Renters aided if landlord defaults

Crystal Johnson had no idea her landlord had financial trouble until police taped an eviction notice to the door of her Sandy Springs condominium in June.
About a year into her two-year lease, Johnson faced the prospect of being forced out of her home because a bank had foreclosed on the landlord, who was in default on a loan.
“They treated me like I was in default,” Johnson, a music producer and songwriter, said. “But I wasn’t in default.”
As banks and finance companies seize an expanding portfolio of residential properties through foreclosure, tenants can find themselves facing eviction from their homes.
A federal law enacted in late May, however, has eased the pain for renters such as Johnson, a single mother raising her high school aged daughter and a nephew
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