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Residents describe prolonged hot‑water outage at Harmony Towers; city arranges testing and temporary services
Summary
Several Harmony Towers tenants told council they had intermittent or no hot water for months; city officials said codes inspections were underway, a mayor‑led meeting organized emergency support and staff were arranging portable shower services and unit testing while property management remained difficult to contact.
Residents of Harmony Towers told Harrisburg City Council that many tenants — a population they said includes a high proportion of seniors — have endured intermittent or no hot water for months and that building management has been slow to fix the problem.
Deb Wyre, who identified herself as a Harmony Towers tenant, described a neighborhood response and said council and the mayor’s office had convened multiple city departments to address the problem. “For the first time, they brought in a hot shower vehicle,” Wyre said, praising the mayor’s rapid response. She said city codes staff, the fire chief and other agencies had visited the building and that state Representative Nate Davidson’s office had contacted property management.
Other residents described extended personal…
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