PARMA, Mich. — People at a mobile home park in Jackson County are fed up with the conditions they say they've been forced to live in.
Large potholes and cloudy water are just some of the issues that the residents at Arbor Village have been experiencing.
They say they have made complaints, but nothing seems to get done.
"'We're working on it, we're working on it,' that's all they tell everybody, nothing gets done," Frank Oulch, an Arbor Village resident said.
Oulch moved in a few months ago and thought the problems would be temporary, but he was wrong.
"The water, it's cloudy. We've been on shut off notices I don't know how many times.People can't afford to go out and buy water. I spent $110 just this month alone so my family and my pets could have drinking water," he added.
Another resident told us that the water is sometimes yellow. "We don't drink it. We don't let our kids drink it. We keep bottled water in the house, we keep jugs of water in the house," Audrey Knapp said.
They say they get the water notices about every other month.
But residents say the water isn't the only issue, they say the grass is overgrown and potholes are everywhere.
Oulch says he had to replace two tires after hitting the potholes, but even more, he's worried about people's safety.
"There are kids out here playing, the elderly, we got handicapped...my concern is they're out here trying to drive, play and walk and they're going to get hurt. Cars have to drive on the sidewalk to avoid these potholes," Oulch said.
"Kids that are riding their bikes, they need to be cautious because if their bike hits one of these potholes, and if they're deep enough, they could flip their bike or something," Knapp said.
Some of the potholes have been filled in, but residents say that's not enough.
The residents of Arbor Village just want to be able to drive down their street and drink water; everyday necessities that to them would feel like a luxury.
The owners of the park, FTI Property Management, says the water is tested daily and it is safe to drink.
They added that they do the boil water notices when they are working on the plumbing to keep the tenants safe.
When it comes to the potholes, they tell us they have spent $100,000 on the roads there and it's an ongoing process.
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