The Issues
These are not minor maintenance requests. They are ongoing health and safety failures that affect every resident in this building. Many have been reported. Few have been fixed.
Mice and Cockroaches
Mice and cockroaches have been reported throughout the building for years. This is not an isolated unit problem, it is a building-wide infestation that management has failed to manage. Rodents carry disease. Cockroaches trigger asthma and allergies. This is a documented public health issue.
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More thorough pest control Not one-off treatments that address symptoms. A building-wide program with documented visits, treatment logs, and follow-up inspections. Residents should be notified in advance and given the treatment schedule. Every single unit must be treated.
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Entry point remediation. Mice enter through gaps in walls, floors, and utility penetrations. Management must hire a professional to identify and seal all entry points throughout the building, not just in units where residents complain.
Mold from Unresolved Water Intrusion
Pipes leak or burst all the time. Walls are showing mold. This happens when leaks and water intrusion go unrepaired long enough for moisture to build up behind surfaces. Mold is a serious health hazard; it causes respiratory problems, allergic reactions, and can be particularly dangerous for children, the elderly, and anyone with a compromised immune system.
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A full moisture and mold inspection by a licensed contractor. Not a visual walkthrough by maintenance staff. A proper inspection with moisture meters and documentation, followed by a written remediation plan.
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Fix the water intrusion sources first. Painting over mold without addressing the underlying water issue is not remediation, it is concealment. The source of every water intrusion must be repaired before any surface treatment. Major plumbing updates are desperately throughout the building.
Building Security — Unauthorized Entry
People who do not live here regularly break into the building and sleep or use drugs in the hallways. This is not a neighborhood problem management can ignore, it is a direct failure of the building's physical security systems. Residents have every right to feel safe in their own home.
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Audit and repair all exterior entry points frequently. Every door, gate, and ground-level window that can be forced or propped open needs to be identified and secured. Broken hardware must be replaced, not temporarily fixed.
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Working surveillance in all common areas. Cameras that are actually monitored or recorded. If unauthorized individuals are regularly found in the building, footage is the difference between documentation and a he-said-she-said dispute with the city. The cameras in the building have not worked for years.
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A clear protocol for residents to report incidents. Residents need to know who to call, what response to expect, and what management will do. "Call 911" is not a building security policy.
General Neglect and Deferred Maintenance
The building is aging and it shows. Repairs that should happen quickly get delayed or never happen at all. Common areas are not maintained to a livable standard. This is a pattern, not a string of bad luck, and it falls hardest on residents who have the fewest options to move elsewhere.
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A written maintenance response policy with timelines. Residents deserve to know when their maintenance request will be addressed. Emergency repairs (heat, hot water, security) within 24 hours. Non-emergency repairs within a defined window, and follow-up if work is not completed.
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Transparent communication about building repairs. When major work is planned or delayed, residents should be notified in writing, in English and any other primary languages spoken in the building.
City Code Violations
The City of Minneapolis has issued fines against this building on multiple occasions. These are not rumors, they are public records. When a building regularly fails city inspections, it means residents are living with conditions that fall below the legal minimum. Fines paid and violations closed on paper do not always mean problems fixed in practice.
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Full disclosure of all open and recently closed code violations. Residents have the right to know what the city has cited this building for. Management should provide this information proactively, or residents can request it directly from Minneapolis Regulatory Services.
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A timeline for resolving every open violation. Not a promise. A written schedule with deadlines. The association will track these against city records to verify compliance.