TITUSVILLE, Fla. — People living in an apartment complex badly damaged by Hurricane Matthew said their belongings were thrown out by property management.
Video showed furniture sitting outside of Bay Towers in Titusville today, more than a month after the building was labeled uninhabitable by the city.
The city said people will be able to eventually get back into the building once the fixes are made
City officials said the owners of the property are working to get rid of mold and fix electrical issues.
In the meantime, the property management posted a sign outside the main building telling people they had to move all of their belongings by Oct. 30, but many residents said theydidn't get the message in time.
Sally Caterina, 71, said she left her apartment in Bay Towers after the building was labeled uninhabitable.
"I came back and it was all gone,” she said.
Caterina is disabled and recently had a bad fall, but she said even before the fall, she wasn't physically able to get back to retrieve all of her belongings and was never told about the deadline.
"I took my animals and the most necessities, the things I could and my clothes, (and everything else) gone," she said.
Broken furniture and other household items were piled high outside the building on Monday when Channel 9 reporter Samantha Manning went to ask the property managers questions.
Manning was told the managers were there, and Manning’s phone calls and emails went unanswered.
Regina Stanford co-owns a nearby thrift store which has been collecting donations specifically for Bay Towers residents.
She has been helping families who said they’re left with nothing.
“I’m not really sure the communication or what happened, or what didn’t happen, but no matter what, these people need help,” said Stanford.
Caterina said she has been paying for a hotel out of pocket, and is hoping her fellow residents left without any furniture or clothing will get the help they need.
“I have nothing. They have nothing,” she said.
The property owners of Bay Towers already owed millions of dollars in Code Enforcement fines before the storm hit.