Renters at several Vesta Realty properties in Oklahoma are facing a breakdown in basic services, with trash piling up outside apartment buildings and repeated warnings that water service could be shut off. For tenants who pay their rent and utility bills on time, the situation shows how quickly housing insecurity can spill over into everyday life.
What’s happening?
Drexel Flats tenant Cassandra Rhodes says notices about interrupted water service have become a familiar sight at the Oklahoma City complex. After returning home, she found yet another city warning on her door, stating that the water could soon be disconnected, KGOU reported.
“It’s every month, and he didn’t pay the bill again,” Rhodes said.
Issues tied to Vesta appear to extend beyond Drexel Flats. At Tulsa properties owned by the company, tenants say dumpsters have gone missing, trash has accumulated, and management has offered little explanation…