Students of Northern Carolina Law are inhaling their lessons, assisting about 200 low -income senior citizens, many of them are complaining about the disabled, JFK towers of Durham, who are complaining about bugs, a broken lift and billing issues.
Under the protection of two professors to the Civil Justice Clinic students, the court gives a court experience, and the JFK gives a glimpse of hope to the residents of the towers.
“We are living in hell.” “I am listening to my neighbors, ‘I have a rage, I have beds insects, I have water insects outside the Wazu.”
Ellstone says that her breaking point came in the last summer when she shot a video inside the 99 -year -old friend’s apartment.
“I came to know that his tub was flowing with sewage for three and a half weeks; It was the day when I said no one else, “Elston said.
This inspired him for the Civil Justice Clinic.
Duke Croker, a student of Duke University Law, said, “Okay, this is the most, in my opinion, the most important work I have done, I have been in Law School.”
Croker, part of the university’s Civil Justice Clinic, has worked to bring a 46-page suit against Millennia Housing Management, owner of JFK Towers.
“I just keep thinking, what would happen if it was my grandmother?” What if it was my grandmother? Croker said. “And it really burnt a fire under me and really cared for me the matter.”
The lawsuit against the millennium is currently being brought against the Housing Company in Ohio and comes five years after purchasing JFK Towers from Millennia.
In a statement to Wral, a millennium spokesperson said the company said “the allegations firmly rejected”, and “all rent and related fees have been collected as per hud standards, and we deny all allegations of misleading and unfair practices.”
The spokesperson also noted “Several issues mentioned in the complaint have been addressed or will be addressed as part of a running, multi-military dollar renewal.
The lawsuit demands the repayment of the rental, punishment and withdrawal of compensation for the tenants who have had to bear such conditions over the years.
“We think it should be several million dollars,” said Ereston.
However, Ellston says it is not about money for him.
She wants to distribute millennia on her promise to give residents a safe, clean and functional place to live.
“Fix the building the way it should be,” Eluston said.
Professors and students of the Duke Law Clinic say they are ready for a long, drawn fight.
Millennia Housing has retained its own lawyer for the case.