NOW. THANKS FOR JOINING US, I'M AUDREY ASISTIO. >> I'M RAJ MATHAI. BAD NEWS FOR DOZENS LIVING IN A SAN FRANCISCO HIGHRISE, DISPLACED NEARLY 18 MONTHS AGO AFTER A BIZARRE FLOOD INSIDE THAT BUILDING. >> MANY HAD BEEN WAITING FOR A DATE TO MOVE BACK IN. THEY'RE NOW HEARING THAT WON'T HAPPEN UNTIL NEXT YEAR AT THE EARLIEST. >> MY INITIAL REACTION IS DEFINITELY, I'LL BELIEVE IT WHEN I SEE IT. >> Reporter: AUSTIN CALDWELL SAYS IT FEELS LIKE THE GOAL POSTS KEEP MOVING WHEN IT COMES TO 33 TAHOMA IN SAN FRANCISCO, A LUXURY HIGHRISE HE USED TO CALL HOME. >> I WAS A RESIDENT FROM JULY 2020 TO JUNE 3rd, 2022. WHEN THE BUILDING FLOODED. >> Reporter: THE FLOODING IN JUNE OF 2022 DISPLACED RESIDENTS OF THE SOUTH OF MARKET BUILDING, INCLUDING CALDWELL. HE SAYS EVEN THOUGH THE LEASE WAS ENDING AND HE WAS PLANNING ON MOVING ON, THE FLOODING STILL HAD A MAJOR IMPACT. >> I HAD STABILITY IN MY LIFE. THE UNCERTAINTY AND HONESTLY THE MAYHEM THAT THAT FLOODING CAUSED IN 2022, YOU KNOW -- IT CAUSED, REALLY, A BIG PART OF IT, THE DOWNFALL OF MY RELATIONSHIP, AND IT CHANGED MY LIFE. >> Reporter: CALDWELL SAYS THE DECISION TO MOVE ON WAS REAFFIRMED AFTER LEARNING RESIDENTS WHO DO WANT TO RETURN WILL HAVE TO WAIT EVEN LONGER. THIS WEEK THEY RECEIVED A LETTER ANNOUNCING THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO WAIT EVEN LONGER TO GET BACK IN THE BUILDING. >> 33 TAHOMA LET ITS RESIDENTS KNOW THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE ANOTHER DELAY TO THEIR RETURN TO THE BUILDING. MOST LIKELY IN THE FIRST QUARTER OF 2024. >> Reporter: SAM SINGER IS A SPOKESPERSON FOR HEINZ, THE DEVELOPER. HE SAYS THE DELAY AS COMBINATION OF FACTORS. >> GETTING THE PARTS, GETTING THE PAPERWORK, AND THEN THIS IS NOT THE CITY'S FAULT BUT IT TAKES AWHILE TO GET THIS DONE PROPERLY, AND IT ALSO TAKES TIME TO GET IT DONE AND PERMITTED PROPERLY. THAT'S TAKEN A LOT LONGER THAN THE RESIDENTS WOULD LIKE TO HAVE SEEN. >> Reporter: THEIR HEARTS GO OUT TO RESIDENTS, HE SAYS THE OWNERS HAVE DONE EVERYTHING THEY COULD, SAYING THEIR DOING THEIR BEST TO GET TENANTS BACK IN AS QUICKLY AS THEY CAN. >> TO US THIS IS ANOTHER PUSHING OUT. >> Reporter: NASI IS AN ATTORNEY REPRESENTING 90 TENANTS IN A LAWSUIT AGAINST THE PROPERTY OWNERS SAYING THE CLOSURE HAS DRAGGED ON SO LONG, SOME TENANTS HAVE MOVED AWAY, OTHERS ARE WORRIED SOMETHING ELSE MIGHT GO WRONG AT THE BUILDING EVEN AS OTHERS COUNT THE DAYS TILL THEY CAN RETURN. >> IMAGINE BEING PUT OUT OF YOUR HOME. BAD ENOUGH, BUT THEN THE NOTION OF, WHEN IS IT GOING TO BE FIXED? WHEN AM I GOING TO BE ABLE TO COME BACK?
