NORTH BERGEN — When her landlord lost the ownership of his property due to foreclosure, Lynn Earley had no idea her world was about to turn upside down.
For nine years, Earley had been living quietly and uneventfully in the same tiny building on First Avenue in North Bergen, located in the backyard of a two-family home. At the tail end of last year, the property was taken over by the residential mortgage company PennyMac.
They found out her property was supposed to be a storage shed, not a residence.
She has no car. Her doctors and other services live a short walk or train ride away. And she’s got three cats.
What is she to do?
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