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Residents urge Newport News to address maintenance, elevator failures at Lift and Rise and Legacy Landing
Summary
Multiple residents told the council that residents at the Lift and Rise and Legacy Landing apartment buildings face persistent maintenance problems, lack of a property manager, elevator failures and missed inspections; petitioners asked the city to schedule a town-hall meeting with developers and housing authority representatives.
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — Residents of downtown Newport News raised urgent housing-condition concerns at the Dec. 10 City Council meeting, telling the council they have endured ongoing maintenance problems, absent property management and elevator failures at the Lift and Rise and Legacy Landing apartment buildings.
Lily Robinson, who identified herself as a resident near the building, said she circulated a petition and asked the council to convene a meeting with…
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