Residents at Fishpond Living Apartments are forced to take several flights of stairs after the elevator has been inoperable for weeks. Many of them have to take four to five flights just to get to their front door. The majority of the residents at the property at 902 Buford Street are elderly and living with disabilities.
“I have to go up the stairs and it’s just painful and that’s too hard for me,” resident Abelia Martinez, said.
It’s a harsh reality for Martinez as she struggles to get back inside her apartment after leaving. She said the elevators haven’t worked for a while, but when they do, it’s short-lived…