John Knox Towers Residents Protest | Virginia Beach News

Senior residents at John Knox Towers are staging a fierce protest over dire living conditions, including a broken elevator forcing disabled residents to wait hours for access and a completely dead phone system that jeopardizes safety. Behind the surface issues lie deeper problems: deferred maintenance, water damage, a six-month ceiling collapse, and open city code violations — with a new complaint just filed. Management, Lawson Properties, admits to systemic failures but claims they’re working on fixes, though delays persist. Residents, including an 89-year-old walker-user, are furious, comparing management to slum lords, and have even held a sleep-in to demand action — while state officials now publicly back their cause, calling for accountability. Listen in comfort:Get a discount on a Soli Pillow: http://solipillow.com/discount/dnn. Advertise on DNN:[email protected] This is an automated, high-level news summary based on public reporting.Report issues to [email protected]. View sources & latest updates:https://sources.thednn.ai/ff1fef87add2fb2d