![]() ![]() “We are aware that several Notices of Violations have been issued as a result of some residents contacting the City for routine maintenance issues. Tenants believe this corroborates their assumption that Related suddenly jumps up to repair issues only when the city gets involved. Related Management declined an interview, but acknowledged some issues and reiterated that most complaints filed to the city have been closed. ![]() Some tenants became so frustrated with the delays, rat infestations and leaks, that they gave up their subsidies and moved out. ![]() Many tenants allege that, once they reported an issue, management retaliated with eviction threats or verbal intimidation. Tenants who alerted management and submitted work orders often wait weeks or even months before a problem is resolved, if it gets fixed at all. Most often, tenants become sick because the property manager and owner, Related Affordable and Related Management, fail to abate the issues when they first arise. In many cases, the conditions of apartments on The Hill are making tenants sick. Mission Local spent the summer knocking on doors, interviewing dozens of residents, entering their homes, and reviewing documents and pictures of habitability issues. There are also dozens of long-term tenants who view their homes as battlegrounds where they fight off rats, gnats, and mold. In them live families, seniors, and kids who light fireworks and draw with chalk on the sidewalk. Up on The Hill are four subsidized, garden-style apartment complexes comprising some 600 units. If you start at the Bayview District’s Third Street and follow the gentle slope up Newcomb Avenue, you’ll wind up on what residents colloquially call “The Hill.” ![]()
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