Residents frustrated with slow pace of repairs, relocations from troubled Mpls housing complex

Nichole Rojas spends a third of her income on a subsidized north Minneapolis apartment that reeks of mold, and where she and her kids are regularly haunted by the sound of rodents scurrying in the walls. She has a simple wish.

“I just want to be able to have a home that I can bring my family to on Thanksgiving,” Rojas said.

Rojas is among the 685 remaining residents at Heritage Park, a mixed-income development that has been under elevated public scrutiny ever since a Minneapolis City Council Member posted footage exposing filthy and dangerous living conditions there last month…

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