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# Homelessness looms for renters Aging residents cling onto their digs
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/see-gridlock-page-14-homelessness-looms-for-renters-aging-residents-cling-onto-their-digs/
- Published: 2006-09-02T15:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T21:22:08.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Community, Venice, #archive-import, Homelessness

*By AMY KAUFMAN Special to the Daily Press*

VENICE — A pair of aged eyes peeked out tentatively from behind a screened window at the Lincoln Place apartments. Frieda Marlin, 82, was in hiding. She was anticipating that a sheriff’s deputy would serve her eviction papers, forcing her out of the apartment she’s called home for 25 years.

Seated in her dimly-lit bedroom Friday morning, Marlin was dressed in a nightgown and house slippers, slowly stroking the black fur of one of her three kittens, Katie. Fading photographs of children and relatives hung on the walls in uneven lines.

The centerpiece of the room, lying on a dusty cabinet was a wedding picture of Marlin and her late husband.

The couple shared the two-bedroom apartment for nearly two decades until his death seven years ago. She now lives with her handicapped son, Spike. How long they will remain in the apartment, however, remains uncertain.

Marlin and her son are two of the estimated 55 aging and disabled residents still living at Lincoln Place, the owners of which — Denver-based Apartment Investment Management Co. (AIMCO) — began the process of eviction Friday, filing unlawful detainer notices against the remaining tenants. Those who receive unlawful detainer notices will have the opportunity to plead their case in front of a judge within the next few weeks. AIMCO officials said they expect the proceedings to be completed within two months. At that time, sheriff’s deputies may be called in to evict those who have refused to leave the complex.

AIMCO, which on Friday refused to accept rent from tenants for the month of September, has plans to demolish the post World-War II apartment complex and replace the buildings on the 33-acre property with contemporary housing,complete with affordable units for low-income residents, AIMCO officials said.

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on September 2, 2006.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/090206.pdf?ref=smdp.com)