Around here - It seems all the places where people live, Apartment complexes, Condo/Condominiums/Over 55 Communities, especially in any Senior Housing the Management/Boards/Community Security are becoming the "Gestapo" (even more so now). The Management where I live have sent out the following notices over the past few weeks (editing/paraphrasing) :
1) All Tenants will be required to "Stay At Home" as per the restrictions set Locally, State, and Federal regulations. Limit any visitors, including family / friends. Also included was 15 Day stay at home pamphlet from Federal Government
2) Community Room will be closed, all activities Cancelled, including those receiving "Meals-on-wheels" (must make arrangements to have the meal delivered to your apartments). Changed 2 days later - Community doors will only be open so that people can still "Load" their Landry Cards as long as there is one person there at a time.
3) Management Office will be close - Phone calls only or an appointment; No Maintenance Services unless there is an emergency (only the office will determine if it is an emergency or not); No Exterminator Services - again only if apartment is invested and can be proven; All Quarterly & Yearly Inspections cancelled until further notice. (Yes - Every 3 months they come in to inspect apartment - whether you are there or not - to make sure your following 20 pg "House Rules".)
4) All Rents are still due by the 5th of the Month as stipulated in lease. Must place in "Mail slot" in side door. Failure to do so will result in a lease violation and appropriate actions will be taken. No Cash will be accept - nor receipts given. However, No rents will be accepted before the 1st, since the new floors in the offices are being installed. (They even Taped over the mail slot, until the 31st.)
5) All Laundry Rooms (3) are only available from 7 AM to 5 PM Mon - Fri. They will be closed Sat & Sun. They will be cleaned and sanitized during the day. NO more then one person at a time.
6) No Congregating at Mail boxes, especially when mail is being delivered - Nor at any street side "Benches" (Especially Any Smokers/People who
vape - neither are allowed in apt/property). Everyone must maintain 6' "Social Distancing" or benches will be removed.
And - last but not the least, nor probably the last notice we'll get either:
7) As a Reminder - Management is "asking that you follow both Federal and Local guidance and limit any visitors to the community and your apartment . . . except for essential services . . . Visitors are not permitted to enter building for the foreseeable future . . . nor visit until further notice. "We" encourage you to use electronic or virtual communication." (Most of the people here, don't have access or even use the necessary electronics to communicate with people.) Also included was a notice of the Governors Executive Order which went into effect at 12:01 Friday April 3rd (Today) . . . Under this order - "All senior citizens and individuals with a "significant underlying medical condition - must remain at home." . . . "Failure to adhere to this request will result in a lease violation for you as the resident."
Well that's a conundrum -
no visitors/no family members/no friends - not that I would have one visiting "Me" . . .
What do Ya' mean I can't go out, even for necessities or to see doctors.
Lease Violation - REALLY ? ? ? Well even though I meet the criteria and check all the boxes (Heart Disease, Diabetic, COPD, Asthma, over 65) . . . Come on Lease Violation . . . I already don't go out as it is, unless it is for necessities (including medications) and to see "My" Doctors . . . Matter of fact, I have an appointment with new doctor on Tuesday concerning "My" diabetes (which is still not under control, since I just started insulin) that I must see . . . AND - "My" Pulmonologist too right after . . . Just Sayin' . . .
AND - While most of this reasonable, they are really stepping up confronting people on property and tenants. Worse I can't tell Ya' what it is like around here in the complex. Most of the people here live alone
(like "Myself") and having to isolate even more now then they already have - If Ya' could see the faces of the people going to get their mail and/or garbage bins . . .
NOT GOOD ! ! !
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