Testimony:
Eufemia Brito
My name is Eufemia Brito and I’m a member of the Latina Women’s Group at Chicago Uptown Ministry.
I live with my husband and my three children at 817 W. Lakeside Pl # 303 for more than 7 years.
The apartment where I live has humidity in the bedroom, as well as mold in the walls. There are mice and many cockroaches, as well as a strong odor that burns from the valves in the heaters during winter.
We are complaining most of the time, but the manager is not doing anything to solve the problem. About a year and a half ago, I took my eight years old son to the Children’s Memorial Hospital emergency room, because he had a fever and blood coming out from his ear. The medical staff found a cockroach inside the ear. It was very painful to get removed.
There are more families complaining about the same problems with cockroaches and mice in this building.
We hope somebody can helps in this matter and I would like to thank the O.N.E organizers for all they’re doing to help us.

Today January 19th we had an amazing Tenants Rights Workshop in Spanish as part of our campaign to educate our community and develop tenants rights. If you want to contact me please call 773-769-3232 x 14 Roberto Eichhorn - Immigrant Organizer