SEMINOLE COUNTY, Fla. — An elderly pastor who was living with black growth forming on the vents and spreading through her Winter Springs apartment is getting a new place to live.
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Pastor Bobbie Stiver said she is glad the complex has agreed to move her to a new unit but getting to that point hasn’t been easy.
Stiver had a black-and-green, spore-like substance forming on her vents that started covering her clothes and furniture.
After code enforcement issued a written warning and Channel 9 highlighted the issue, Stiver said the complex promised a new apartment located one building over and even offered to move her belongings.
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Then when she and a friend went to the office, something changed.
They said a worker at first demanded she sign a new year-long lease before giving her a new place. They’ve since backed off on that, but according to Stiver, they still haven’t helped her moved.
Stiver and her friend have been moving things out slowly.
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While she’s thankful to be out of the nasty apartment, she’s hoping the complex will send help for some of the heavy stuff as promised.
“I just couldn’t stay here,” Stiver said. “The smell and knowing what was here, but the smell was awful.”
Channel 9 first started reporting on problems in 2020 but hasn’t received any response from the local office or the Hawthorne Residential Partners corporate office in North Carolina.
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