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<b>Tenant Refusing to Pay Rent for Unlivable Conditions</b>

Woman slipped on dripping mold

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MISSION - Tenants of a Mission apartment complex are living in deplorable

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Heavy rains seeped into the building and made the ceiling collapse at the Pecan

Tree Apartments on North Conway. Wet mattresses have been thrown outside. Mops

and buckets can be seen next to doors.

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One woman slipped on green and yellow mold dripping from ceiling tile.

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" I fell down there once and I'm afraid to fall again. When I answer the door, I

go slowly, " says Marisol Pena.

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She says she'd live somewhere else if she could afford it.

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The electrical wiring in ez's apartment can be plainly seen. He

says, " We're scared because all that electricity might come down on us. "

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Tenants have been trying to get help from the building manager and the city.

But they hadn't gotten a response.

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NEWSCHANNEL 5 called the building manager. We left a message on his voicemail.

We haven't gotten a return call yet.

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ez says he's called countless times. Now he's refusing to pay the rent,

until his home is livable.

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" I said, 'No, I'm not going to pay you. Not until you come and fix all this.'

Look at this. This is trash, " he says.

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We alerted the city to the problem. They say a code enforcement officer and a

health inspector will be at the apartments first thing tomorrow morning.

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