A Messy Situation

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Story Published: Jan 6, 2009 at 6:17 PM PST

By Audrey Asistio

SELAH -- Piles of garbage linger around a Selah mobile park because the landlord is not paying the bill. It is a messy situation and residents are fed up.

A resident tells Action News, "The garbage piling up is just nasty. What are we supposed to do?"

Some tenants called Action News about the problem. They say the mess is a nuisance and a health hazard. A pregnant resident says, "Even though it's winter, it still smells. I smell it, I'm pregnant, so I could smell it from a mile away!"

The park's manager says the landlord is behind on the bills, so the garbage man stopped picking up the trash a month ago.
Residents say they have paid their rent, so they should not suffer the consequences.

"Take care of the people that live here because we are taking care of you, giving you our rent every single month," a resident says.

The park's new manager just started Tuesday. He says they are working on it.

Manager Pat Dillon tells Action News, "I talked to the landlord in Seattle, she assured me she would mail them a payment by credit card today."

Code enforcement says after they receive a complaint, landlords are usually given a couple days to fix a garbage problem. If property owners fail to clean it up, they will get fined.

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