Woman renting home in Tulsa says there hasn't been running water since she moved in last month

A woman renting a home in Tulsa says there hasn’t been running water since she moved in early last month. She also says there was feces on the walls, dirty bathrooms, and mold in the house.

The property manager says she had the house cleaned and says the renter is responsible for getting her own water hooked up.

The renter, LaKeshia Brisker, believes she did everything right, but is not getting what she paid for, and her whole family has to suffer.

The Tulsa Health Department put a notice on the door of the home on Friday saying the home is not up to code, there is no water service provided, and a water supply system needs to be installed and maintained. LaKeshia Brisker says she went to the city of Tulsa to get her utilities transferred, but the city couldn’t do it.

“There was an issue, an outstanding balance due to the property manager or on the owner. And they wouldn’t, like, let me know any type of information. So we’ve been living like this, having to, birdbath, we got, bottled water to, like, brush our teeth. Of course, we have to pour the water just to flush the toilet,” said Brisker.

Brisker says when she toured the house, it wasn’t clean, but she agreed to move in because she believed the Property Manager would get it cleaned.

“It is a health hazard, it’s just not a place to live that’s up to par,” said Brisker.

Property Manager Angie Brock says the notice from the health department doesn’t mean what it says.

“Clearly, there is one installed, it is absolutely installed, but it is not, but in that lease that she signed, it very specifically stated it was the tenant’s responsibility to open a utility account,” said Brock.

Brock says the house was cleaned five months ago, and no one has lived there since.

“They have to sign an acceptance of the condition so that if there is anything that is not acceptable before they move in, they have the opportunity to bring that to my attention and I have a chance to get it taken care of,” said Brock.

Brisker says she’s putting all her stuff in a storage unit and moving into a hotel for now.

The property manager says Brisker didn’t pay rent this month and is being evicted.

The owner of the property didn’t know the property was occupied; he lets his property managers handle all the operations.