Scrooge Outs Elderly Tenant for Christmas Profit 

By Ashley Benkarski A 91-year-old grandmother will find herself without a home after her new landlord refused to renew her lease that expires mere days after Christmas. It’s a story of greed that parallels the heartlessness of the Dickensian antagonist Ebenezer Scrooge. Only, for Frances Esenbock and her grandson Josh, the story is real. News Channel 5’s Alexandra Koehn broke the story back in late November, just days after Thanksgiving, when the grandmother and her grandson discovered a note hung from their doorknob notifying them the management would not be renewing their lease. Before the public outrage over Esenbock’s ousting, the two were expected to have left the apartment by the end of December, when their lease is up. Now, they have a “buffer” of time, but it’s unknown just how much time they’ve been allowed. And although Frances and Josh are happy to have this window, they’re still ultimately facing down the threat of homelessness in the near future. Their story diverts from the Christmas classic in that while Scrooge was Bob Cratchit’s miserly wretch of a boss, he was aware of who Cratchit was. But Frances Esenbock is just a set of numbers on a spreadsheet. She maintains...