Article: LOW-INCOME HIGH-RISES STRUGGLE DOWNTOWN; EXPERTS: HOUSING MARKET CHANGED; DEBT, VACANCIES, SMALL APARTMENTS TROUBLE HARRISON HOUSE, TOWNSEND TOWER.(News)

Byline: Maureen Nolan Staff writer

The lights are on, but the future looks dim for Harrison House, a debt-ridden downtown high-rise that this month faced a possible power shut-off.

A state agency that holds the mortgage stepped in to pay the building owner's overdue utility bill last month.

It will do so again this month, but as for the months after that, the building management company said the place can't operate unless the state helps pay the bills.

Harrison House tenants can stay put for now, but the building's longer-term future is on the table. More than 70 low- or moderate-income people live in the 21-story building near ...

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