"$1,500 Water Bills?!" Mobile home residents demand answers over soaring costs
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[{'start': '0.590', 'end': '4.640', 'text': '[Music]'}, {'start': '1.680', 'end': '7.040', 'text': 'It it really upsets me. Continuing'}, {'start': '4.640', 'end': '9.360', 'text': 'coverage now as residents at an Antioch'}, {'start': '7.040', 'end': '12.160', 'text': 'mobile home park go toeto toe with their'}, {'start': '9.360', 'end': '14.719', 'text': 'landlord. They brought several issues to'}, {'start': '12.160', 'end': '17.440', 'text': 'Fox 17 News, including sky-high water'}, {'start': '14.719', 'end': '19.600', 'text': 'bills. Fox 17 News Chris Nols is'}, {'start': '17.440', 'end': '21.400', 'text': 'following the money in this case and is'}, {'start': '19.600', 'end': '23.760', 'text': "in studio now with more on what he's"}, {'start': '21.400', 'end': '25.960', 'text': 'uncovered. You imagine getting a water'}, {'start': '23.760', 'end': '28.880', 'text': "bill and it's"}, {'start': '25.960', 'end': '31.119', 'text': "$1,500. That's what this bill has on it"}, {'start': '28.880', 'end': '34.760', 'text': "right here. Now, it's not only $1,500."}, {'start': '31.119', 'end': '37.200', 'text': "It's $1,500 and8"}, {'start': '34.760', 'end': '39.280', 'text': "$1,587. That's came from that came from"}, {'start': '37.200', 'end': '41.680', 'text': 'one of the people in that mobile home.'}, {'start': '39.280', 'end': '43.120', 'text': "And now they're demanding answers. And I"}, {'start': '41.680', 'end': '45.120', 'text': 'did some digging to find out some'}, {'start': '43.120', 'end': '46.360', 'text': 'information. And what I found out was'}, {'start': '45.120', 'end': '48.480', 'text': 'rather'}, {'start': '46.360', 'end': '50.239', 'text': 'shocking. Neighbors in the suburban'}, {'start': '48.480', 'end': '52.239', 'text': "mobile home park aren't just sharing"}, {'start': '50.239', 'end': '54.239', 'text': 'fences. They are sharing frustration'}, {'start': '52.239', 'end': '56.160', 'text': 'over what they call sky-high water'}, {'start': '54.239', 'end': '59.199', 'text': 'bills. This one grandmother that I'}, {'start': '56.160', 'end': '61.600', 'text': 'talked to, hers was $800. And this was'}, {'start': '59.199', 'end': '63.840', 'text': 'month after month. Metro Council member'}, {'start': '61.600', 'end': '66.000', 'text': 'Tasha Ellis stepped in to help tenants'}, {'start': '63.840', 'end': '67.920', 'text': 'after hearing of the issue. She says she'}, {'start': '66.000', 'end': '70.320', 'text': 'immediately called Metro Water Services'}, {'start': '67.920', 'end': '72.479', 'text': "out to see what's causing it and they"}, {'start': '70.320', 'end': '75.840', 'text': 'looked at the meter, determined that it'}, {'start': '72.479', 'end': '78.000', 'text': "wasn't an issue on Metro's side uh and"}, {'start': '75.840', 'end': '80.960', 'text': 'that it was the landlord that needed to'}, {'start': '78.000', 'end': '83.040', 'text': 'address whatever uh leakage was or was'}, {'start': '80.960', 'end': '85.040', 'text': 'not happening. I reached out to Metro'}, {'start': '83.040', 'end': '86.960', 'text': 'Water Services and their response was'}, {'start': '85.040', 'end': '89.360', 'text': 'shocking. They say that individual'}, {'start': '86.960', 'end': '91.520', 'text': 'tenants do not pay them directly. They'}, {'start': '89.360', 'end': '93.600', 'text': 'are paid by the property owner. They'}, {'start': '91.520', 'end': '96.920', 'text': 'went on to say the average range for the'}, {'start': '93.600', 'end': '99.680', 'text': 'total property is between 8,000 to'}, {'start': '96.920', 'end': '102.240', 'text': '$13,000 per month. Council member Ellis'}, {'start': '99.680', 'end': '104.400', 'text': 'says that there are roughly 150 mobile'}, {'start': '102.240', 'end': '105.560', 'text': "homes on that property. Let's do the"}, {'start': '104.400', 'end': '108.520', 'text': 'math.'}, {'start': '105.560', 'end': '111.079', 'text': '13,000 divided by'}, {'start': '108.520', 'end': '114.079', 'text': '150 is'}, {'start': '111.079', 'end': '114.079', 'text': 'roughly'}, {'start': '114.680', 'end': '119.200', 'text': '86. Records show the last time the'}, {'start': '117.360', 'end': '122.960', 'text': 'property bill was out of normal range'}, {'start': '119.200', 'end': '125.439', 'text': 'was in January of 2023. The bill reached'}, {'start': '122.960', 'end': '127.920', 'text': "$23,000. Uh we don't have enough money"}, {'start': '125.439', 'end': '129.920', 'text': 'to keep paying that. I visited those'}, {'start': '127.920', 'end': '132.280', 'text': 'affected today. They showed me their'}, {'start': '129.920', 'end': '136.560', 'text': 'bills. some raised between'}, {'start': '132.280', 'end': '140.319', 'text': '$115, $200, and $1,500.'}, {'start': '136.560', 'end': '144.560', 'text': 'When uh residents would report uh the'}, {'start': '140.319', 'end': '146.879', 'text': 'high uh increase in cost, um they'}, {'start': '144.560', 'end': '148.959', 'text': "wouldn't get a response from the from"}, {'start': '146.879', 'end': '151.040', 'text': 'the landlord. One neighbor disagreed.'}, {'start': '148.959', 'end': '153.800', 'text': 'She says the property management is'}, {'start': '151.040', 'end': '156.640', 'text': 'responsive. We had a leak that was'}, {'start': '153.800', 'end': '158.239', 'text': 'underground. He told them they got the'}, {'start': '156.640', 'end': '159.519', 'text': 'plumbers out here, got it fixed right'}, {'start': '158.239', 'end': '160.800', 'text': 'away.'}, {'start': '159.519', 'end': '162.560', 'text': 'We have been reaching out to the'}, {'start': '160.800', 'end': '164.959', 'text': 'property management for the past couple'}, {'start': '162.560', 'end': '167.200', 'text': 'of days and we have not heard back from'}, {'start': '164.959', 'end': '167.200', 'text': 'them.'}]