Vernon seniors upset with renovations at housing complex NBC Connecticut [Video]

Residents of a senior housing complex in Vernon are not happy with renovations currently underway.

Some of the seniors who live at Grove Court said they moved back into their newly-renovated units to find leaky ceilings and other safety issues.

“We moved people into apartments that were supposed to be new. They’re not,” said David Howey, tenant commissioner and longtime resident. “The paint is horrible, everything’s nicking up. We walked into a ceiling leak.”

Construction started in April on upgrading the affordable housing complex one building at a time. It’s paid for with roughly $7 million in state and federal grants. While the renovations take place over a few months, residents said they’ve been put up in a local hotel.

The complex is home to a total of 54 residents across seven buildings. So far, one building has been renovated. Those residents moved back in early July, Howey said.

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