ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) — One Rochester mother of four is struggling to find safe, affordable and stable housing for her family, saying she’s spent most of this year seeking help from the city, county and state. The problem is a familiar one; she was having trouble getting the landlord to fix a series of issues, which continued to mount.
Elizabeth Robinson reached out to News8 at the end of the summer after continuing to try and seek answers from the landlord, property management and city following several code complaints about the property she was renting on Wellington Ave. Then by mid-September, after News8 inquiries as well, the home was issued a vacate notice, meaning Elizabeth and her four children needed to leave.
“The house is basically falling apart,” Elizabeth Robinson told us in an interview inside the house at 279 Wellington Ave. in early September this year.
Elizabeth is on a fixed income and had just moved in with her family in the first few months of 2024 (it was supposed to be ready end of year 2023, but was delayed). Our camera captures visible mold, electrical sockets unsealed, warped walls, chipping paint, etc. According to public records, the landlord is Kenyan Mcgahee and the property is managed by Red Oak Management Group.