Residents at downtown TCH complex without heat since Friday
Posted February 16, 2015 6:51 pm.
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Residents at a Toronto Community Housing (TCH) apartment complex endured the coldest weekend of the winter without heat or hot water after the building’s four boilers broke down.
Two hundred units at 25 Henry Lane near Lower Jarvis Street and the Esplanade were affected.
On Friday, two of the boilers failed. Temperatures plunged further on Saturday when the other two died.
A TCH spokesperson says the hot water was restored on Monday, but they’re still waiting for parts to fix the boilers.
The news was cold comfort to residents who have had to bundle up and rely on their stoves for warmth.
“I’ve had to wear three pairs of pants, this coat, a hat, and four blankets over me on top,” one frustrated resident fumed.
TCH say they still don’t know when the heat will be back on. In the meantime they will be making space heaters available to residents.
