Dozens of tenants protest at LA Housing Department over mold, violations, and closed complaints at Wyvernwood, ranked #5 on city's problem rentals list.
Wyvernwood Garden Apartments ranks No. 5 on the Los Angeles City Controller's list of the 100 most troubled rental properties, prompting renewed scrutiny from tenants and city officials.
Dozens of Wyvernwood tenants protested at the Los Angeles Housing Department, alleging unresolved complaints involving mold, housing violations and reductions in services. Controller Kenneth Mejia says the city's new rental property dashboard is intended to increase accountability for properties where tenant complaints remain unresolved. FOX 11 continues to investigate buildings on the Los Angeles City Controller's list of the top 100 problem rental properties.
Thursday, dozens of Wyvernwood tenants gathered outside the Los Angeles Housing Department office, demanding solutions to their laundry list of problems.
"We have more than 300 demands that we have put to the city, especially to the housing department, and they just close the cases. Some of them are closed from one day to another," tenant Fernando Sanchez said. Wyvernwood is No. 5 on LA City Controller Kenneth Mejia's list of the 100 most troubled rental properties, with housing and code violations related to illegal eviction, illegal rent increases and reduction of services.
Footage shared with FOX 11 by the tenants union showed a bathroom in disrepair and the walls and ceiling covered in mold.
"There's mold, fungus. People breathe that. People breathe that and go to your lungs. I'm not a doctor.
I can't diagnose it, but I can tell you surely that that's why people get sick," Sanchez said. The group of tenants stormed into the Housing Department's office, demanding to speak with an investigator who they say continues to close their complaint cases without resolution.
"We're asking someone, the government, someone to check all these problems, to check all these files," Sanchez said. "Even though they investigated it or they closed it, these issues go unresolved, and that is actually why this is another tool to pressure the city to put more teeth into these laws that we passed," Mejia said. We were told no one from the office could speak on camera and that the property owner would call us.
"LAHD has been responsive to these complaints and has investigated all complaints filed regarding RSO violations. We will continue working with the tenants on the issues at this location and are referring the cases regarding reduction of services to the City Attorney's office for action.
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