WAFB Channel 9, Baton Rouge, LA |Tenants complain about apartment damage and its after-affects

Tenants complain about apartment damage and its after-affects

By Keitha Nelson - bio | email

BATON ROUGE, LA (WAFB) - Since Hurricane Gustav, several tenants at Myrtle Place Apartments off Sherwood Forest have found themselves living in homes where parts of the ceiling are caving in and mold lines the walls.

They now say enough is enough. Some are complaining about having headaches and feeling sick because of the mold in their apartments.

"Something needs to be done from the landlord. I'm tired. I'm tired of it. It's ridiculous." Candice Brown is not alone when it comes to her frustration over the situation. The complex took its toll from Gustav, evident by the tarps covering many of the roofs. Brown says the blue tarp over her roof was put up there by a neighbor, not her landlord.

Inside Brown's apartment, there are signs that the damage was not confined to the outside. In what was her daughter's room, the ceiling caved in and has left piles of insulation and ceiling tiles, along with dust and mold. "It's upsetting because you work so hard for everything you have and then to come home and see everything your daughters have and you've worked for is completely destroyed, she says. "We now have rats and mice in there with us. We're getting sick constantly from the mold and the smell and just everything from that room."