70-year-old Chicago tenant pleads for safe housing: 'I just want to get out of this apartment alive'

Yvette Thomas, a 70-year-old woman with severe mobility issues, is living in squalid and dangerous conditions in a subsidized apartment building on South Michigan Avenue. Despite her health needs, the elevator has been broken for months, and her unit suffers from ceiling collapses and water damage. She faces potential eviction due to unpaid rent, which she prioritized for life-saving medication.