People living in the Lexington Villas apartment complex still face a number of maintenance issues despite new management being brought in.
Director of code enforcement Lee Steele shared that over the past 120 days, 12 units have had known violations. Two of those units were condemned, he said. The number is not abnormal for a complex of that size, Steele said.
Seven of the units have now had their cases closed, indicating the issues have been resolved. He credited the new management for bringing on an above-average number of maintenance staff.
Selena Silva, who lives in one of the apartments, said she feels the actual number of units with issues was much higher than 12. She says her neighbors are scared to speak up.
She’s faced issues with her own apartment. Every three hours for the past two weeks, she replaces the towels in her living room – all to prevent flooding.
Water has been pooling outside and has been finding its way inside.
“I have just experienced a level of anxiety I’ve never really had, I’ve never lived anywhere where every day I have to worry about a leak,” Silva said.
Back in December, we spoke to the tenants inside two other apartments at Lexington Villas. They told us at the time maintenance would only fix issues if code enforcement got involved.