WATCH: Management of troubled Serenity Towers returns to court with reports of progress <\/p>\n
MEMPHIS, Tenn. Management of a troubled Memphis apartment building appeared in court Tuesday morning.<\/p>\n
FOX13 has been covering the ongoing problems at Serenity Towers on Highland for three weeks.<\/p>\n
Residents said they were forced to sleep outside and spoke to FOX13 about issues including no air conditioning, lack of hot water, bed bugs, and other problems.<\/p>\n
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In court, management and an attorney representing Serenity Towers told the judge about the progress being made, including restoring A\/C to a majority of units and the return of hot water.<\/p>\n
Michael McCusker, Assistant Shelby County D.A., said, The hot water was somewhat of a surprise. They reported last week that it will be 14 to 16 weeks before they could get the hot water restored.<\/p>\n
McCusker said 240 units out of the buildings 396 have cold A\/C.<\/p>\n
Its encouraging because some significant progress has been made, he said.<\/p>\n
Bed bugs, no A\/C and no hot water: Serenity Towers says repairs could take months<\/p>\n
Still, theres a lot of work left to be done at the struggling complex.<\/p>\n
Over the last few weeks, on extremely hot days, FOX13 has spoken with people who said they slept outside due to some of the units reaching more than 80 degrees.<\/p>\n
Judge Patrick Dandridge told management to return to court Thursday morning to give another update on if or when repairs will be complete.<\/p>\n
Another issue that needs to be resolved is the infestation of bugs and mold.<\/p>\n
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