Property Company Near UC Irvine Says Racist Posters Are Fake
Who put the posters there?
USA Today reports.
Property company says racist posters at apartments near UC Irvine are fake
UPDATE: Posters that appeared to be created by Toscana Apartments, a complex near the University of California – Irvine, asking African-Americans to keep their noise levels down are reportedly fake, according to management.
“The flyer was not created or posted by Equity Residential,” said Marty McKenna, an Equity Residential public relations representative, via email.
Equity Residential, which owns Toscana Apartments, announced on Facebook it is investigating the origin of the flyer. McKenna told Gawker that the company does not post flyers about noise complaints, preferring instead to contact residents directly via email.
“We are outraged by the content and are investigating the source,” McKenna said.
Property company says racist posters at apartments near UC Irvine are fake (USA Today)
Comments
Several black renters have said that they “feel unsafe” and want out of their leases.
I would not be surprised to learn that they created the fake posters as an excuse to get out of their leases.