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City to replace stairways at Beach Apartments after repeated maintenance; tenants relocated and offered temporary aid
Summary
City housing officials and Monarch Properties told council they will replace deteriorated stairways at the Beach Apartment complex after inspectors found stairways at the end of their design life. Residents were offered one month free rent, moving services and $2,000 in financial aid; replacement work is expected to be a major capital project.
City of Albuquerque housing officials told the City Council on Jan. 22 that stairways at the Beach Apartment complex had reached the end of their design life and will be replaced after recurring repairs over many years.
A housing department representative described ongoing maintenance and an inspection schedule that includes daily maintenance checks and annual inspections by the New Mexico Mortgage Finance Authority. The department listed past remediation years for the stairways: 2000, 2003, 2009, 2015 and 2017. Staff said the stairways are at the end of their useful life and require replacement rather than further piecemeal repairs. “You can't always put a Band‑Aid on something and expect it to work,” a council member said; the housing representative replied,…
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