Construction Finally Underway On South Memphis Home

MEMPHIS, TN (localmemphis.com) - Construction is finally underway at one South Memphis home.

The homeowner, Patricia Sawyer, has been waiting and waiting for repairs to be made after she says the first city hired contractor left her house in worse shape than when he started.

More than a year ago, Local 24 News exposed the city's shoddy home repair program.

The home repair program known as the HARP program was meant to help low income residents and seniors.

Since we first exposed the situation, contractors have been removed from the program, city employees fired, and a federal audit that found big problems.

All that time, one homeowner has been waiting for her home to be fixed.

That renovation is finally underway.

Im able to wash with running water. Wash dishes like a normal person, Sawyer said.

Sawyer is relived her kitchen is back in working order after more than a year of having water run into bucket underneath her sink. The buckets are gone. She now has a working sink, new cabinets, and a new floor.

Sawyer said the first city hired contractor left her home in shambles and you paid for it. Now taxpayers are paying again for the second contractor to fix the first contractors mistakes. She blames the city for hiring contractors who didn't know what they were doing.

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Construction Finally Underway On South Memphis Home