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The Best Landlord of All

June 21, 2006 |

pha.gifSo, this a.m. I read that a Rhonda Johnson had complained to the Pittsburgh Housing Authority since May 4 that something was amiss in the apartment above: she asked them to get rid of the source of tons of maggots and the foul odor. After a few visits to the apartment, the PHA gave the offending residence a clean bill of health. Yet the smell continued, and the maggots multiplied. When Johnson’s daughter suggested to the PHA that there had to be something dead up there, the PHA didn’t believe them. Finally, Johnson — after 6 weeks — could tolerate it no more, and she called 911 just after midnight, early yesterday morning. The police arrived to find the rotting corpse of 75 year old Edsel Fletcher.

To have no choice but to be stuck with the PHA as your landlord is not a great position. And for that matter, if this were a private charity responsible for such “quality compassion”, it’d not get another voluntary contribution ever again.

If anything, this story should be trotted around as a reason for kids in school to make the most of their education opportunity, to avoid drugs, and to do their utmost to avoid having children before being capable of basic adult skills, like holding a job and earning a living — circumstances that virtually guarantee a life in poverty, and in Pittsburgh, a residence operated by the PHA.

“I know I don’t want to live here anymore,” Johnson said. “How can I ever get that out of my mind? My kids are still scared.”

You can read more about the complaints and the PHA excuses in this Trib Live article here.


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