November 13, 2024, 2:35 PM
Those who live at the Heather Hill Apartments by OneWall in Temple Hills, Maryland, describe terrible living conditions and indifferent management. Maryland’s attorney general announced Wednesday he’s taking the owners to court.
The issues, according to numerous residents, range from plumbing to electrical systems to heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems that don’t work. One complained about the smell that came into her apartment from the laundry room. Another mentioned vermin running rampant.
“The conditions are terrible,” said one woman as she left her home Wednesday. “I had pipes burst in my house. I’ve had where they put the same piece of carpet back down on the floor that was full of mold and gook from the flooding. I have had peeling in my bathtubs. I have a ceiling that’s bubbling,” because of the pipes above her room.
“We have mice, we have roaches,” she added. “I have a stain from a leak over top of me that’s been in my house for two and a half years. I have put in tickets for them to come and fix it, repair it, paint it, whatever they need to do to fix it. It has not been done.”
She said it’s never done. Another woman said she can’t wait to move away. Another said there’s no where around the area that’s any better.
“I’m not happy with the conditions in which I’m living,” she said. But, in her mind, “these issues are everywhere in Prince George’s County.”
Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown said what tenant and her neighbors go through is really bad, and he’s seeking to recover the money the owners, Heather Hill Property Company LLC, took from tenants through “unfair, abusive and deceptive practices.”
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