Housing complex in Georgia allegedly infected

MACON, Ga. (WGXA) — A woman living with her family in a Macon Housing Authority (MHA) complex. in Georgia she stated that she did not feel at home.

Rose Palmer stated that she was paying a high price for living in deplorable conditions and that it was at the expense of her family’s health.

He lives in Anthony Homes, an MHA development in Macon.

“They told me I was crazy, that my house wasn’t infected. “Cockroaches are crawling into my son’s bed,” she said. WGXA on Thursday.

She is a single mother, working as a hospital dietitian while caring for her disabled father, a US Navy veteran who currently suffers from dementia.

“With rental prices, it’s absurd because I pay over $1,000 a month for my apartment,” she said.

This isn’t the first time WGXA visited Anthony Homes.

in September WGXA talked to two tenants who are at risk of eviction after receiving separate letters from the property manager. One woman was told she owed, demanding nearly $11,428 in back rent. The second one – almost $20,000.

After WGXAWhen the first story aired, Michael Colbert, MHA’s director of housing services, called the media. He didn’t want to go on camera, but said some of those letters – containing handwritten dollar amounts demanding back rent – should not have been mailed.

Palmer was also asked to pay rent.

WGXA I tried to contact Colbert again on Thursday. No one responded and his mailbox was full, so the reporter couldn’t leave a message.

“I pay $1,070 a month,” Palmer said. “I don’t understand why so much.”

She said that when she asks questions, she feels like she’s missing out on the whole situation.

“They say they need to talk to higher financing, but I don’t understand how they’re going to come up with that number if they still have to talk to them,” Palmer said, pointing to bills for rent she recently paid.

As for uninvited guests, Palmer said she contacted the MHA and that pest inspections were carried out twice in the five months she lived in her current apartment. She transferred from the previous MHA unit after the discovery of black mold.

She believes the mold-infested living conditions in her previous MHA unit – and the one the MHA transferred her to due to a cockroach infestation – to which authorities transferred her, are causing health problems for her family.

“(My son’s) allergen test doesn’t work in cases like this,” Palmer said, pointing to medical records.

The Macon Housing Authority’s mission statement, which can be found on its website, explains that the MHA is, in a sense, a government, although it is not part of the city or county government. MHA claims that it does not use any local tax revenues in its operations. Instead, it derives most of its revenue from rents, development fees, business ventures and federal grants.

“Responsible for a budget of more than $40 million, the Office operates in a professional and ethical manner to ensure the success of its numerous programs. Funding sources include the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Georgia Department of Human Services, rental income, grants, bond issues and tax credit investments As the largest provider of affordable housing in Macon, MHA has extensive experience in the construction, renovation and management of residential properties in the rent.

Units are designated based on family composition. The MHA determines entitlements and rents based on the following elements:

• The gross annual income of all household members
• Whether you qualify as an elderly person, a disabled person or a family
• U.S. citizenship or qualifying immigration status

The MHA lists its responsibilities on its website. Some of them include:

• Maintain all premises and investments in decent, safe and sanitary condition
• Comply with requirements of applicable building codes, housing codes, and HUD regulations affecting health and safety
• Perform annual preventive inspections of each device
• Make any necessary repairs to the premises
• Provide pest control functions as requested by the Resident or as deemed necessary by MHA staff