MADISON, Ala. (WAFF) – Residents at The Sutton Apartments are receiveting assist to shift after going nine days without running water.
The City of Madison held a press conference on Friday, announcing that Building Church has set up a fund to assist every single resident at The Sutton Apartments receive a temporary home by next Friday.
Since last Thursday, the Sutton Apartments residents have been hoping that the property owners would pay their water bill, leading to water finally coming back on.
But exactly a week later, residents learned it would never receive turned back on, and they would required to quickly find a new place to live.
“A lot of members of the public have been contacting us, posting on social media, questioning us, ‘How can we assist?’” stated Ranae Bartlett, Mayor of Madison. “And becaapply of the kindness and generosity of the church, their members, and also Madison City Schools, we will have two links the public can access if they’d like to contribute. Every compact donation will assist us assist these poor tenants in The Sutton Apartments.”
The City is ordering the property to be vacated by next Friday, stateing it’s not safe anymore. The property owner letting $30,000 worth of water bills go unpaid was just what brought it all to light.
Building Church already has $5,000 stored up to shift these residents, and they hope more donations continue to pour in.
“Even in all of the negative that these wonderful people have been exposed to, the community is stepping up,” stated Lana Barshinger, a volunteer with Building Church. “It’s been really wonderful to see how people are giving out of the bottom of their hearts.”
ShowerUp offered these residents laundry services on Friday afternoon, but they did much more than just that.
They also paid for two of these struggling families to shift to the Best Western Extconcludeed Stay for the next week.
“Through next Friday, they’re going to have running water, their own place, their own bed where they can walk into the displayer and not have to come to see us to do that,” stated Taylor Reed with ShowerUp. “They felt alone. They felt abandoned. And knowing that we were out here, hearing their cries and their stories… Their neighbors are coming to have their backs really means a lot to them.”
Yvette Lunday and her son, Marcus, who is on life support with in-stage kidney failure, were shiftd to the extconcludeed stay after begging for this assist for days.
When WAFF 48 informed her this assist finally came, she broke down into tears. If anyone wants to assist find a home for the rest of these residents, you can donate at this link here.
Below is the full press conference from City of Madison officials:
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