The Block Club Chicago Podcast

The Chicagoans Trapped In Their Apartments

Episode Summary

Residents of an affordable housing building in Lakeview say they’ve felt trapped and unsafe for months as the building’s new management delays repairs to the main elevator. Wheelchair users and others with mobility issues at The Parkway, 712 W. Diversey Parkway, said they’ve had to cancel doctor appointments, miss prescription pickups and struggled with basic tasks like grocery shopping due to the faulty elevator.

Episode Notes

Residents of an affordable housing building in Lakeview say they’ve felt trapped and unsafe for months as the building’s new management delays repairs to the main elevator.

Wheelchair users and others with mobility issues at The Parkway, 712 W. Diversey Parkway, said they’ve had to cancel doctor appointments, miss prescription pickups and struggled with basic tasks like grocery shopping due to the faulty elevator.

Host - Jon Hansen 

Reporter - Patrick Filbin

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