Adriana Nixon, a 20-year-old mother, sprinted from her apartment on 2200 Blaisdell Ave, firmly holding her infant daughter, to join a press conference on 2119 Pillsbury Ave. Nixon’s urgency stemmed from the dismal conditions in her apartment complex: mold growing on her ceilings and near outlets, a damaged mailbox, and exposed mail cluttering the hallways.
“I was pregnant with my daughter, actually, and there was mold growing throughout my ceilings,” Nixon recalled. “It flooded my whole house.”
Nixon’s situation is far from unique. She is one of many tenants who have banded together, sending a joint letter to Investment Property Group (IPG) and staff at both 2200 Blaisdell Ave. and 1219 Pillsbury Ave., demanding action on issues of mold, security concerns, missing payments, and unprocessed checks.
Linnea Cavitt, a U.S. veteran who lives in Nixon’s building, echoed her frustrations. Cavitt, who relies on medication, had her prescriptions stolen from the building’s unsecured mailbox. “It took a good three weeks, and it’s a controlled substance,” Cavitt explained when trying to retrieve a new batch of medicine…