The top lock on the front door is broken and on several occasions it has taken me a few minutes to open the door from the inside. Once it actually took 15 minutes. In a panic I called 911 and was put on hold. While waiting I decided to try again and finally was able to open the door. It is also difficult to open the door from the outside because of this lock. Last week the landlady couldn't open the door and had to go through the basement to get into the building. I do not have a key to the basement because it is someone's apartment. The landlady refuses to fix the lock. She just tells us not to use the top lock.
I would like to have a housing inspector investigate this but have been unable to find out how to do this.
I would like to know if I have other options such as contacting the local fire house.
<small>[ February 09, 2003, 11:26 PM: Message edited by: sabrina ]</small>