PITTSBURGH \u2014 A home in Pittsburgh\u2019s South Side Slopes neighborhood has caused neighbors who live on Salisbury Street great concern, after they recently learned there are at least 10 sex offenders living there.<\/p>\n
A woman who lives nearby spoke to Channel 11 anonymously. <\/p>\n
\u201cThis is residential. These people have children. They\u2019re afraid for themselves, let alone the children,\u201d she said. <\/p>\n
City officials tell us it\u2019s a three-quarter-way house for sex offenders, and they live there as they try to assimilate back into everyday life.<\/p>\n
The home appears to be split into apartments. On Thursday, every blind was drawn, and it had a wooden board padlocked as a door.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s scary. We have a playground that\u2019s right on the top of the hill, a daycare center right here, a public school…\u201d the neighbor said <\/p>\n
Neighbors contacted the city, and now their councilperson, Bob Charland, is getting involved.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is a highly residential area. I do not want this facility in that portion in the South Side Slopes there,\u201d Charland said. <\/p>\n
Charland told Channel 11 that the owner, who is listed on public records as \u201cHappy Life, No Wife LLC,\u201d never informed the city that it was going to be a three-quarter house.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s not like they came for a variance or permitting, or any sort of even acknowledgement that something was happening. It\u2019s something we found out from the residents,\u201d he added. <\/p>\n
Charland is working with several police agencies to get the residents moved to another location, which is something neighbors are hopeful for.<\/p>\n
We spoke to the owner of Happy Life, No Wife LLC over the phone. The owner of the business said that he had no idea it was operating as a home for sex offenders, and that he has no other comment. <\/p>\n
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