Chinatown tenants: shared bathrooms were kept locked overnight

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Published 2024-05-03

“They’ve been locked I mean, you know at 10 p.m. or so they lock them up and they don’t open them up until the morning,” said Ellis. “You have to have a porta-potty in your room because you know you have to go in the middle of the night.”

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All Comments (21)

@ichigobankai2343 28 days ago

Simple solution give the tenants the keys. SMDH
@hawaiianguy1977 28 days ago

How about getting keys made for tenants or a keypad/combo lock. I've seen this done in other places.
@kh0034 28 days ago

So, the building manager doesn't need to go to the bathroom after 10pm until sometime in the morning? NOT! Locking the bathrooms of the tenants is really scummy of him. He got no shame.
@mjblue84 28 days ago

Why are the elderly living under such horrible conditions??? Elderly abuse.
@tusuong7654 28 days ago

The owner of the horrible building need to repair the bathroom . The bathroom look so slump and dirty. I feel so pity to all the elderly people who have to live there. The city should investigate and help the elderly people who are living there.
@jamesbuchmiller8516 28 days ago

You should look into this Landlord. This is a well-known drug den building. I believe you will find plenty of problems with the owner.
@user-lj4fu8ep1u 28 days ago

WTF! That place is GROSS! The C&C better do something!
@BJJ808 28 days ago

Building manager is an expert clown I see
@Socalytics 28 days ago

I'm sad to hear this. What a horrible living situation, even with the bathroom opened 24/7. With that said, I can also sympathize with the building manager trying to address safety issues.
@sierrasherman7949 28 days ago

Sad for the ederly
@ThumbdownMan 28 days ago

Lazy resident manager. Get a new guy with military background.
@jwiki1 21 days ago

This is pathetic!! They pay $800 a month for 1 working sink, no hot water and a locked bathroom at night?? Sounds like slum lords to me! Shame on them. I would stop paying rent unril things get fixed. This kind of living environment is inhumane!! 😡
@donaldtrumpy5914 28 days ago

Honolulu is really crazy
@melbournechugging2999 28 days ago

Go figure a white dude non local
@patmcbride9853 28 days ago

Leave the bag from the porta-potty at the manager's door. How about putting that gate on the front entrance to keep the (coddled) homeless out?
@ThumbdownMan 28 days ago

$850 for room with shared bathroom. Hawaii rent too high.
@zzizahacallar 14 days ago

This is upsetting how these tenants are living. I seen one who I assume served our country and is living like this
@BraddahHuna 28 days ago

The building manager should be sent to jail and lose the building. The building owner should be forced off the island and never return, The building should be overhauled and rebuilt for the people living there and NO RENT SHOULD BE COLLECTED!!! THIS IS THE STATE THAT CAUSED THE PROBLEMS,
@joyce132 28 days ago

Inhumane
@shawnhadley7001 28 days ago

I needed to hear this. I live right down the street on Maunakea. I hope this helps the area. Thanks for the report!