Cy­press Hills ten­ants are fi­nal­ly get­ting as­sis­tance from the  Hous­ing De­vel­op­ment Cor­po­ra­tion af­ter they staged protests to com­plain about a suf­fo­cat­ing sew­er stink at their apart­ment build­ings in San Fer­nan­do.

Its been two years since the res­i­dents have been ex­pe­ri­enc­ing over­flow­ing toi­lets, sew­er fumes, cracked tiles and an in­va­sion of ro­dents and cock­roach­es in their home.

On Tues­day, the HDC promised to as­sist the ten­ants.

In a state­ment, HDC said it had not­ed the com­plaints made by some res­i­dents of Cy­press Hills, Union Hall com­mu­ni­ty.

 “A vis­it was made by a team head­ed by the Re­gion­al Man­ag­er of HDC South yes­ter­day. On Tues­day, an­oth­er vis­it was made by the Di­vi­sion­al Man­ag­er, Es­tate Man­age­ment and oth­er of­fi­cials from the South Of­fice, to as­sess in greater de­tail, the com­plaints made by some res­i­dents of Build­ing 23,” the state­ment said.

The HDC al­so vis­it­ed the apart­ment of Chris­tine Ce­de­no who said her chil­dren were de­vel­op­ing skin rash­es be­cause of the filth.

 “A vis­it was made to the home of Ms Ce­de­no’s unit in or­der to as­sess the com­plaints, lodged by her,” the HDC said.

The Cor­po­ra­tion said it will re­place dam­aged kitchen cup­boards, reac­cess all plumb­ing fix­tures and fit­tings for leaks as well as fa­cil­i­tate re­pairs. HDC said it will al­so repo­si­tion and re­place de­fec­tive light­ing and in­stall prop­er vent­ing of the plumb­ing lines.”

The HDC said sub­se­quent vis­its will be made to oth­er units to com­pre­hen­sive­ly as­sess the is­sues raised and oth­er mat­ters such as the main­te­nance of the open ar­eas will al­so be dealt with as a mat­ter of ur­gency.

On Mon­day,  ten­ants com­plained of de­plorable con­di­tions.

They said the suf­fo­cat­ing stench of sewage has been mak­ing them sick.

Loose tiles and tall bush­es in front of their apart­ment build­ings have al­so cre­at­ed a health haz­ard.

More than 18 fam­i­lies in the apart­ment com­plex were suf­fer­ing be­cause of the smell. 

Mold was al­so seen around the ar­eas where the leak­ing sew­er line flows. The ten­ants al­so called for a com­pre­hen­sive cleanup of the area in front of their apart­ments.