An East Bakersfield apartment complex is facing some upset tenants after they claim unsafe and hazardous living conditions. Tenants are now taking a stand and signing a petition for action.
- Residents Luis Perez and Cory Grate have lived at their East Bakersfield complex for about 12 years now.
- In March of last year, they say they started to become more concerned with apartment management.
- Creating the tenants rights union of Bakersfield in 2024, they’ve since gathered signatures to demand their landlord part of Executive Property Management, to make the repairs necessary in order to increase safety.
It started in March of 2024, two East Bakersfield renters starting to notice things like like exposed wires and cracks in the walls. Speaking with their neighbors and seeing the same issues, they’ve decided to take a stand against it.
“Weeks went by I noticed like hey, the air isn’t working and they’re like oh, no biggie you need to change the filter and I’m like I’m not the maintenance guy,” said tenant Marlii Broussard.
Broussard has lived at this complex since October of 2024, saying weeks after her move-in date is when she started to become concerned…