OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) — A family is left scorching in their northwest Oklahoma City apartment after experiencing air conditioning issues.
Rebekah Riley and her husband moved into Solare Apartments a little over six months ago.
Last week, their A/C stopped working.
"We had to put our mattress in the living room to try and keep cool and then our son sleeps on the couch," Riley says.
She says the temperatures inside are unbearable, telling News 4 that her thermostat was close to 90 degrees on Wednesday.
Riley is nine months pregnant and has anemia. She's scheduled to give birth at the end of August.
"I just can't do anything at all throughout the day. Turning the oven on just makes it even more hot in the apartment. And running our dryer does the same thing," she adds.
Riley says she's filled out a service request and called management to fix their unit.
"I've been calling, every time they say they would call me back, they never call me back."
Management approached News 4 while at the complex.
We asked them about the A/C problems and if they had plans to do repairs.
Our crews were told to leave the property.
State Representative Mickey Dollens has an extensive background in fighting for tenant rights.
“It would be best to pay your rent while continuing documenting the required or the requested improvements,” Dollens said.
Dollens also says state law allows you to not pay your rent for up to 30 days, as long as you have documentation, and the problems are still going on.
"After 14 days, if they've got an unmet, then that's when you can use that one month's rent to make the repair yourself," Dollens said.
