Residents Left Homeless After Fire Say They're Ignored, Treated Like Trash

https://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/20160423/austin/residents-left-homeless-after-fire-say-theyre-ignored-treated-like-trash


Tenants left homeless after a fire in South Austin feel like they're being treated like "trash," one of them said, and their building isn't being properly repaired.


Gayinga Washington, who lived at the apartment building in the 300 block of North Central Avenue, has had to sleep on a friend's floor with her 5-year-old son since the April 1 fire that killed one man and left two firefighters injured. Some of her neighbors, also left homeless, had to move into shelters or stay with family and friends. Officials said 30 people were displaced after the fire.


Residents of the first floor of the building were allowed to come back — but the building isn't safe to live in, Washington said.