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Veranda at Whitted residents tell Durham City Council building is unsafe, seek investigation
Summary
Multiple residents of the Veranda at Whitted senior complex told the Durham City Council at its March 20 work session they face unsafe living conditions — damaged doors, people sleeping in common storage areas, trash, rodents and inadequate maintenance — and asked the city to investigate management and contractors and take action.
Residents of the Veranda at Whitted senior housing complex told the Durham City Council on March 20 that long-running safety and maintenance problems are making their building unsafe and asked the city to investigate the property’s managers and contractors.
The complaints came during the council’s public-comment period. More than a half-dozen residents, and advocates working with the Durham Committee on the Affairs of Black People, described broken locks and doors, people living in stairwells and storage rooms, trash buildup, a lack of routine cleaning and a thin maintenance staff.
“People are sleeping in our storages. We have people in the stairwells living,” said one resident, who spoke to the council and described feces and…
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