More people who call Colonial Forest Apartments on the Westside home came forward on Tuesday and described unsafe living conditions at the complex.
Officials from the fire department and the city’s neighborhood department were at the complex doing inspections and said they condemned 10 units at Colonial Forest. They’re working on finding displaced residents a new home.‘This is terrible:’ Residents call Westside apartment complex unsafe, parts of the building are condemned
“Homeless people, thieves and they’re trying to figure out which apartment it is. They’re coming in at three o’clock in the morning ringing people’s doorbells to see who’s home and pulling on all the doors trying to break in,” said one resident who asked to remain anonymous. “We don’t have somebody coming to get our trash, we don’t have maintenance coming to do their job. Nobody’s taking care of the abandoned apartments so it’s just like where’s my money going to?” the resident said.
They’re dealing with issues like leaking pipes and what appears to be black mold. They said maintenance either never shows up or takes months to address a problem.Carpenter has lived in the complex for four years. She said she wants to see the owner come to the property and address the issues or sell it.
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