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Mayfield Place resident tells council of structural decline, pest problems and recent rent increases
Summary
A Mayfield Place tenant told Palo Alto's City Council that the affordable housing building at 2500 El Camino Real is deteriorating, that her unit has structural and hot-water problems and that she faces steep rent increases; she asked the city to investigate the building's condition under the agreement with Stanford that created the property
During the public-comment period, Liz Gee, who identified herself as a resident of Mayfield Place, addressed the City Council about multiple habitability problems at the property at 2500 El Camino Real, an affordable housing project created under an agreement between the City of Palo Alto and Stanford University.
Gee told council the building 'came online' in February 2017 and alleged progressive deterioration in multiple areas: compromised concrete on the third floor where she lives, a persistent drain-fly infestation that she said began after a period…
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