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New Oakland housing law protects disabled renters when elevators break

By Natalie Orenstein,

2024-07-17

By Natalie Orenstein,

2024-07-17

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LadyDell

07-18

I worked as a Community Manager for a 135 unit community. The day I started tenants began asking when the elevator would be repaired. I asked how long it had been broken. They said 4 years! There was a disabled tenant with lymphodema would had been walking with crutches up the stairs to the 4th floor all 4 of those years! She had never been offered a reasonable accommodation. I found out from the owners that a electrical in the elevator caused it to be down. I explained to them that the have to get it repaired. It's unacceptable. The owners finally did the repairs and the residents were so happy plus I was able to increase occupancy from 70% to 99.8% in less than 6 months after repairs. I was stunned that no one had reported the owners. They were afraid to speak, thinking they would be evicted.

Carla Rosales

07-18

They need this in all of Alameda County. My elderly Dad and stepmom live in San Leandro and the elevator is always broken where they live, sometimes for weeks.

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