The Brief
- A ceiling in a Milwaukee apartment caved in on two children after a pipe burst.
- Residents of the Berrada Properties building report living without heat for up to a year, forcing them to rely on dangerous portable heaters in sub-zero temperatures.
- Milwaukee officials are investigating the safety violations and warned that the building faces an emergency closure order if the heating issues are not resolved.
MILWAUKEE – A Milwaukee family is out of its home after a ceiling collapsed. Family members say their apartment building did not have heat.
Renters’ nightmare
What we know:
First, they heard the water bubbling, and then a burst. The ceiling ended up on the floor.
“The ceiling caved in and fell on two of the kids,” said Janet Fowler, a Milwaukee renter. “Our mouths were just wide open, like, couldn’t believe it.”…