A Detroit woman says her apartment’s problems have been passed over and pushed aside for years. Now, she says roach droppings and mold are lining her walls.
She reached out to Local 4 for help and we’ve learned the Detroit Housing Commission is assigning a liaison to help after issues surfaced during their annual inspection.
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“So if I was to pull all of this out from up under the sink, it’s roaches,” Loreal Lindsey, who lives at Viewpointe Village Apartments in Detroit, said.
She does what she can.
“So, you’re spraying this all around here?” Local 4 asked.
“Around the bases, to make sure, basically, to kill them,” Lindsay said.
Lindsey has lived at the Viewpointe Village apartments for five years. She says there’s always been issues.
If it’s not roaches under the sink, or the toilet not being in place, she says it’s the mold in the bathroom.
“We were catching colds like every two weeks. Once we were clear from them, we would catch them again,” Lindsay said.
She’s painted over it, trying to cover what keeps coming back.
“That’s where the bulk of the mold started was at the top and at the corners of the restroom,” she said.
She says she’s submitted dozens of maintenance requests.
“They are getting ignored, or someone responded back to them with attitude or simply ignoring them,” she said.
She says she’s called the health department multiple times.
She has a Housing Choice Voucher and the Detroit Housing Commission recently came for their annual inspection.
Lindsay gave us a copy of the inspection. The inspection items that did not meet the criteria include the sink, the toilet, and the shower.
“It’s unacceptable, very unacceptable for tenants to live like this. We as tenants have rights and it’s unacceptable that things are getting ignored,” Lindsay said.
Local 4 spoke to the housing commission today. They explained the process and say that after the inspection, the complex has a certain amount of time to fix things. They also say a liaison has been assigned to help make sure the items get fixed.
“I just want this to be handled before I take it to legal matters because at this point it’s unacceptable,” she said.
Local 4 reached out to the complex multiple times, including calling their emergency maintenance line, but has not heard back.