Landlord not keeping apartment complex safe

[whiggs]

What is the name of your state? Georgia

I live in an apartment complex that has a public laundry room that everyone in the entire building must share. However, this past month, on three seperate occasions, I found homeless/unknown people just loitering in this public laundry room, and they will just sit in the laundry room for hours on end, preventing the actual residents of the apartment from actually using the facility for its intended purpose. The last two times it happened, I was able to contact a courtesy officer, and we were able to have them removed within the hour. Tonight, however, is the third time this month that these people have just decided to occupy our laundry room, and I called the courtesy officer over 3 hours ago, and have yet to hear back from him and these homeless people are still in the laundry room. At this point, I am livid. I would like to be able to do my laundry and not be worried that I will run into a homeless person, and I am wondering if there is anything I can do to pressure manangement into actually doing something. All the courtesy officer does is ask them to leave, but it doesn't really help all that much if 1) they keep coming back, and 2) there isn't a courtesy officer consistantly on-duty to resolve these issues expeditiously. Any advice would be great.

 

[Just Blue]

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[Just Blue]

What is the name of your state? Georgia

I live in an apartment complex that has a public laundry room that everyone in the entire building must share. However, this past month, on three seperate occasions, I found homeless/unknown people just loitering in this public laundry room, and they will just sit in the laundry room for hours on end, preventing the actual residents of the apartment from actually using the facility for its intended purpose. The last two times it happened, I was able to contact a courtesy officer, and we were able to have them removed within the hour. Tonight, however, is the third time this month that these people have just decided to occupy our laundry room, and I called the courtesy officer over 3 hours ago, and have yet to hear back from him and these homeless people are still in the laundry room. At this point, I am livid. I would like to be able to do my laundry and not be worried that I will run into a homeless person, and I am wondering if there is anything I can do to pressure manangement into actually doing something. All the courtesy officer does is ask them to leave, but it doesn't really help all that much if 1) they keep coming back, and 2) there isn't a courtesy officer consistantly on-duty to resolve these issues expeditiously. Any advice would be great.

How are they getting into the bldg?
Are they behaving in a threatening manner?
Is it the same people coming in or many different people?
How do you know they are homeless people and not just a guest/resident of bldg that are unknown to you?
If these people are not bothering you and are just sitting/resting/getting out of the cold, in what way does that harm you?

 

[adjusterjack]

Find another place to live at your next opportunity.

 

[Gail in Georgia]

How is someone sitting in the laundry room preventing a tenant from using the facility? Have you asked them to leave?

 

[LdiJ]

How is someone sitting in the laundry room preventing a tenant from using the facility? Have you asked them to leave?

It appears that the OP is afraid of the big bad homeless people.

 

[BuyLowSellHigh]

Unfortunately you refuse to it as a "public" place so there can be no expectation of privacy. If you feel unsafe maybe bring a friend with you or bring protection.

 

[quincy]

Are these “homeless/unknown” people blocking entry to the laundry room and/or using the washers and dryers?

 

[FarmerJ]

It sounds as if you live in a non secure building where ALL doors to the exterior are not kept locked, if this is the case use written letter and send it via confirmed mail or certificate of mailing and complain to the LL that way. and as suggested earlier find an nieghbor who would be willing to run thier wash at the same time as you do IF there are enough machines and you can be each others escorts. Last ask your LL for written consent to get a clothes washer to use in your apartment or next time before your lease is up find a new apartment where it is a security building where outside doors are kept locked or another apartment that actually comes with its own washer and dryer.

 

[whiggs]

How is someone sitting in the laundry room preventing a tenant from using the facility? Have you asked them to leave?

It appears that the OP is afraid of the big bad homeless people.

It appears that the OP is afraid of the big bad homeless people.

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[whiggs]

How is someone sitting in the laundry room preventing a tenant from using the facility? Have you asked them to leave?

The laundry unit is very cramped. It is a small room with only one washer and one dryer, and, including those, there is only enough room to squeeze at most two people into the room. As for asking them to leave, I would refer you to my OP in which I state that a courtesy officer has already asked them to leave 3 times for loitering in that room, and they keep coming back. So, in short, yes, they have been asked to leave, but it only seems to last for that night, as they just come back later on.

 

[whiggs]

Unfortunately you refuse to it as a "public" place so there can be no expectation of privacy. If you feel unsafe maybe bring a friend with you or bring protection.

It is not about being "unsafe." The unit is tiny and cramped. Normally the way it works is that people go and start their laundry and then go back to their rooms to wait for it to finish. Including the washer and dryer, there is only enough room to squeeze two people in AT MOST. So, when you have people occupying the laundry room, it is not about "distasteful people being in the same space." IT is these people are a physical barrier preventing me from using the facilities." That is the issue here.

 

[whiggs]

Are these “homeless/unknown” people blocking entry to the laundry room and/or using the washers and dryers?

If they were actually using the facilities, I wouldn't have create this thread. What they are doing is using it to charge their electronic equipment, and they have actually unplugged the only dryer to charge more of their devices at once. It is not just me who is complaining about them. Litterally everyone in the unit that I live in has complained to management about them, which I found out when calling management this afternoon.

 

[quincy]

If they were actually using the facilities, I wouldn't have create this thread.

So ... if they are not using the laundry facilities, why can’t you do your laundry?