Habitat for Humanity executive director Shannon MacCarrick insists “foreclosure notices were properly sent by the City of Ithaca,” though the Ithaca Tenants Union says “the necessary notifications were not sent to the correct addresses.”“It is technically legal to send notifications to incorrect addresses so long as they ‘tried,'” says Angel DeVivo of the Ithaca Tenants Union.Beginning this September, the Ithaca Tenants Union had raised over $9,000 in a fundraising effort to “buy back” the home of Kathy Majors at 417 South Aurora Street, which Habitat for Humanity purchased in a foreclosure proceeding in August 2021.Last year, Habitat for Humanity had “initiated the process for the individuals residing at the property to move,” according to a statement from MacCarrick, even though the family had been unaware there was a problem until after the foreclosure had taken place.ITU says Habitat for Humanity had said they would take “anywhere from $15,000-30,000 in the past” to turn the home back over to the family, “and stated in a recent e-mail they’d evict on [December] 9th because ‘we hadn’t raised enough.“Habitat plans to begin rehabilitating the property in early 2023, with an expected completion date set for the following year.”“Though we are not able to specifically comment on the situation due to privacy considerations,” MacCarrick says, “relocating a family is always a difficult decision and occurs rarely.”The Ithaca Tenants Union has pledged that if securing the house failed, donated “funds will go to Kathy in her transition through the shelter system and into new housing.”Donate to the fund to assist Kathy and familyITU urges community members to “call or text 607-844-3529 to tell Habitat for Humanity to give it back.”For more, follow 14850.com on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter or subscribe to the 14850 Magazine Daily newsletter."