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Harmony Towers residents tell Harrisburg council months-long lack of hot water; call for stronger code enforcement
Summary
Residents at Harmony Towers told the Harrisburg City Council that many tenants — primarily seniors — have gone months without hot water and criticized the city's code-enforcement response during public comment.
Residents of Harmony Towers told the Harrisburg City Council that dozens of tenants, many elderly or mobility-impaired, have been living without hot water for months and urged the city to enforce housing codes more rigorously.
At a council legislative session, resident Jeff Clatt said he filed two tenant-landlord complaints with the Harrisburg Bureau of Codes — one in November 2023 and another in January 2025 — and that he believes the bureau rarely issues citations. "The city's tenant landlord complaint system is seriously broken," Clatt said, adding that without citations the courts cannot impose penalties and Section 8-115.99 "cannot be implemented if there's no citation."
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