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Bingham & Madison Square Apartments (Anderson, Indiana) timeline:
Honorable Mention:
Kim Townsend with the Anderson Housing Authority.
Marilynn Coullier Gathering of Queens
Chelsea Newell Former Tenant of Bingham Square Apartments
Residents demand change at two Anderson apartment complexes - -
I’m sure there are lots of folks that may not even know all the people who have already helped the Tenants at Bingham or Madison Square. We salute your hard work put into behind the scenes. We may never know all the ins and outs, but everyone who has stood their ground to get this information out there has my appreciation and support.
I wanna tell those people that we hear you, and we want to help.
Chelsea Newell Petition:
Petition · Support Bingham square tenants demand city of Anderson's response to unsafe housing
(Larry Savage videos from Bingham Square and the Council Video snippet.)
January 12, 2023
Rebecca Crumes Video: Facebook Ollie Dixon Walks Out!!
https://www.facebook.com/rebecca.crumes/videos/841975776908374
Facebook: From Bingham Square Apartments https://www.facebook.com/BrianKeithBall/videos/889056412377174?idorvanity=154833924105842
Council Meeting Feb 2023 Heated Debate
https://www.facebook.com/BrianKeithBall/videos/223966650159842?idorvanity=154833924105842
Feb 9, 2023 Bingham Square talk spawns spat
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Herald Bulletin Articles 2020 to Present 2023:
Aug 27, 2020
Council OKs $935,000 bond for Bingham Square Apartments
Sep 15, 2020 Bingham Square Apartments added to TIF district
Aug 12, 2021 ARC hopes to resolve Bingham Square tenant complaints
Oct 1, 2021
ARC continues effort to resolve issues with Bingham Square owners
Oct 13, 2021
AHA: 11 apartments at Bingham Square need emergency repairs
Oct 12, 2021
ARC hires inspector for report on Bingham Square Apartments
Oct 14, 2021
Bingham Square to stop accepting public housing vouchers
Oct 18, 2021
Bingham Square owners sold Michigan property for nearly $20 million
Oct 26, 2021 Bingham Square denies access for inspections
Nov 10, 2021
Bingham Square talks continue with Anderson Redevelopment Commission
Nov 18, 2021
Anderson Housing Authority abating rent on 16 Bingham Square apartments
Nov 30, 2021
Anderson residents' ideas sought for spending American Rescue Plan funds
Dec 9, 2021
Anderson housing officials have relocated 17 families from Bingham Square apartments
DEC 27, 2021 — Petition on Change.org Tenants apartments have been flooding lately and can’t find anyone to contact things are getting worse by the day. Tenants that have moved apartments are still trashed no one cleaned them out. Something needs to be done asap tenants air or heat doesn’t work also and it’s getting really cold out these apartments are in horrible condition pine tree was shut down and didn’t have none of these bad conditions
DEC 28, 2021 —
Petition on Change.org Tenants don’t deserve to live like animals.
JAN 4, 2022 — Petition on Change.org Been trying to contact the owner to see about my deposit no one answer the phone and also no one emails me back. It’s the past 45 days we been waiting and nothing. I’m not the only one deposit they have taken.
Something needs to be done asap.
Jan 13, 2022
Anderson again to try to fix dispute with Bingham Square owners
Jan 26, 2022 Owner of troubled Bingham Square Apartments approached Anderson housing
Feb 9, 2022
Three potential buyers for the beleaguered Anderson apartment complex
Apr 13, 2022
Anderson Housing Authority files lawsuit against Bingham Square owners
Apr 18, 2022
Anderson awaits details on potential Bingham Square buyer
Apr 20, 2022 Bingham Square owes Anderson $405,000 in utility bills
May 10, 2022
Anderson Redevelopment Commission gives contingency approval to sale of Bingham
Jul 20, 2022
Judge awards $9,000 to Housing Authority in Bingham Square lawsuit
Dec 15, 2022
City sends a second demand letter to Bingham Square owners
JAN 14, 2023 — Petition on Change.org I finally was able to move from Bingham square apartments Nov 2021 the apartment owners finally gave my deposit back after it took me to say something about small claims court. We were able to move but the people in Bingham square still suffer from pipes busted, ceilings caving in, water leaks etc. No one deserves to live in these conditions. Waking up not able to get in shower brush your teeth and things like that is a bit ridiculous. The days living in Bingham square was a nightmare and I’m sure it’s still a nightmare for the others that haven’t been able to move. When one hurt in our community we all hurt.
