PETERSBURG, Va. — Virginia lawmakers and the U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development are responding after multiple citations were issued at a 137-year-old Petersburg apartment building for low-income seniors.
The owners of the Carriage House Apartments, Envolve Communities, were put on notice to fix problems Wednesday after the Petersburg fire marshal cited multiple violations like plumbing and mechanical issues, along with an inoperable second elevator that was supposed to be fixed by July 31.
Within the past month, Carriage House tenants have visited the legal aid office, seeking legal advice due to concerns regarding their living conditions. Mice, bed bugs, and broken elevators are on the laundry list of issues residents have reported at the apartment building.
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The Housing & Urban Development Richmond Field Office offered the following statement after CBS 6 senior reporter Wayne Covil outlined his previous reporting in an email to the agency and asked: “exactly what the agency is doing to address these problems and help the residents.”