If you go
What: Meeting to discuss rats, bed bugs and roaches at East Lake CourtsWhere: Boys and Girls Club parking lot, across the street from East Lake CourtsWhen: 2-4 p.m. today
Destiny Jones lives in an East Lake Courts apartment so rat-infested she’s afraid for her two children to sleep there. Rats crawl across her bed while she sleeps and play tag on her floor when she’s awake.
And she’s not alone.
Chasity Bradley said rats leave droppings between her couch cushions. And she always exceeds her utility limit because she’s too terrified to sleep with the lights off. Her son once found a rat in his shoe.
They’ve complained to the housing manager. And Jones’ relatives wrote letters to Chattanooga Housing Authority board members about the rats and to CHA Executive Director Betsy McCright, but got little response, Jones said.