PORTSMOUTH, Va. — A Portsmouth woman is raising concerns about repeated elevator outages at her senior apartment complex, saying the problems are making it difficult for some residents to leave their homes.
Joanne Fury has lived at Silvertree Senior Apartments on Madison Street for five years. She said one elevator has been out of service since April, leaving residents who rely on mobility aids struggling to get around.
“A lot of my neighbors, walkers, wheelchairs, scooters, oxygen, a lot of them, they can’t, they can’t make it to the elevator,” Fury said. “They can’t get down. And it’s really, it’s heartbreaking.”…