I recently moved to a new building about a month ago and I am having a lot of problems with homeless people camping out in the vestibule of the front door. There are two doors to get into the building, the second one has a lock but the first does not and people have been congregating there.
These are not just people who are cold and looking for somewhere warm to sleep. I have seen them using drugs, urinating inside, leaving behind syringes, and I even witnessed one of them trying to get into the building. On multiple occasions I have been trapped inside the building because people are passed out straight in front of the door. I’ve addressed this with management who doesn’t seem to want to do anything about it. He blames the “area” but I’ve been living locally in another building for 3 1/2 years and never had a single issue. Within the month I’ve been here I’ve had at least 4 serious incidents.
He tells me to call the cops whenever it happens but they only move the people outside and they end up coming back in. I spoke to an officer to said a lock needs to be placed on the front door (I agree) but management doesn’t seem to be interested in this. Also, the buzzer/intercom for the building doesn’t work which adds additional safety concerns about the front door.
I feel very unsafe and worry about leaving my apartment. Especially since I often leave for work in the morning when it’s still dark. I don’t know what I can do about this, if anything. I’m looking for some advice on what can be done.