(LaPorte, IN) - Landlords in LaPorte are again being put on notice. According to the Mayor’s office, steps were taken today to condemn an apartment house at 705 Maple Ave. At this morning’s board of public works meeting, Mayor Tom Dermody said it’s time troubled housing units shape up or ship out. 

Mayor Dermody also said his office is working with the Center Township Trustee, Lisa Pierzakowski, to find new homes for displaced residents. At least two other properties have been singled out by the Mayor’s office for possible condemnation including Monroe Street Apartments housing more than 40 people across from the YMCA.