Angela Scharf says her Polish Hill home’s exterior looks fine now, but three weeks ago, the entire brick wall collapsed, leaving her struggling to get repairs and communicate with her landlord. “He’s a landlord, who else am I supposed to go to?” Scharf said. Scharf told Pittsburgh’s Action News 4 that she has been asking her landlord to fix various issues for years. While she let smaller problems go, she said the wall collapse was too significant to ignore. “They were supposed to redo the brick a good three years ago, and the people kept turning it down, and then someone just popped up this time,” Scharf said. “They got it all OK, but when they put it back up, they were banging so hard that the wall inside was crumbling.”Scharf said she panicked and tried to contact her landlord, only to discover she had been blocked. “I just started screaming. Like, I was trying to call him, but I couldn’t. I didn’t know I was blocked,” Scharf said. The incident occurred on April 28, 2026. Scharf said drywall was placed inside the home, and the exterior brick wall was fixed that same day. However, three weeks later, the drywall remains in poor condition. Scharf said she later learned that an inspector came to the area after receiving a tip, but went to the wrong home. She shared text messages between her and her landlord with Pittsburgh’s Action News 4. In one message, he asked if an inspector had shown up at the house. He then responded, saying, “I hope to God this doesn’t go bad.” The next day, he asked her, “What did you think you were going to gain by filing a complaint with the city?” “Your wife and kids wouldn’t wanna live here, so why do I have to?” Scharf said. “I’m done with here. Like, I don’t wanna live here anymore, but in the same breath, I’m not financially capable of just picking up and going,” she said. Pittsburgh’s Action News 4 reached out to Scharf’s landlord for comment but did not receive a response.Download the WTAE app to stay connected with breaking news. Sign up for our email newsletters to get breaking news in your inbox.

PITTSBURGH —

Angela Scharf says her Polish Hill home’s exterior looks fine now, but three weeks ago, the entire brick wall collapsed, leaving her struggling to get repairs and communicate with her landlord.

“He’s a landlord, who else am I supposed to go to?” Scharf said.

Scharf told Pittsburgh’s Action News 4 that she has been asking her landlord to fix various issues for years. While she let smaller problems go, she said the wall collapse was too significant to ignore.

“They were supposed to redo the brick a good three years ago, and the people kept turning it down, and then someone just popped up this time,” Scharf said. “They got it all OK, but when they put it back up, they were banging so hard that the wall inside was crumbling.”

Scharf said she panicked and tried to contact her landlord, only to discover she had been blocked.

“I just started screaming. Like, I was trying to call him, but I couldn’t. I didn’t know I was blocked,” Scharf said.

The incident occurred on April 28, 2026.

Scharf said drywall was placed inside the home, and the exterior brick wall was fixed that same day. However, three weeks later, the drywall remains in poor condition.

Scharf said she later learned that an inspector came to the area after receiving a tip, but went to the wrong home.

She shared text messages between her and her landlord with Pittsburgh’s Action News 4.

In one message, he asked if an inspector had shown up at the house. He then responded, saying, “I hope to God this doesn’t go bad.”

The next day, he asked her, “What did you think you were going to gain by filing a complaint with the city?”

“Your wife and kids wouldn’t wanna live here, so why do I have to?” Scharf said.

“I’m done with here. Like, I don’t wanna live here anymore, but in the same breath, I’m not financially capable of just picking up and going,” she said.

Pittsburgh’s Action News 4 reached out to Scharf’s landlord for comment but did not receive a response.

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