TAMPA, Fla. – Dozens of tenants at Tampa's Holly Court Apartments were served non-renewal notices on New Year's Eve.

What You Need To Know

  • Dozens of tenants at Tampa's Holly Court Apartments were served non-renewal notices on New Year's Eve

  • Tenants have one week to vacate property

  • Residents like Mya Lee say they are also dealing with an ongoing water problem

Now, they only have a week to find a new home. While still there, residents like Mya Lee say they are also dealing with an ongoing water problem. 

Some say, the water is rusty, and sometimes yellow in color.

Mya Lee gave birth to her second baby name Harmony two months ago. 

"She has Eczema," said Lee. She also has another daughter that has the skin condition that makes the skin red and itchy. 

"They have to take a bath more often than a regular kid should," she adds. 

She's one of many families at Holly Court Apartments that were given boil water notices. 

"Her face is like three different colors. It's because of the water," said Lee. 

She says she doesn't bathe her baby in the tub because of the poor quality of the water. 

"It's blocked up with so much mud and dirt." She said it worsens her children's skin condition.

 

"You can tell there is sand in the water," she adds. 

Her kitchen sink is the only place where she has filtered water to clean her baby's bottles.  She says at one point, management also turned off the water. 

"It took six water bottles to clean the baby."

It's an on going problem that her family has been working around while trying to find a new home on such short notice. 

"It just makes the whole situation worse. "

Residents say management told them the water will be shut off once again on January 31, the same day they are scheduled to vacate the property. 

 

The Tampa Tenants Union organized a protest to demand a 30 day reprieve for renters. They say they have yet to get a response from management. 

Bay News 9 also reached out and have yet to get a response. 

Hillsborough County District Commissioner Kimberly Overman has asked code enforcement to look into complaints about the property. 

"All through that particular area and town, there are septic sewer and wells," Overman told Bay News 9 Reporter Fadia Patterson. " I don't know if that has been an issue, but that would require a complaint being filed so that our Code Enforcement Department would go out and see if that is what the problem is. We have no record of a complaint being made in that respect."