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The property manager of Senior Living Affordable Rosemont Court in North Portland is facing a class action lawsuit from one of its own residents when another resident who became fatally ill with airborne Legionnaries’ disease at the beginning of the year. The plaintiff is filing the suit for herself and fellow residents demanding that the property manager refund all rent paid since the beginning of the year to its residents.
The property manager has not commented on the suit but has mentioned that the situation is unfortunate and complicated. 14 residents from this senior living facility have fallen ill since January due to breathing in bacteria inside of their apartments or from the apartments running water.
Filters have been places on every faucet within the building to lessen the risk of its residents inhaling the bacteria. The building has also begun routinely testing the water supply. The building is owned by Northwest Housing Alternatives, which has recommended to its residents that they permanently relocate since the first outbreak of the bacteria.