Neighbors of the troubled Olive Park Village apartments in Kansas City have filed a lawsuit against the complex’s owners, asking a judge to order fixes to dangerous conditions at the property.
The lawsuit was filed on behalf of the Independence Plaza Neighborhood Council against Olive Park Village MO, LLC in Jackson County Circuit Court Tuesday, according to an attorney for the council. The property is owned by Millennia Housing Management, a large property management company based in Ohio.
Many units at the property are unrented, and poor security at the site has led to regular break-ins, the lawsuit said. Plywood has been used to cover over broken windows or doors, but those coverings are flimsy, easily removed and haven’t served as much of a deterrent to the break-ins, the lawsuit said. Unoccupied units have built up large quantities of trash, insects and rodents, and flooding in multiple units has left substantial water damage and mold, attorneys wrote…