{"id":253600,"date":"2026-07-28T09:35:07","date_gmt":"2026-07-28T09:35:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/253600\/"},"modified":"2026-07-28T09:35:07","modified_gmt":"2026-07-28T09:35:07","slug":"all-american-gardens-in-camden-cited-for-156-new-violations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/253600\/","title":{"rendered":"All American Gardens in Camden cited for 156 new violations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Residents say apartments are still plagued by broken appliances, insects and rodents<\/p>\n<p>Nikky Tapia said she has had issues with her apartment since she moved in shortly after officials inspected the property three years ago.\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was so cold in here, I had to leave the stove on or the oven because it was so cold,\u201d she said. \u201cMind you, maintenance suggested it.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p>Tapia said when she complained to management, they gave her a space heater. But, that didn\u2019t work.\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese space heaters was knocking off my breaker,\u201d she said. \u201cWhenever I would turn on the space heater, my lights would go off.\u201d\n  <\/p>\n<p>Tapia said heating wasn\u2019t the only issue. Her kitchen has low water pressure, a malfunctioning refrigerator and a mice infestation. The cooling system is also not functioning, forcing her to leave her front door ajar on hot summer days.\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe conditions here \u2026 could be better, but I feel like they\u2019re doing the best they can,\u201d Tapia said, adding that this is the only place she can afford without housing assistance. The median gross rent in Camden is $1,226, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.census.gov\/quickfacts\/fact\/table\/camdencitynewjersey\/PST045225\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">recent U.S. Census data<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n<p>Biagio Caruso, vice president of Nationwide Housing Management, said that because the property is federally subsidized, each tenant pays a different amount in rent, based on income calculations by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.\n<\/p>\n<p>April Morris, a 15-year resident, said she has recently started withholding her rent because management has been unresponsive to problems in her apartment. She said her two-bedroom apartment costs $1,495 a month without her HUD voucher.\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m tired of it, sick and tired of it,\u201d Morris said. \u201cEverything is patchwork to them.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p>Her oven and refrigerator don\u2019t work. There\u2019s also mold and mildew everywhere, she said.\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI go next door to a neighbor\u2019s house to heat up pizzas for my 22-year-old autistic son,\u201d Morris said.\n<\/p>\n<p>Morris said she uses a deep freezer with an extension cord that runs into the living room because the electrical sockets in the kitchen don\u2019t work. At least one shelf in a kitchen cabinet is being supported by bowls underneath. Electricity issues have also caused Morris to replace microwaves and air fryers, she said.\n<\/p>\n<p>In addition to roaches, Morris said she has also had to deal with mice.\n        <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Residents say apartments are still plagued by broken appliances, insects and rodents Nikky Tapia said she has had&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":253601,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[69,71,70],"class_list":["post-253600","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-philadelphia","tag-philadelphia","tag-philadelphia-headlines","tag-philadelphia-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/253600","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=253600"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/253600\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/253601"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=253600"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=253600"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=253600"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}