Broken Elevators Leave Berks County Seniors Stranded

Broken elevators leave Berks County seniors stranded

CUMRU TOWNSHIP — For the older residents of the Sencit Towne House Apartments in Berks County, especially those with disabilities and health conditions, elevators aren’t a luxury — they’re a necessity. But over the past two years, the machines inside the 200-unit, 10-floor building in Cumru Township have failed over and over again, resulting in serious consequences for some residents. A woman broke her arm attempting to go up four flights of sta…

As elevator repairs drag on, older residents of subsidized Berks County apartment building endure regular outages, injury

This story was produced by the Berks County bureau of Spotlight PA, an independent, nonpartisan newsroom. Sign up for Good Day, Berks, a daily dose of essential local stories at spotlightpa.org/newsletters/gooddayberks. CUMRU TOWNSHIP — For the older residents of the Sencit Towne House Apartments in Berks County, especially those with disabilities and health conditions, elevators aren’t a luxury — they’re a necessity. But over the past two years…