I’ve spent this afternoon at Bridgeport Crossing Apartments in St. Louis County. This is the neighborhood owned by TEH Realty, which this week I asked US Attorney & HUD to investigate. After seeing myself I can say conditions are shocking & landlord must be held accountable

This is Holly David & her daughter. Holly moved to Bridgeport not long ago, trying to get her feet back under her. She used her savings to get this place. What she got instead was an apt w/ backed up sewage, black mold & broken windows. The landlord takes her $$ and ignores her

This is Sandra Hornsby. She has lived in this neighborhood for 20 years. She works just eight minutes away. You can see years of memories and care in her apartment. Sandra loves to collect butterfly momentos, and her apartment is full of beautiful butterflies & pictures & colors

But she hasn’t had heat all season. First notified the landlord about it on October 1. Today it was 38 degrees out when I went to see her, and the only thing keeping her apartment warm were space heaters she purchased and her oven, which she runs full time

The furnace is a wreck. She has spent hundreds of dollars of her own trying to get it fixed, and has been scammed multiple times. Landlord is happy to take her rent, but won’t return calls or send maintenance

The whole neighborhood is like this. Not all residents wanted to share their names, but many in same boat. We know of over 20 apartments without heat. Many had no A/C all summer. Windows broken. Doors busted down. Security lights missing