Residents voice their frustrations with Memphis Towers MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A group representing residents of Memphis Towers is again demanding the Memphis Health, Education, and Housing Facility Board to stop giving tax breaks to the firm managing the high rise. Members of the HEHF Board got an earful on what members of the Memphis Tenants Union think about the lack of safety […]
Hope Heights tenants frustrated, add to Millennia’s … MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The owners who get federal funding to run several local apartment buildings face more criticism for tenant conditions. Millennia Companies own Hope Heights, Memphis Towers, Serenity at Highland and several other properties. The WREG Problem Solvers spoke with a Hope Heights resident who did not want to be identified out of fear […]
Memphis Towers tenants ask landlords for help, then … MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A group of tenants at a federally subsidized property has called on public officials to step in after they say Millennia Companies management blocked their organizing efforts and broke federal law. Becky, who doesn’t want to share her last name, and Joyce Warren were two of the tenants taking part in the […]
DA tours Memphis Towers amid condition problems MEMPHIS, Tenn. — After years of WREG reporting on issues at Memphis Towers Apartments, newly elected Shelby County District Attorney, Steve Mulroy, paid the complex a visit this week. For years, Yvonne Collins called Memphis Towers Apartments home. “Nine years and I was never late on my rent,” Collins said. Despite her self-proclaimed punctuality, Collins […]
Residents fed up with ‘death trap prison’ conditions … UPDATE: Residents who spoke with WREG about conditions at Memphis Towers said they were given eviction notices or not allowed to sign a new lease. A representative with Millennia issued the following statement on June 13th: The property management team acts legally and appropriately in matters of issuing lease violations with documentation to support these […]
Memphis Towers residents say they face retaliation … MEMPHIS, Tenn.– After speaking out in the hopes of getting better living conditions, some Memphis Towers residents claim they are being retaliated against and facing eviction. Memphis Towers residents Yvonne Collins and Lewis Martin said they have been fighting for better conditions for years. Now, those residents say they are being retaliated against. “It got […]
Serenity Towers back in court, air conditioning out … MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Serenity Towers, a senior living facility, was back in court on Friday due to a lack of air conditioning. Residents say that they have been without air and working elevators for weeks, despite the property management saying they have a plan in place. “These people keep saying corporate is aware of it. […]
‘We are stuck’: Hope Heights Towers tenants demand … MEMPHIS, Tenn. — People living at a Memphis high-rise are demanding answers after the elevators stopped working. For some tenants at Hope Heights Towers, a view of downtown from their window is the closest they’re getting to being outside. Since last week, the elevators have not been working. The majority of the tenants living at Hope […]
Millennia in court again for broken AC, no hot water … MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A troubled apartment ownership company was back in Shelby County environmental court Wednesday to address more issues at two properties. Memphis code enforcement officials said Serenity at Highland‘s air conditioning wasn’t working and Hope Heights’s hot water wasn’t working. The WREG Problem Solvers covered the Hope Heights hot water issue in early […]
Millennia restores hot water at Hope Heights apartments MEMPHIS, Tenn. — For six weeks, people at Hope Heights in downtown Memphis have been living without hot water. Friday, building owners shared some good news in environmental court. “We think it’s working,” Millennia Companies attorney Ben Sissman told the judge. The owners of Hope Heights were cited to environmental court Wednesday for the issues […]
Problems pile up for one apartment building. What … MEMPHIS, Tenn. — WREG sorted out the rights and responsibilities tenants and landlords have when it comes to a decent place to live. It’s become all too familiar — high-rise apartments that have fallen into disrepair, leaving tenants frustrated and demanding help. WREG has been reporting about the problems at Serenity Towers and Memphis Towers, […]
