Broken elevators leave seniors stuck in lobby at West Side CHA building

Seniors, some with disabilities, are not able to use the elevators in the Chicago Housing Authority building they call home.

The Fannie Emanuel Apartments, a 181-unit high-rise for seniors, is located at 3916 W. Washington Blvd. in the West Garfield Park neighborhood. One of the residents shared a video taken last Wednesday, showing several seniors sitting in the lobby —many in wheelchairs, and one a double amputee.

The reason they were all sitting in the lobby and not in their apartments was that neither of the elevators for the building was working…

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