Residents of a south suburban apartment complex are without working heat amid subzero temperatures, and they say similar issues have happened before.
“I need my heat fixed,” said tenant David Riley. “I didn’t pay to live over here to live with [space] heaters.”
Riley told NBC Chicago he’s doing what he can to stay warm after his heat went out on Monday.
“It’s the dead of winter,” he said. “I don’t care what you gotta do, you have to do something, get people together, you have too how are we going to sleep? Man, it’s freezing.”
Riley said he has been going back and forth with management at Autumn Ridge Apartments and said HVAC crews were called to try and resolve the problem.
“Hopefully they get the motors they said they’re getting them, but they haven’t came yet,” he said. “It’s been a week—I mean they need to do something.”
Riley said his building has been plagued with issues, including a time over the summer when tenants were without air conditioning. He said the pipes burst two weeks ago, sending water into his third-floor apartment. His neighbor on the second floor was also dealing with the same issue.
“Here we have it during the most coldest, the most coldest time of the season—this is insane,” said Hilary Jimmar, another tenant.
While the heat is working in her living room, her bedroom doesn’t have heat after the pipe burst. She too is resorting to space heaters to stay warm.
“The little heat that is generating in here it’s going to create more humidity,” she said. “I mean, it’s a mess. It’s a mess. I don’t know what they’re going to do.”
NBC Chicago took residents’ concerns to the village of Park Forest. The village said it has condemned another building at 133 North Arbor Trail, where tenants in 17 units have been without heat.
According to the village, the property owner has been directed to provide temporary shelter for affected tenants.
The village of Park Forest told NBC Chicago the following, in part:
“Ownership has advised the Village that these residents will be placed in area hotels for the foreseeable future. The Village will continue to closely monitor this situation and will hold the property owner accountable to ensure residents are treated safely, fairly, and with dignity.The Village of Park Forest remains committed to protecting the health and safety of its residents. Village Hall is open as a warming center during regular business hours, and the Park Forest Police Department is available 24 hours a day as a warming location.”
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