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Harvey apartments boarded up amid safety concerns; some residents say they were still inside
ABC 7 Chicago ^ | 1/07/24 | Tre Ward

Posted on 01/08/2024 1:56:58 AM PST by Libloather

HARVEY, Ill. (WLS) -- Harvey city officials said they have been talking with property managers about unfit living conditions and ongoing crime on South Halsted Street since October, but told ABC7 it was the owners who took it upon themselves, on Friday night, to board up the apartments there.

Some residents said they were still inside their homes.

Rudolph Williams spoke from inside.

"I opened the door, and here's this big piece of plywood right there," Williams said.

Williams is now able to walk through his opened front door after, he claims, crews boarded it shut with plywood while he was still inside.

When asked what went through his mind at that moment, Williams said, "Wondering how I was going to get out."

He lives in the apartment complex on South Halsted in Harvey, where many were apparently forced out of their homes on Friday night due to what's being called unsafe and dangerous living conditions.

Issues there, residents said, have been mounting for years.

"My mom was 73 years old, and I had to move her from up over here, because it was too much going on. The stairs had fell down. I fell through the stairs," said James Williams, whose relatives live at the complex.

Mary Brooks, a resident of four years, also weighed in.

"Twenty-four-hour drug activity. One man was shot five times and dropped dead at my back door. There's no one around here picking up trash," Brooks, 66, said. "It's been miserable."

In a statement, Harvey city leaders said, in part, "Contrary to recent claims, the city did not evict anyone from these properties but has communicated with the property owners regarding the unsafe conditions of the buildings and need to immediately rectify the dangerous living conditions."

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Conspiracy; Health/Medicine; History
KEYWORDS: apartments; boarded; harvey; safety
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Fortunately there was an insider.
1 posted on 01/08/2024 1:56:58 AM PST by Libloather
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To: Libloather

That’s nuts.


2 posted on 01/08/2024 2:35:00 AM PST by roving (Deplorable Listless Vessel Trumpist With Trumpitis and a Rainbow Bully)
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To: Libloather

And these people will STILL VOTE FOR ALL DEMOCRATS!!


3 posted on 01/08/2024 2:51:52 AM PST by Ann Archy (Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: Libloather

I guess a person should keep an axe in the house at all times. Mine are in my tool shed out back. Maybe I’ll bring one inside tomorrow.


4 posted on 01/08/2024 2:58:46 AM PST by gitmo (If your theology doesn't match your biography, what good is it?)
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To: Libloather

Welcome to Harvey, IL.
The headquarters of drug business in Midwest.


5 posted on 01/08/2024 3:29:26 AM PST by AZJeep
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To: Libloather
Residents living at the development claimed there were at least five families still inside the apartments.

Harvey, Illinois residents get trapped inside apartments after they were boarded up

6 posted on 01/08/2024 3:45:12 AM PST by Robert DeLong
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To: Libloather

Sort of reminds me of how the Chinese were dealing with covid back in 2020. I recall they boarded and sealed up people in their places too.


7 posted on 01/08/2024 4:03:12 AM PST by xp38
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To: Libloather

Interesting that the apartment complex is never named in the article, nor is its owner...


8 posted on 01/08/2024 4:12:48 AM PST by mewzilla (Never give up; never surrender!)
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To: Libloather
One man was shot five times and dropped dead at my back door. There's no one around here picking up trash

That's funny right there.

9 posted on 01/08/2024 4:16:06 AM PST by HartleyMBaldwin
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“Sort of reminds me of how the Chinese were dealing with covid back in 2020. I recall they boarded and sealed up people in their places too.”

That’s exactly the first thing that came to my mind, too.


10 posted on 01/08/2024 4:17:43 AM PST by MayflowerMadam ("A coward dies a thousand times before his death, but the valiant taste of death but once.")
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To: mewzilla

Here’s a story with the address...

https://wgntv.com/news/south-suburbs/city-of-harvey-responds-after-allegations-that-apartment-building-was-boarded-while-tenants-were-still-inside/

More pics and property owners named here...

https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/harvey-apartment-video-residents-boarded-up/3319643/

Conditions are horrific.


11 posted on 01/08/2024 4:28:06 AM PST by mewzilla (Never give up; never surrender!)
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To: AZJeep

For the longest time every drug bust locally was either Harvey or Detroit residents.


12 posted on 01/08/2024 4:32:38 AM PST by pas
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To: mewzilla

Looks like an old motel. Nobody is going to fix up that dump. It needs razed. I imagine they might have all been told to leave because the place was going to be shut down and this guy didn’t know.

That is a pathetic situation.


13 posted on 01/08/2024 4:59:55 AM PST by dforest
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To: Libloather

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14 posted on 01/08/2024 5:04:22 AM PST by ronniesgal (have you even tried to mind your own business?)
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To: Libloather

In a press interview, the man boarding up the doors was quoted as saying “No Habla Englis”


15 posted on 01/08/2024 5:07:59 AM PST by bert ( (KWE. NP. N.C. +12) Hamasci de is required in totalhe)
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To: Ann Archy

Yep.

They just can’t seem to figure out what’s causing the problems.


16 posted on 01/08/2024 5:10:59 AM PST by Jane Long (What we were told was a conspiracy theory in ‘20 is now fact. Land of the sheep, home of the knaves)
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To: Robert DeLong

All the metal treads, landings, and railings were stolen?


17 posted on 01/08/2024 5:12:56 AM PST by ProtectOurFreedom (“Occupy your mind with good thoughts or your enemy will fill them with bad ones.” ~ Thomas More)
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To: Robert DeLong

That’s a veritable treasure trove of plywood. I’d be stacking that stuff in my living room and auctioning it off to the highest bidder.


18 posted on 01/08/2024 5:14:42 AM PST by moovova ("The NEXT election is the most important election of our lifetimes!“ LOL...)
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To: gitmo

A “street-sweeper” shotgun would work - and it has more other uses than an axe....


19 posted on 01/08/2024 5:25:55 AM PST by trebb (So many fools - so little time...)
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To: dforest

It’s criminal.

Local government has known about this for months and, best as I can find, has done nothing.

Haven’t gone after the slum lords.

Haven’t declared the place uninhabitable and removed the tenants.

My bet is that there’s money to be made and that both the owners and local bureaucrats are planning on making some without appearing to get their hands dirty while doing so.


20 posted on 01/08/2024 5:29:04 AM PST by mewzilla (Never give up; never surrender!)
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