Residents of Herring Manor Apartments in Wilmington, Delaware are being urged to relocate due to a broken HVAC system.
The apartment complex, located on the 2400 block of North Market Street, was recently declared unfit for human habitation due to a lack of heat and hot water.
In a press release sent out Tuesday, Wilmington officials announced the following:
“Wilmington’s Department of Licenses and Inspections (L&I) today directed the Union Baptist Community Corporation, the owner of the Herring Manor apartment complex on North Market Street, to immediately find alternative housing for approximately 30 tenants because of a lack of heat and hot water.”
The release went on to say, “The City had no choice but to inform the management company and HUD [US Department of Housing and Urban Development] that the building’s residents must be relocated by this evening.”
Wilmington’s Department of L&I declared the building unfit in mid-December, but temporary fixes were made.
“There’s no heat in peoples’ apartments, people are using radiators and ovens, and it makes us pay a higher electric bill,” said tenant Paul Davis.