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tonight's Troubleshooters Report, we're looking into viewer
concerns about Eastbrook apartments. The Wilmington Housing
Authority purchased the Eastbrook apartment complex on Princess
Place drive back in 2005, to provide affordable housing.
Instead, the apartments sit empty, because environmental experts
say they aren't safe to live in. High levels of mold at
Eastbrook prompted the authority to move residents out. City
Councilman Ron Sparks inspected the property for the housing
authority, and recommended they buy it. The authority is suing
his engineering firm for negligence, but we've now learned that
even if the housing authority wins its case, Sparks does not
have enough insurance to cover the damages. "It's a lot of money
that the housing authority has lost,” Gary Shipman said. Gary
Shipman is the attorney representing the housing authority. He
says the losses are well over a million