The Brief
- Heritage Park Apartments in north Minneapolis has fallen into disrepair, with many units now unsafe.
- Council member Pearll Warren is pushing for repairs and financial transparency, hoping for $5.8 million in state funding.
- About half of the 440 units are empty or unsafe, and families are still waiting for solutions.
MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) – A Minneapolis council member is working to save Heritage Park Apartments, where years of neglect have left families facing unsafe living conditions.
Heritage Park’s decline, resident struggles
What we know:
Heritage Park Apartments, built in 2006 to meet low-income housing needs in north Minneapolis, has seen conditions worsen so much that some units are now unsafe. Residents like Myra Cain have faced serious problems, including a bullet hole in her window that went unfixed for seven months and ongoing battles with rodents and insects for up to a year.
Cain said, “It be right there in the sink, the mice? No the mices was basically in every room but the flying ants was.”…