PINELLAS COUNTY, Fla. (WFLA) — It’s been nearly a month, and some South Pasadena seniors are left stranded!
Residents who live at the Elance at Pasadena, which was recently renamed “The Barclay at Pasadena,” have not been able to access their apartments since before Helene.
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Janice Kolacy, 91, evacuated her apartment with only a few days’ worth of her necessities. It’s been four weeks without being allowed back in.
“I’m in good health at 91,” she said. “This has been annoying as hell!”
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Kolacy is in good spirits despite the situation that she’s in.
“All my records, I need my records if I should die, what a problem they’re going to have,” she said.
It was the same for Robert Calver. His daughter Liz said he’s 74 and suffers from Progressive M.S.
“He thought maybe three days, so he brought two changes of clothes and his little Diddy bag, and that’s it,” Liz Calver said.
A day before Hurricane Helene hit, residents said they were given two hours to evacuate their homes at Elance at Pasadena, and they have not been able to go home since.
“I saw them cleaning out my refrigerator,” she said. “I’ve seen them in my room several times checking things out. I know there’s no damage, nothing wrong with my room, but I can’t get up there and get my things.”
Kolacy’s daughter, Peggy Quinn, previously set up a Ring camera inside her mom’s apartment. For weeks, they’ve watched as strangers enter and roam the apartment.
“They have not told us anything,” Quinn said. “I have called. I have emailed. I get a very generic answer.”
On top of their troubles getting ahold of management, Quinn said the property changed management days ago to QSLM, which is based in Pensacola.
“They’re sugarcoating everything, and they’re not telling them the truth people are suffering bad here,” Kolacy said.