Kingston, Ont. tenants feeling trapped after landlord stalls on fixing elevator
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The city ordered the landlord to fix the elevator by March 31st, but that deadline came and went without repairs. Elderly residents say they feel trapped in their apartments.
Ninety-six-year-old Inge Hallworth has lived in her apartment at 20 Elmwood St. for 46 years.
She says the three-storey building has been falling into disrepair for decades.
“I don’t go anywhere. I just stay right here. I’ve been right here for weeks and weeks on end,” said Hallworth.
Hallworth says she doesn’t go out often because it has become impossible to leave her apartment on her own since the buildings’ only elevator broke down.
“I need somebody to help me down the stairs,” Hallworth said.
Inge Hallworth’s son, Dave Hallworth, says his mother isn’t the only one in the building struggling to get around.
“There are people trapped in their apartments literally on the third floor,” said Dave Hallworth.
The city ordered the landlord, David De Hoop, to fix the elevator by march 31st, but the ‘out of order’ sign remains more than two weeks after the deadline.
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