Neighbors growing impatient after mold and water leaks at Atlanta apartment complex

ATLANTA — Black mould and water leaks have lengthy been a explanation for concern for tenants on the Delta Appletree Townhomes in Southwest Atlanta, and neighbors say they’re fed up with the situations.

They are saying for months, upkeep requests for mould and water leaks have gone ignored, one thing that’s been documented by code enforcement officers right here in Atlanta.

“It’s not secure for my spouse or my children,” neighbor Cruze Bell mentioned to Channel 2′s Ashli Lincoln.

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For folks residing on the Delta Appletree Townhomes Flats on Campbellton Street, it was hoped the announcement of latest administration would usher in much-needed renovations.

“Now I’m getting roaches,” neighbor Wayne Hunt mentioned. “I by no means had roaches till the final couple of weeks.”

After a number of months, neighbors say not a lot has modified.

“It is a gutter that absolutely collapsed,” Hunt mentioned. “It’s been 9 months now since this occurred.”

Hunt and Bell say they’ve been coping with water injury for months.

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“I’ve a leak inside my kitchen that’s been happening frequently for 38 days,” Hunt mentioned.

Bell says the ceiling of their toilet collapsed from a water leak, and the mould rising inside was ignored for thus lengthy, it’s now sprouting mushrooms.

Saneatha Williams fears their ground will collapse quickly, mimicking an identical headline after a Dekalb County lady fell a number of ft after her balcony collapsed.

“It was leaking, and that’s what triggered the ground to go within the first time,” Williams mentioned.

Hunt says he’s collected greater than 40 signatures in a petition to the house owners demanding adjustments.

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Channel 2 realized the property is owned by Dasmen Residential.

We additionally realized from the property supervisor after visiting the leasing workplace that she was unaware of the upkeep complaints, and says the property plans on addressing them.

We additionally the discovered the Metropolis of Atlanta’s Code Enforcement case load report, which confirmed investigators had been referred to as to advanced practically 50 instances between 2019 and 2021 for issues concerning uncovered wiring, sewage, and warmth or air con.

The State of Georgia says code enforcement inspections can both be proactive or reactive, relying on the municipality.

In cities like Brookhaven, they’ve initiated the proactive method by means of their condominium inspection program to make sure properties keep as much as code, inspecting at the least one advanced a month.

“I need to transfer, I need to,” Williams mentioned. “I would like her to have the ability to at the least be capable to put us in a greater unit.”

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