Emergency shelter opens for residents displaced from Ouellette apartment building
The City of Windsor is opening an emergency shelter for residents living at an Ouellette Avenue apartment building who are unable to find alternate accommodations.
Building officials have ordered the building at 1616 Ouellette Ave. to be evacuated until electricity can be restored, stabilized and inspected, and safety measures can in turn be activated.
The city says the building has been without centralized heat for some time due to a boiler failure, and electrical power has been unstable.
“Electrical and heating contractors will be on site to determine how long it will take to fix the issues, which will help determine how long residents may be out,” states a city news release.
City staff and the Canadian Red Cross will provide emergency shelter at the John Atkinson Memorial Community Centre. Programming at the community centre has been cancelled, and program users have been notified.
The Ouellette Avenue building is a privately owned building with 120 residential rental units. City officials say the building’s owners have been notified of the orders and say they are committed to having the issues fixed as quickly as possible.
The city says it will continue to monitor the situation and support the residents’ needs.
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