He lives at Nevin Plaza, a senior housing complex in downtown Richmond where repair orders sometimes go unfilled for weeks, prostitutes wander the halls, and angry visitors occasionally light fires in doorways. It’s also where most tenant complaints meet with silence, many say.
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Repairing a broken toilet (not Wydermyer’s) took 93 days.Tim Jones, the city’s Housing Authority director, acknowledges these are problems and said he is hiring a second maintenance worker to tackle repairs”It’s not unfair for residents to say they want a quick turnaround, whether it’s an emergency or a nonemergency,” Jones said. “We have to do better.”Building safety also could stand improvement, city records show. Complaints — both recorded and anecdotal — show a history of endemic crime in and around the building, from reports of prostitution and drugs to fights and arson. Both tenants and city officials say the vast majority of tenants cause no problems, but the crime affects all.Unauthorized visitors, many of whom sneak in through a back door, frequently occupy the building’s private sec …
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