MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WAKA) — Emotional testimony from a tenant living in unsafe conditions at a west Montgomery apartment complex shocked council members at Tuesday night’s meeting of the Montgomery City Council.
A woman who lives at Highland Village Apartments and asked to remain anonymous told council members her family has been without basic utilities for weeks, forcing them out of their home.
“We haven’t had any heat, hot water. We haven’t had that since January, but now we don’t have any water at all because the water bill wasn’t paid,” the woman said. “So we’ve been in a motel since last month so we wouldn’t freeze to death.”…