The Brief
- The City of Milwaukee has filed lawsuits against out-of-state landlord Highgrove Holdings, seeking to declare their 200+ properties a public nuisance.
- Tenants reported living with molded walls, broken air ducts, and collapsed ceilings that expose bedrooms to the open sky.
- The company has allegedly kept residents on “repair waiting lists” for six years.
MILWAUKEE – FOX6 News told you on Thursday, March 26, about Milwaukee taking legal action against someone officials call a “bad landlord.” The out-of-state company has hundreds of properties in the city; many of them deteriorating. On Friday, FOX6 News got a look inside one of those homes.
Investigating “bad landlord”
What we know:
Highgrove Holdings has more than 200 properties in Milwaukee. The lawsuits say many of them are left in disrepair, with no one working to fix them.
On Friday, March 27, FOX6 News toured one of those homes on the city’s north side. The family that lives in the home moved there in 2020. They said problems began soon after. …