Complaint Review: Mesa Ridge Apartments

Local renters believe there is no who can stop the drug flow from several apartments #460, #116, #264, #442, Neighbors living in fear from the drug trafficking no longer allow their children to run around the complex and play. These apartment customers can be seen at all times of the day walking around the complex. At times yelling incoherent or offensive remarks at tenants and visitors.

The numerous children living in the complex at one time were seen frequently playing and running around the complex. Now the children are rarely seen except in the company of their parents because of the sketchy characters loitering around the complex at all times of the day waiting to make purchases or to meet with friends of a similar lifestyle. One six year old child is always looking for food from apartment 442.

The apartment's maintenance worker talks candidly with tenants about the large amounts of drugs and weapons he has seen in the apartment. And about the overcharging to tenants when they move out of the complex by the management office. Mesa Ridge has a section 8 property distinction. The maintenance man
says the office is aware of the activity in apt. 460. Residents say the office isn't doing anything about their complaints, saying activity has been increasing.

For some time drug dealers had occupied a bottom apartment at Mesa Ridge. As business increased the tenants became concerned for their safety. The drug dealers were scene to have large stashes of cash, weapons, and drugs in the complex. They attracted the drug users and kept them in a close vicinity.

More than a dozen families have left in the night or been evicted from disputes with the management office. These tenants lived in the same building as Stephanie. badbusinessbureau.com is in the process of filing a FOIA for electricity records and contact former tenants we could acquire more damaging testimonies against the apartment complex. The four tenant's that came forward so far fear for their safety.

Recently two young, single girls moved out of the complex due to a strong feeling of being unsafe from the harassment and inappropriate comments they received from visitors and management staff at the complex. They broke the lease and had to pay substantial move out fees for early termination of the rental contract.

A single mother with a child lived in one apartment occupied by the known drug dealers. A month ago she was not seen for over two weeks and currently her status is unknown. She stayed out of sight to avoid any confrontations between her and the dealers and their customers.

Several of the tenant have warrants out for their arrest.

Another six year old girl living in the aforementioned building is often seen dirty and unkept while asking neighbors for food and various things.

The apartment complex is invested with cockroaches.

Tenants move in and find many things not working properly in the apartments. These problems are rarely fixed properly or completely.

The maintenance man left his position with the complex a month ago due to the illegal, hidden and manipulative fines the complex was charging tenants moving out. He spoke with badbusinessbureau.com on numerous occasions about different situations that occurred frequently with tenants falling under a section 8 description.

Ways the complex would overcharge tenants: overcharging tenants for normal carpet wear and tear, broken appliances that were malfunctioning before the original move-in, and service calls that never received attention. The former maintenance man will testify to the scams routinely run and the customary process the complex used to overcharge tenants with no legal advisors or financial resources to pursue retribution.

The sprinkler heads are broken throughout the complex. The water is not shut off to the lines so it causes flooding in numerous areas of the complex.

Only a few of the security spotlights are still working in the hallways and parking lots.

The numerous children living in the complex at one time were seen frequently playing and running around the complex. Lately the children are rarely seen except in the company of their parents because of the sketchy characters loitering around the complex at all times of the day waiting to make purchases or to meet with friends of a similar lifestyle. All this directly under the management's nose.

The question that puzzles me is why the complex would rent apartments again to known drug traffickers when it is causing so many tenants to move out. There may be an unwritten contract between the complex and the dealers giving management a kickback for allowing them to continue business as usual.

Other agencies have spoken with the Multi-Housing Task Force with Mesa Police. They have made numerous attempts to contact the complex without receiving a response.

To retaliate against tenants that have complained, the complex tows their car causing great expenses and inconveniences. One tenant specifically has incurred expenses from appliances, odors, and ceiling leaks in her apartment, having her car towed twice, having to move out of the complex because of fears for her safety, and the unforeseen charges the complex may apply to her moving out.