'It's like we don't have a voice:' Holiday Hills residents urge action as full water service remains unrestored
A permanent water line has been put in at the Holiday Hills mobile home park in Murrysville, but residents say full service still hasn’t been restored. Related Video: Holiday Hills residents in Allegheny County speak out after 46 days without water They’ve been without full water service since Jan. 19.“It’s like we just don’t have a voice, you know, other than you folks. And thank goodness, you know, for the media,” said resident Jimmy Wilborn.The property’s landlord, Carlson and Associates, has cited a long list of issues for the delays in restoring water service. These include complications with different plumbers, frozen lines, and pressure problems. But residents believe more could be done. “One of the owners should be here every day on the site with the plumbers, seeing step by step what we see,” Wilborn said.Monday, Carlson and Associates told residents the permanent water line had finally been installed. Wednesday, Wilborn said he didn’t have water for the first half of the day and then had some water after plumbers came. In response to Pittsburgh’s Action News 4, Carlson and Associates provided a statement saying, “Repairs and upgrades are close to complete. Water has been restored, aside from temporary decreases in pressure or outages that we are currently resolving. Our repairs and upgrades have been inspected and approved. We look forward to complete resolution of the issue soon.”Residents have tried to reach out to politicians to help them enforce landlord-tenant laws. “I feel like we’ve been let down by the Attorney General, the state representatives, senators, and if we could get Shapiro in on it. Because this is so ridiculous. There is no reason for this to be going on,” he said.So far, seven of 25 residents have filed a complaint with the Attorney General.
A permanent water line has been put in at the Holiday Hills mobile home park in Murrysville, but residents say full service still hasn’t been restored.
Related Video: Holiday Hills residents in Allegheny County speak out after 46 days without water
They’ve been without full water service since Jan. 19.
“It’s like we just don’t have a voice, you know, other than you folks. And thank goodness, you know, for the media,” said resident Jimmy Wilborn.
The property’s landlord, Carlson and Associates, has cited a long list of issues for the delays in restoring water service. These include complications with different plumbers, frozen lines, and pressure problems.
But residents believe more could be done.
“One of the owners should be here every day on the site with the plumbers, seeing step by step what we see,” Wilborn said.
Monday, Carlson and Associates told residents the permanent water line had finally been installed.
Wednesday, Wilborn said he didn’t have water for the first half of the day and then had some water after plumbers came.
In response to Pittsburgh’s Action News 4, Carlson and Associates provided a statement saying, “Repairs and upgrades are close to complete. Water has been restored, aside from temporary decreases in pressure or outages that we are currently resolving. Our repairs and upgrades have been inspected and approved. We look forward to complete resolution of the issue soon.”
Residents have tried to reach out to politicians to help them enforce landlord-tenant laws.
“I feel like we’ve been let down by the Attorney General, the state representatives, senators, and if we could get Shapiro in on it. Because this is so ridiculous. There is no reason for this to be going on,” he said.
So far, seven of 25 residents have filed a complaint with the Attorney General.