Pages

Wednesday, December 28, 2022

Intersession: Time to Fix

456 Landfair Avenue

The Bruin is reporting unfortunate conditions in some UCLA-owned student apartments. Let's hope during intersession, the needed repairs were made. Excerpt:

...Standing at 456 Landfair Ave., Westwood Chateau looks like a typical university apartment: a brown and tan stucco building, rising four stories tall behind a few mid-sized trees. The property was built in 1986 and last renovated 12 years ago... Students often choose Westwood Chateau because of its proximity to campus and roomier apartments, residents said. But these perks have not made up for the issues they have experienced living in the building.

The Daily Bruin spoke with 11 current residents of Westwood Chateau who alleged multiple health and safety issues in their apartments including toxic mold, cockroaches and scalding shower water temperatures, as well as a pattern of unresponsiveness to residents’ concerns on the part of UCLA Housing. 

“It’s been pretty awful so far,” said Chesca Legaspi, a fourth-year computational and systems biology student. “It’s so dirty and grimy.” ...

Full story at https://dailybruin.com/2022/12/19/straight-up-dangerous-students-in-westwood-chateau-allege-unsafe-conditions

===

To hear the text above, click on the link below:

https://ia601402.us.archive.org/25/items/big-ten/landfair.mp3

No comments:

Post a Comment