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Elevator Has Been Out For Over 2 Weeks In My 6 Story Building. Elderly Neighbor Is Struggling.

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Location: Los Angeles

I live in a 6 story building. The elevator has always had problems, it doesn’t seem to have a motion sensor so anytime you try to stop it with your arm it “bites” you. About 15 days ago it tapped out. There was a repairman who came the next day, nothing happened. Since then, I’ve only seen somebody check it out one other time. According to the tenants the building has a long history of being cheap.

Anyways, one of my neighbors who lives on the third floor is an elderly woman who can barely walk. She has a walker and is completely hunched over. I just got back from a run tonight when I saw her struggling to get back into the building. I had to carry her things and help her up the stairs. She was complaining that the elevator has been out and they’re not doing anything about it. I genuinely don’t understand how she can ever do this by herself, I feel like something’s going to happen. I don’t know if the building is violating any civil codes or breaking any laws, but it all feels horribly wrong.

I also just had a fridge issue where it was leaking black sludge, it took them 4 weeks to finally send somebody to fix it. By then I had reached out 6 times.

Can anybody give me some guidance?

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