MILFORD, Delaware — Problems with underground plumbing have severely impacted the lives of several families living in Milford’s Brightway Commons apartment complex.
Earlier this month, the city sentenced 11 units, displacing several families. Although not all 11 units were occupied at that time.
Pastina Pitts, who has lived in the complex for four years, was evicted from her home two weeks ago due to plumbing problems.
“I had all the sewage in my house,” she said.
Pitts was moved to a new apartment but said it has only gotten worse for her and her seven children.
“They moved me into a two bedroom apartment with 7 kids and the fridge they left me with was moldy, had maggots, maggot eggs, everything. It just wasn’t good,” she added.
Milford City Council member Katrina Wilson has been working to provide resources for those affected. However, she fears that low-income housing is often neglected.
“Conditions in the new units were not conducive to new families moving in. They hadn’t been cleaned or prepared,” Wilson said. “I think it’s time for the state of Delaware, which has been subsidizing these units, to step up,” Wilson said.
Volunteers of America, the non-profit organization that owns the 80-unit complex, issued a statement saying, “We are working closely with impacted residents to ensure they are quickly relocated to alternative housing, either in Brightway Commons or elsewhere in the local community. We will continue to work with the City of Milford and others to address the sanitation issues at the property.”
According to other residents, these problems had existed for at least two years before the apartments were demolished.
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