The 7th time was when myself and the caretaker asked the utility company who came out to shut off her gas, to "red tag" her line (keep it turned off unless otherwise approved by the property manager).

So the utility tech turned off her gas and red tagged her meter so that no one else could turn it on unless the property manager authorized it.

That lasted for about 2 weeks until the property manager turned it back on, after the Fire Marshall visited with the tenant and emailed in his report about her living conditions, her state of mind, etc.

This tenant is not even on a lease! That part astounds me. She's on a county program and my property manager didn't even want to rent to her (per the caretaker's 3rd hand information) but felt obligated to b/c of the county financial incentives to do so. I.e. the county pays her rent on time every month. She's lived in my building about 5 months and the first two months were gas-scare-free.

Now?

There's an apartment open across the street and we're all crossing our fingers that her application gets approved. The woman should not be in public housing. She's definitely not able to live alone b/c she clearly can't take care of herself if she stumbles onto her gas stove in her tiny studio apt. for balance, and yes, the gas without the flame is left on for hours upon hours.

I was sitting on my sofa watching a movie when i suddenly felt like vomitting and felt dizzy. Shortly after that, the caretaker banged on doors on the 2nd floor to evacuate us due to her having left her gas stove on for 6 hours. I'm surprised we all survived esp. since there are two cigarette smokers who rent in my bldg (they smoke outside except for when one of the tenant's smokes her pot in her studio apt, which isn't approved for recreational use yet in my state).

I can ask the Fire Marhsall to come back out (I have his email address) to assess her again. But likely all that he has the power to do is repeat his initial report findings again to the county and my bldg property manager. So basically, nothing.

I did email the tenant-landlord attorney office i.e. housing authority and they suggested everything's that been done already, and stated that it's out of the tenants' hands and up to property management to solve the problem of the gas-clumsy-tenant.

So, I HOPE the tenant gets approved to move out by the end of summer. While not ideal, I'd rather put up with the pot smoker tenant than this tenant who leaves her gas stove on b/c she's too inebriated to turn it off.

The police also did talk to the tenant and she was slurring her words (which worked in our favor, in our complaint to property management) and warned her if they were called again, she'd probably be removed.

Since then, no one has called the police on the tenant b/c her gas leaks have been caught before having to call the fire department, by the caretaker who lives next door to her, and now will bang on her door or shout through her studio apt window to turn off her gas. A pain and inconvenience for him of course, but if he chooses to do that until she moves out, that's helpful to the rest of the building. Since we can't do anything legal further than what we've done already.