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PHA knew for years about overcrowding in home of Fairmount fire victims but didn’t move them

Agency officials repeatedly said PHA does not split up families unless they request it. But its overcrowding policy says PHA can split families into multiple units.

PHA CEO and president Kelvin Jeremiah, at a City Hall news conference about the Fairmount that killed 12 family members in an overcrowded apartment, said the agency will assess if it "should have moved them even if they didn’t want to."
PHA CEO and president Kelvin Jeremiah, at a City Hall news conference about the Fairmount that killed 12 family members in an overcrowded apartment, said the agency will assess if it "should have moved them even if they didn’t want to."Read moreJESSICA GRIFFIN / Staff Photographer