The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) notified tenants of a Section 8 housing apartment complex in Connecticut on Friday that they would be moving to new homes following an investigation into the apartment’s conditions.

The decision comes after a month-long investigation from NBC News found the federally subsidized low-income housing was infested with rats, mold, cockroaches and had fire safety violations.

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"This letter is to notify you that HUD plans to terminate the Section 8 Housing Assistance Payments Contract at Infill I Apartments," read notices to tenants on Friday morning, according to NBC News.

The letter to the Infill Apartment tenants in Hartford, Conn., added that the move was due to "the owner's failure to remedy major threats to health and safety at the property."

The relocation comes after tenants reportedly prodded the owner for months to do repairs.

HUD reportedly wanted to cancel its contract with the apartment owner earlier, but was delayed five weeks as the partial government shutdown prevented the agency from doing so.

The investigation published by NBC News in November examining more widespread shortfalls by HUD found that more than 1,000 out of the agency’s roughly 28,000 subsidized multifamily properties failed their most recent inspection.

"The secretary believes very deeply that families should not be forced to live in housing that’s unsafe or unhealthy and taxpayers shouldn’t be subsidizing it," HUD spokesperson Brian Sullivan told NBC News.