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Fulton County Suspends Evictions over Holiday
Odette Yousef (2008-12-05)
ATLANTA, GA (WABE) - Fulton County will suspend forced evictions over the holidays. Starting December 19th, through January 5th, the County Marshall has said he will not execute writs of possession.

Fulton County Marshall Antonio Johnson says the holiday moratorium has become an annual tradition over the last several years. But considering how much the foreclosure rate has risen, he says more families will benefit from the temporary relief this year:

JOHNSON: We're averaging 300 to 400 writs of possession a week. But execution, we might execute 90 to 100 of them before they're settled.

According to online real estate database RealtyTrac, Georgia had the 6th highest foreclosure rate of the country in October.

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