WE NEED TO HELP PEOPLE IN
BINGHAM SQUARE AND MADISON SQUARE APARTMENTS!
Feb 9, 2023 Bingham Square talk spawns spat
Mar 13, 2023
Discussions continue on future of troubled Bingham Square Apartments
Madison County Council:
District 1 Bethany Keller Bethany.keller@madisoncounty.in.gov
District 2 Diana Likens diana.likens@madisoncounty.in.gov
D3 Jodi Norrick jnorrick@madisoncounty.in.gov
D4 Robert Steele rsteele@madisoncounty.in.gov
D5 Anthony Emery aemery@madisoncounty.in.gov
At Large: Ben Gale bgale@madisoncounty.in.gov
At Large: Mikeal Vaughn mvaughn@madisoncounty.in.gov
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Bingham Square Apartments 2023
Gary Plichta West Palm Beach Florida owns Bingham & Madison Square Apartments in Anderson Indiana. Gary and his associates came to Anderson in September 2019 pre pandemic. They made a bunch of empty promises. They bought the already problematic complexes and received almost a million dollars to renovate/update the properties.
The Pandemic comes and wreaks havoc on the Nation. We get it, stuff happens. Plans change and some things can be out of our control. However, it's been 4 years since the initial purchase. The property management fixed a couple of things then left the tenants hanging.
Property Resources (Gary Plichta) also kept collecting rent each month even though some of the apartments did not have heat or water.
In fact, the utilities were included in the rent and the property managers did not pay the bills. That isn't the tenants' fault, but they were definitely mistreated at the hands of Gary Plichta and his associates. Where did the money go?!?
Sadly we may never know
where the borrowed money went.
We may never know where the rent money for utilities went, but we do know it wasn't being spent on the property's utility account. Many of the tenants had to go without heat and water for a year or more. That is what I would say is inhumane treatment of fellow Americans on American soil and supposedly we can do nothing about it.
We couldn't use city property to raise money for Bingham or Madison Square tenants due to a supposed ordinance.
Thankfully the Housing Authority
and a couple of other agencies were able to step in to help
Many people were able to move,
but there are still people living
at the apartment complexes in May 2023.
I bet Gary Plichta and Associates
did not go without heat and water or power.
I was able to find the location for Gary Plichta on Public Record. Gary lives in a gated community that doesn't allow google maps to zoom into his property.
However, thank God for Zillow because I was able to get a walkthrough of the mansion where Gary Plichta lives in Florida.
INTERESTING
Plichta's home has 7 bathrooms in it...
Check this out:
10655 Versailles Blvd, Wellington, FL 33449 | Zillow
I personally was not expecting to find such an immaculate property. Gary Plichta could house some of these people or let them come and stay for a little vacay considering some of the tenants helped pay his bills. Plus Anderson Indiana literally gave Plichta almost a million dollars from our TIF fund and we can't get it back apparently.
Gary Plichta should not be allowed to keep his home in Florida for allowing his fellow Americans in Indiana to suffer before, during, and three years after the Nation was unlocked. People need work and I'm positive there are local contractors around here that need the work. It's a shame that so many out-of-town people own so many properties in Anderson Indiana. We should be called the slumlord capital.
Seriously, with such inadequate laws in Indiana and across the Nation, there is no wonder we have so many pissed-off Americans.
To Be Continued...