Residents of a Langley seniors The apartment is expressed after being left without elevator that works for months.
Global News first discussed with FIR residents at 54th avenue and 204th Street in February, When the elevator had already been broken for a month.
Two months later, nothing has changed and the occupants say they were told that it could be weeks or even more months.
“It’s difficult when … your legs don’t want to work,” said Glenn Piper, a resident on the second floor.
“I have a friend on the third floor. She can barely move if she goes out to the grocery store, she died of fatigue when she returns home. ”
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The building is home to around 90 elderly people and disabled people, many of whom have mobility problems and complex housing needs.
Sherin Munz, who has used a mobility scooter, says that she has not been able to use building linen installations since January because the machines have been on the second and third floors.
“I can’t go upstairs to do it. I can’t get help. You call them and you never get a phone,” she said.
“Now, I take him to my son because my son can wear it, do the laundry and help me bring him back.”
AJ Botel said that the most frustrating thing was the lack of communication and updates of building operators, calling for the “fairly discouraging” situation.
He said management initially published posters saying that the elevator would be absent for 16 weeks while they had parties – but they have since been withdrawn.
“We are a building over 55 and I would say that 90% of us use a kind of care for care as walkers or chairs or something,” he said.
“We had people up there who had to call the fire service to drop them.”
The Langley Lions Housing Society, which manages the property, has not yet responded to a request for comments.
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