Walter Welch’s tub isn’t safe enough for a bath and his front door “shakes constantly” from a strong draft in the hallway of the River Pointe Tower apartment complex where he lives.
“There are consistent issues in my apartment,” Welch, a 13-year resident, told Detroit City Council members on Tuesday. “I need a new tub, the glazing is all cracked up and not safe. It clogs up the drain. I cannot take a bath.”
Welch was among the residents from the River Pointe Tower Tenants Union who turned up at the council’s Tuesday formal session to speak about the frustrating housing conditions that they contend management company Capital Realty Group has failed to properly address and to urge council members to intervene…