questioning how elderly people will get to the doctor, and how the move will potentially affect close to 100 children who may have to find new schools. Gilbert Manor is located next to MCG, making it convenient for residents who make frequent visits to the doctor.
About 200 people packed a community room at Gilbert Manor on Thursday, greeting housing officials with both cheers and jeers. It was their first meeting since the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development okayed a proposed sale to MCG.
Residents have had mixed reactions about the sale, with some seeing it as an opportunity to find better housing while others don't want to leave. Some residents on Thursday accused housing authority officials of rushing the move. The residents have about 90 days to find new housing.
"I feel like they're not giving people the proper information to make the proper decisions. They're sugar-coating everything," said Michael Butler, who has lived at Gilbert Manor for four years.
But housing officials say public transportation is available, and that they're beginning to address the school issue.
The housing authority will also pay for moving expenses and connection fees for utilities, telephone and cable television.
They plan to move the families to other public housing complexes, or give them Section 8 vouchers to use toward private housing.
Officials in Augusta plan to sell Gilbert Manor to Medical College of Georgia for an expansion of its campus.
They have begun meeting with residents to explain how the transition will work.
Some residents are questioning how elderly people will get to the doctor, and how the move will potentially affect close to 100 children who may have to find new schools. Gilbert Manor is located next to MCG, making it convenient for residents who make frequent visits to the doctor.
About 200 people packed a community room at Gilbert Manor on Thursday, greeting housing officials with both cheers and jeers. It was their first meeting since the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development okayed a proposed sale to MCG.
Residents have had mixed reactions about the sale, with some seeing it as an opportunity to find better housing while others don't want to leave. Some residents on Thursday accused housing authority officials of rushing the move. The residents have about 90 days to find new housing.
"I feel like they're not giving people the proper information to make the proper decisions. They're sugar-coating everything," said Michael Butler, who has lived at Gilbert Manor for four years.
But housing officials say public transportation is available, and that they're beginning to address the school issue.
The housing authority will also pay for moving expenses and connection fees for utilities, telephone and cable television.
They plan to move the families to other public housing complexes, or give them Section 8 vouchers to use toward private housing.
