ANDERSON, Ind. — Trash in the halls and mold on the walls.
That's what residents report at an apartment complex in Anderson.
Those aren't the only complaints, with one city official taking to Facebook to air residents' concerns and show some of the issues.
"I'm in a wheelchair, and I have to crawl upstairs every day," said Kyle Robinson, who has lived at Bingham Square Apartments in Anderson for two years.
Robinson gets just over $900 a month in social security benefits.
"This was the only place that would take me on a fixed income," Robinson explained, saying he wishes he could move, partly because of the water he says constantly runs across the parking lot, which Robinson believes is from a broken pipe underground.
"It's inhumane that I have to cross that filthy water every day," Robinson said.
Then, there's the trash dumped behind buildings. Robinson said he used to have a dumpster right outside his apartment building. Now it's gone, making it harder for him to empty his garbage.
"You can't do this and hold a trash bag at the same time, it doesn't work," said Robinson, showing how he has to use his hands to move his wheelchair forward.
So, Robinson is left holding the bag of trash in his mouth.
Robinson's complaints are just a few that he and several residents have made to some members of Anderson's City Council
"Oh my God, you need a mask on. This is inside Bingham Square Apartments," City Council President Rebecca Crumes said in a video she recently posted to Facebook.
In the video that Crumes narrated, she showed an empty apartment with mold all across the walls and ceilings.
"It was nothing but black mold," Crumes explained.
Across the hall in another apartment, a resident showed Crumes the wet carpet throughout his apartment because of a leak.
"You can hear water running in the wall. His carpet is sopping wet," Crumes said in the video.
"I'm not an attorney, but I know this wouldn't be happening in Carmel," Crumes said.
Attorneys are involved here. According to a lawsuit filed in July, PR Bingham, LLC, the apartment complex owner, received tax breaks and close to $1 million in 2020 from the Anderson Redevelopment Commission to fix the property.
"I don't know what they did with the money," said Councilor Ollie Dixon, who doesn't believe residents saw any improvements because of it. "This is the forgotten people. The forgotten neighborhood, and someone ought to be able to do something about it."
Court documents show ARC is asking PR Bingham, LLC for the money back and for the property to be sold. The lawsuit also asks the court to appoint a third party to oversee the property's management in the meantime.
The lawsuit also claims the apartments' owners owe more than $500,000 in unpaid utility bills.
13News contacted the PR Bingham, LLC. Gary Plitcha is listed as the manager out of Florida, where documents show the company is also based. Plitcha told 13News over the phone that the property was under contract to be sold next month but wouldn't say to whom.
Robinson said he doesn't care. He just wants out as soon as he can afford it.
"That's the hardest part," Robinson said.
At this point, no court date has been set to hear the lawsuit.