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Residents tell council of hot-water and elevator failures at Mother Teresa Manor; mayor says HUD will inspect
Summary
Multiple residents told the Bedford Heights City Council they have suffered repeated elevator outages and were without hot water for days at Mother Teresa Manor; the mayor said a regulator would be replaced the next day and HUD was expected to inspect before the building’s next court date.
Residents of the senior housing complex Mother Teresa Manor raised safety and habitability concerns during public comment at the Bedford Heights City Council meeting on July 7, describing days-long hot-water outages, nonworking elevators and fear among elderly tenants.
Iris Johnston told the council the building had been without hot water for seven days. She said residents were having “really hard time[s]” and thanked council members and the mayor for their support in recent court proceedings. Another resident, Kim Cunningham, said her 90-year-old mother and other tenants had faced repeated elevator failures and described one episode when the elevator was out at 11:00 p.m., adding, “That is dangerous.”
Mayor Stevens replied that a city inspector visited the building that day, identified a failed regulator as the likely cause of intermittent hot water, and that the regulator was scheduled to be replaced the following day. He said he and council members had attended recent court proceedings on the matter and that HUD had been contacted; according to remarks reported to the council, HUD was expected to try to inspect the property before the next scheduled court date on July 17.
The mayor and council said they will meet with building management the next day to discuss the problems and monitor the replacement of the regulator. Residents thanked the council for its support and asked that the city continue to push for timely repairs and oversight.
Next steps: the mayor said city staff will follow up with management and report back to residents and the council on the regulator replacement and HUD’s inspection schedule.
