FAIRPORT, N.Y. – Residents of the Northfield assisted living facility in Fairport are facing eviction as a sale of the property unfolds. News10NBC has been investigating the situation, revealing that the nonprofit Family Service of Rochester, which owns Northfield, is selling the facility to another nonprofit, CDS Monarch, due to financial struggles.
CDS Monarch confirmed it has been working to purchase Northfield for more than nine months. The Monroe County Legislature approved $600,000 in American Rescue Plan Act funding for CDS Monarch to buy and renovate the facility to provide housing for low-income seniors.
“I just assumed that CDS Monarch, this wonderful organization, that they’re going to take over the care of these residents,” said Rachel Barnhart. “According to the application, that sort of does appear to be the plan.”
Barnhart said legislators were not given access to the application before voting on the project and had to make an appointment to see it. The application stated, “Seller shall (i) terminate all leases (with the exception of residential leases to be assigned to the purchaser).”
“In a form that was part of this application that CDS submitted to the state, it checked a box saying that this was going to be an occupying rehabilitation which means that residents would be allowed to stay,” Barnhart said.
In a statement, Andrew Sewnauth, the CEO of CDS Monarch said, “We have not been involved in decisions about resident discharges or the facility’s closure.” He added, “We are currently awaiting regulatory approval to complete a transfer of ownership. Once finalized, CDS Monarch will be able to take a more active role in supporting residents.” But it could be weeks or months before the purchase of The Northfield is finalized.
“Why was there no coordination between Family Service of Rochester and CDS to inform the residents of what was going to happen and to prevent any kind of eviction?” Barnhart said.
Susan Ripton, a resident, expressed frustration, saying, “The staff here did the best they could but I think the higher-ups lied to everybody. And I think that’s terrible.”
Barnhart emphasized the lack of transparency, saying, “None of this would have happened if there had been transparency.”
Family Service of Rochester said they did not inform residents sooner because the Department of Health oversees assisted living programs and insisted on secrecy until the program’s closure was finalized. Residents now have less than two weeks to move out, and many say they have nowhere to go. They have filed an appeal in their fight to stay.
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