CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - One Gadsden Green resident said she believes she is being targeted by the Charleston Housing Authority for speaking out against living conditions in the housing complex.
Gadsden Green is a public housing complex owned by the Charleston Housing Authority; a nonprofit that provides housing for moderate to low-income residents.
“Here in Gadsden Green, I guess they call me the “whistleblower.” It’s why a lot of the tenants say I’m receiving what I’m receiving, and why they didn’t speak up,” resident Brittany Muckelvaney said. “They weren’t willing to go through this, and at this point, I’m not sure if I am either.”
Muckelvaney first spoke to Live 5 News in early September. At the time, she and several other residents spoke about the rats, black mold, and leaking ceilings they said they dealt with on a daily basis.
Since then, Muckelvaney has spoken to Live 5 News several times and stood alongside Rep. Wendell Gilliard and other state and community leaders during a press conference about living conditions in the complex.
Muckelvaney and several other residents have also filed a lawsuit Thursday against the Charleston Housing Authority because of the “egregious deplorability” of living conditions.
The attorney representing the Gadsden Green residents in that lawsuit, Vanisa Brown, said she believes the Charleston Housing Authority is using “arbitrary” fines to harass Muckelvaney. She said none of her other clients named in that lawsuit are being “...
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