At an apartment on West Jackson Street, Abbi Mastagh believed mold and mildew lived within a carpeted nook on the wall, one side of her shower’s exterior bubbled and her floor was slanted.
A few streets away on West Beechwood Avenue, Tracy Duddy and her son Cameron were certain the holes in the walls of his apartment were from rats, and the blotches on their feet, legs, arms and
hands were bug bites.About 30 minutes away in New Castle, a strange smell wafted up from Angela Canaday’s basement. The source: a murky, dark lagoon of sewage seeping onto the floor.
The three tenants didn’t know one another. Canaday, Cameron and Mastagh didn’t live in the same apartment building, and the severity of their problems were different.
But their situations were connected. They are among dozens of people who rented from the same property management company — MiddleTown Property Group — and they are among dozens of people who have had problems.
The company calls itself the largest rental company in Muncie, according to its website. Between both sections of its business, and with at least 3,300 units in its management portfolio, the company currently has rentals available throughout Indiana, including in Muncie, Indianapolis, Crawfordsville, Anderson and other areas.
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